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To: imardmd1

Well.....It is written....”Just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so ‘My word that proceeds from My mouth’ will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will ‘prosper’ where I send it”....Isaiah 55:10,11

Newer translations from trained teams of linguists better capture the original meaning of the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts in light of the ever-changing dynamics of modern language...for He carries his teaching beyond the immediate occasion, for the benefit of the people of God ‘in all ages’....

It’s purely a matter of language....Why would you use a translation that is so dated you need to offer a translation of the translation?....If its language is so cumbersome to modern ears that it becomes an impediment because we know what happens when Scripture is made ‘clear’....as is written.......“For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires” (Hebrews 4:12)

So for non-Greek-and-Hebrew students of God’s Word, a good rule of thumb is the more translations the better.


102 posted on 05/01/2020 11:56:54 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww; ealgeone
a good rule of thumb is the more translations the better.

Give me Book, Chapter, and Verse for that opinion. Apparently the import of my Post No. 90 to ealgeone has escaped you. More translations muddy the waters when they cloud the minds of their readers. And they most certainly do.

104 posted on 05/01/2020 12:33:54 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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