Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying, Joshua 1:1 NASB It came about – Once more I ask you recall that odd Hebrew verb tense called the waw-conversive. You remember the discussion from Genesis 3:10 where Adam says (in…
But You, Lord, remain forever, and Your name remains to all generations. Psalm 102:12 NASB But – The lowly conjunction. Not spectacular, as words go. Relegated to expressing relations between other words, we hardly think of them as crucial connectors until someone uses them incorrectly. There’s a big difference between “law came through Moses but grace through Jesus…
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,” Psalm 139:11 NASB If– Is it really hypothetical? Do we really only imagine a darkness that overwhelms? The translator, also a reader (see yesterday’s Today’s Word about the role of the reader), apparently reads this poem as a theological proclamation of God’s…
O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise. Psalm 51:15 NASB That – So what is David really saying? Is he saying that he is unable to praise YHVH because YHVH has not opened his lips? Or is he saying that if YHVH opens his lips, then he will praise Him?…
April 1 But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them. Exodus 1:7 NASB Increased greatly – April Fool’s Day seems like a good day for us to examine our own foolishness. For example, the sixth letter of the Hebrew…
