Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! Psalm 8:5 NASB God – You probably learned this verse as “a little lower than angels.” But that’s not what it says in Hebrew. Take a look. וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְ֖עַט מֵֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ The crucial word here is ʾĕlōhîm (with…
And they also acted with wile, and they went, and disguised as ambassadors, and they took worn sacks for their donkeys, and wine bottles, rotten, split, and tied together. Joshua 9:4 Chabad Disguised as ambassadors – Exactly how did the Gibeonites present themselves? Oh, we know they acted deceptively. That was a matter of survival. But…
And they also acted with wile, and they went, and disguised as ambassadors, and they took worn sacks for their donkeys, and wine bottles, rotten, split, and tied together. Joshua 9:4 Chabad Also – The first thing to notice about this verse is that most popular English Bible translations leave out the word “also.” Only…
Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am frail; heal me, Lord, for my bones are horrified. Psalm 6:2 NASB Horrified – Have you ever felt that your bones are horrified? Broken, maybe. Frail, yes. Aching, okay. But “horrified”? What does that mean? What does that feel like? This is an idea we need to understand, especially when it’s used again in the next verse: And my soul is greatly horrified. We…
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath. Psalm 6:1 NASB In Your Anger – Quite often Hebrew syntax is radically different than the translations provided in English. We shouldn’t be surprised. The arrangement of words according to linguistic rules differs from one language to another, even in languages with…
For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor though you have not known Me. I am the Lord, and there is no one else; there is no God except Me. I will arm you, though you have not known Me, Isaiah 45:4-5 NASB Not known Me – Cyrus…
“When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of peace. And if it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and serve you.” Deuteronomy 20:10-11 NASB Terms of peace – As we discovered in the examination…
that they met together with one purpose, to fight with Joshua and with Israel. Joshua 9:2 NASB Together/ One – I have often been perplexed at modern Israel’s behavior toward terrorism. As you undoubtedly know, today’s nation of Israel is confronted by the daily threat, if not the action, of terrorist attacks, yet when these terrorists…
“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’” Jeremiah 22:8-9 NASB Bowed down – After hundreds of years of divine mercy, Isreal finally learned the lesson of idolatry. It…
