Today’s Word
Redundancy?
So the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” And they became gatherers of firewood and labor to draw water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them. Joshua 9:21 NASB Had spoken – Read it slowly. The leaders tell the people to let the Gibeonites live, punishing their duplicity by proclaiming that they will be “choppers” of…
Cease Fire
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. Nahum 1:3 KJV Not at all acquit – The KJV choses to translate doubled verb wenāqqeh yenāqqeh in the legal negative sense (“acquit”) but the verb is usually translated in the positive “leave unpunished.” In addition, as you can see in the Hebrew, the phrase uses the…
Tipping Point
Far be it from You to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?” Genesis 18:25 NASB Justly – Rabbi Sacks recognized just how crucial Abraham’s question was—and is. “‘Shall the judge of…
The Perfect Consumer
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NIV Desires – Before we dig deeper into this verse, let’s consider the typical Christian interpretation. Here’s an example: Psalm 37:3–4 Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD,…
Who’s Is?
Of what can any living mortal, or any man, complain in view of his sins? Lamentations 3:39 NASB Living mortal/ man – On the face of it, this translation doesn’t make a lot of sense. Do the terms for “living mortal” and “man” delineate two different classes of being? If they do, as suggested by the “or,” then what are these two groups? Aren’t “living mortals” also “men”? Do…
The Lonely Man of Faith
Of what can any living mortal, or any man, complain in view of his sins? Lamentations 3:39 NASB Complain – My Italian friend told me, “All Italians know they are guilty. They just don’t know why?” But we do, don’t we? We, who are followers of the One True and Holy God know very well what it means to…
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