May the stars of its twilight be darkened; may it wait for light but have none, and may it not see the [e]breaking dawn; because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb, or hide trouble from my eyes. Job 3:9-10 NASB Breaking dawn – What biblical story comes to mind when you read בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר. Oh,…
Now there was a day when the [b]sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [c]Satan also came among them. Job 1:6 NASB Sons of God – Some authors have made a lot of the idea that there are multiple divine beings in the biblical account. With verses like this one from the book of…
Praise Him, highest heavens, and the waters that are above the heavens! Psalm 148:4 NASB Above – Most of the people of Western world and those that have been influenced by the Western world as far away as China are preparing for Christmas. What almost none of these people are considering is the cultural context of…
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:2 NASB Formless and void – tohu va-vohu reads the Hebrew text. But the key to understanding this verse is not simply to be found in…
