Who’s to Blame

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

So the Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?  Joshua 7:10 NASB וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ קֻ֣ם לָ֑ךְ לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֔ה אַתָּ֖ה נֹפֵ֥ל עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ Stand up! קֻ֣ם “Stand up”  1999           קוּם (qûm) rise, arise, stand[1] לָ֑ךְ “toward”  “from”  1063  לְ (lĕ) to, at, in, in reference to, of, by etc.[2] …

Translation?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, קֻם לָךְ; לָמָּה זֶּה, אַתָּה נֹפֵל עַל-פָּנֶיךָ So the Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?  Joshua 7:10 NASB וַיֹּאמֶר  – “What is the best translation?”  Perhaps this is the most frequent question I am asked.  In the past I have often replied, “Every translation…