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  • Jacob and Job

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For [j]what I fear comes upon me, and what I dread [k]encounters me.  Job 3:25  NASB What I fear – An unfortunate translation.  By rendering this word as “fear,” we miss the point and the connections.  Even more, when the translators use “dread” in the subsequent phrase, they mix up the real meanings and miss the oxymoron. …

  • Shame on You

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Take away my disgrace which I dread, for Your judgments are good. Psalm 119:39  NASB Disgrace – by now we’ve learned that shame in the ancient Semitic world is not an inner psychological state.  It is public disgrace.  Now we need to know what “disgrace” means in this ancient world.  The word is ḥerpâ. In…