Today’s Word
Who Else?
And they also acted with wile, and they went, and disguised as ambassadors, and they took worn sacks for their donkeys, and wine bottles, rotten, split, and tied together. Joshua 9:4 Chabad Also – The first thing to notice about this verse is that most popular English Bible translations leave out the word “also.” Only…
The Bone Doctor
Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am frail; heal me, Lord, for my bones are horrified. Psalm 6:2 NASB Horrified – Have you ever felt that your bones are horrified? Broken, maybe. Frail, yes. Aching, okay. But “horrified”? What does that mean? What does that feel like? This is an idea we need to understand, especially when it’s used again in the next verse: And my soul is greatly horrified. We…
Syntactical Rearrangement
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath. Psalm 6:1 NASB In Your Anger – Quite often Hebrew syntax is radically different than the translations provided in English. We shouldn’t be surprised. The arrangement of words according to linguistic rules differs from one language to another, even in languages with…
Who Is the Servant?
For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor though you have not known Me. I am the Lord, and there is no one else; there is no God except Me. I will arm you, though you have not known Me, Isaiah 45:4-5 NASB Not known Me – Cyrus…
Rules of Engagement
“When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of peace. And if it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and serve you.” Deuteronomy 20:10-11 NASB Terms of peace – As we discovered in the examination…
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