But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living [b]within our land; how then are we to make a covenant with you?” Joshua 9:7 NASB Men of Israel – What seems like a fairly straightforward verse and translation is anything but. This verse is really complicated. Let me explain why. First, let’s look at…
And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away from the city. Joshua 8:16 NASB Were called together – Something odd occurs in this verse; something we probably didn’t even notice. It shows up in the qere/ketiv of the text, something you…
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him. Job 13:15 NASB I will hope – You’ll recall that a few months ago we looked at the rather famous verse and noticed that there was a difference between the written text and the way the text is read. I…
Would He not leave my few days alone? Withdraw from me so that I may have a little cheerfulness Job 10:20 NASB Cheerfulness – Before we look at the term translated “cheerfulness” in the NASB, we should notice the translation provided by Chabad. Are not my days few? So desist and withdraw from me, and I…
I arose early, when it was still night, and I cried out; I hoped for Your word. Psalm 119:147 Chabad For Your word – Compare these three Hebrew renditions of this verse: קדמתי בנשף ואשועה לדבריך יחלתי קִדַּ֣מְתִּי בַ֖נֶּשֶׁף וָֽאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה לִדְבָֽרְךָ֥ (כתיב לִדְבָֽרְיךָ֥) יִחָֽלְתִּי קִדַּ֣מְתִּי בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה (לדבריך) [לִדְבָרְךָ֥] יִחָֽלְתִּי Aside from the fact that the first version…
Then the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went ahead of them, and the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, while they continued to blow the trumpets. Joshua 6:13 NASB They continued to – According…
Then [a]he said to the people, “Go forward and march around the city, and the armed men shall go on ahead of the ark of the Lord.” Joshua 6:7 NASB He said – During the summer we encountered two American girls at a gelateria in Reggio Emilia. Meeting English speaking Americans is still unusual enough to generate…
Then [a]he said to the people, “Go forward and march around the city, and the armed men shall go on ahead of the ark of the Lord.” Joshua 6:7 NASB He (they) said – Did you notice the little footnote in this text. It reads: “Joshua 6:7 Another reading is they.” It’s pretty hard to confuse “he” and “they.” …
Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until [a]they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any…
You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, Exodus 15:17a NASB You will bring them – What do you do with a text that has grammatical oddities? Well, you could chalk it up to transmission error. Copyists make mistakes and mistakes are handed on as if they were part of the original. …
