Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, Titus 1:1-2 NASB For – Paul’s letter to Titus about qualifications for leadership. Easy to read, often skipped until…
so is My word that comes out of My mouth, it does not return empty to Me but does what I desire, and makes prosper what I have sent. Isaiah 55:11 Robert Alter Makes prosper – Robert Alter chooses to translate the conjunction כִּי אִם־ as “makes prosper,” but in this case it seems the NASB…
and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you. Joshua 2:9 NASB I know that – Yesterday we discovered that the spies considered all that happened to them as…
Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country, and they crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun. Then they reported to him all that had happened to them. And they said to Joshua, “The Lord has indeed handed over to us all the land; furthermore, all the inhabitants of the land…
Let the wicked abandon his way, and the unrighteous person his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7 NASB Abundantly pardon – “I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath,” says Lamentations 3:1. Oh, there’s…
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. Me He drove off, led away—darkness and no light! Lamentations 3:1-2 Robert Alter Affliction – I’ve lived long enough to know. To know defeat. To know heartache. To know loss. To know distress. To know evil. To know adversity. To know…
Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV Scripture – What does Peter mean by the Greek term gráphēs? …
Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV Someone’s own interpretation – Hendel, Martone, Orlinsky, Alter, Hoffman . ….
As for Zillah, she bore Tubal-Cain, who forged every tool of copper and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah. Genesis 4:22 Robert Alter Who forged – Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan offers the following translation of the phrase in this text: “a maker of all copper and iron implements,” but he notes that the Targum…
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; Genesis 16:1 NIV Hagar – Who was Hagar? The question seems innocent enough until you consider Abraham’s relationship (or relations) with her. That leads to the propensity to enhance her status and character in order to squelch what might be…
