I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower; and I will keep watch to see what He will say to me, and how I may reply when I am reprimanded. Habakkuk 2:1 NASB Reprimanded – Are you waiting for the judgment of God? The prophet was waiting. But notice the oddity of his metaphor. Standing guard . . . stationed…
O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, if I have done evil to my friend, or have plundered ]my enemy for no reason, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah Psalm 7:3-5 NASB Injustice…
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 NASB See God – But, of course, לֹֽא־יִרְאַ֥נִי הָֽאָדָ֖ם וָחָֽי, “no man can see and live.” So what is Yeshua saying. Is it just theory? If we were but righteous enough (which, by the way, we aren’t), then we could see God. But, of…
He further said, “You cannot see My face, for mankind shall not see Me and live!” Exodus 33:20 NASB Mankind – Now that we’re cleared up the mistake in the NIV (“you” instead of “man”), we see that the NASB translates the Hebrew ʾādām as “mankind.” This corrects the vocabulary, but it doesn’t solve the problem…
But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” Exodus 33:20 NIV One – Let’s begin this investigation by noticing an important change in the English translation. The NIV (as above) uses the phrase “no one,” rather than the direct Hebrew “no man.” The actual Hebrew word is ʾādām, but the NIV translators have offered…
Your people will volunteer freely on the day of Your power; in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. Psalm 110:3 NASB Womb of dawn – Not to belabor the point, but if you read this verse in the NASB you will discover that it contains four footnotes, all indicating alternatives or…
He will redeem my soul in peace [l]from the battle which is against me, for they are many who are aggressive toward me. God will hear and humiliate them—even the one who sits enthroned from ancient times— Selah Psalm 55:18-19a NASB Sits enthroned from ancient times – Before we tackle this text, we need to understand the caution provided by Nahum Sarna: Translations, particularly those adopted…
So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Exodus 2:24 NASB Covenant – I suppose the first thing we need to address in this verse is the possibility that God forgot about His covenant and it took the groaning of the people to remind Him. At least, that’s what this translation might suggest. When we use the word “remember,”…
But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living [b]within our land; how then are we to make a covenant with you?” Joshua 9:7 NASB Men of Israel – What seems like a fairly straightforward verse and translation is anything but. This verse is really complicated. Let me explain why. First, let’s look at…
It’s Sunday. Just enjoy the color. The man of biblical faith “looks for the image of God not in the mathematical formula or the natural relational law but in every beam of light, in every bud and blossom, in the morning breeze and the stillness of a starlit night. In a word, Adam the second…
