consolation

  • The God Who Feels

    Are the consolations of God too little for you, or the word spoken gently to you?  Job 15:11  NASB Consolations – You will recall Wilson’s comment about the use of the term nāḥam: “When nāḥam is used of God, however, the expression is anthropopathic and there is not ultimate tension. From man’s limited, earthly, finite perspective it only appears…

  • Making a Point

    Are the consolations of God too little for you, or the word spoken gently to you?  Job 15:11  NASB Too little for you – Eliphaz makes a good point.  Perhaps in our desire to reach Job’s pinnacle conclusion and find some justification for his suffering, we are too quick to pass over the objections raised by his friends.  If…

  • The Psychology of Exegesis

    This is my comfort in my misery, that Your word has [s]revived me.  Psalm 119:50 NASB Comfort/misery – The NASB translation renders the Hebrew ʿŏnî as misery.  This derivative comes from the root (ʿānâ) III, afflict, oppress, humble.[1]  “The primary meaning of ʿānâ III is ‘to force,’ or ‘to try to force submission,’ and ‘to punish or…

  • Stand by Me (2)

    Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, Philippians 2:1 NASB Consolation – What’s the Difference? Paul already used the word paraklesis, the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew na­ham, a word for comfort, so why…