[HarleyD]

Why would you want to translate Isahiah 9:6 from Greek when you can translate it from Hebrew? The Old Testament was written in Hebrew. In the Hebrew it is as the NKJV says. Please see below:

כִּי־יֶלֶד יֻלַּד־לָנוּ בֵּן נִתַּן־לָנוּ וַתְּהִי הַמִּשְׂרָה עַל־שִׁכְמֹו וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמֹו פֶּלֶא יֹועֵץ אֵל גִּבֹּור אֲבִיעַד שַׂר־שָׁלֹֽום׃

The "authorized" version of the Orthodox Bible is correct. Note: גּבּר גּבּור translates into Mighty God. I guess the Greek is not all that it's cracked up to be when translating things from Hebrew to Greek to English. Well the Orthodox Church must have understood that. I guess that's what you get for being well funded even though all they had to do was take our NKJV of the bible and slap a new cover on it. (But it's a lovely cover.)

You shouldn't really complain about your own church. Your bishops decided this was the right course. ;O)

BTW-It is interesting the Orthodox decided to use the Protestant's version of scripture rather than the Catholic's DBR version.

[kosta50]

Why would you want to translate Isahiah 9:6 from Greek when you can translate it from Hebrew?

Are you trying to be obtuse, HD? Do you even know what Septuagint is?

One good reason is that because the Apostles used the Greek version of the Old Testament. Apparently they thought it was "cracked up" enough for them.

Note: גּבּר גּבּור translates into Mighty God.

What I am getting out of it is "mighty man". The word for god (any god, including angels) is 'el (אל).

I guess the Greek is not all that it's cracked up to be when translating things from Hebrew to Greek to English

The Septuagint was translated by Greek-speaking Jews, supposedly rabbis, and supposedly under inspiration, just like the Hebrew scriptures. Again, it was good enough for the Apostles.

You shouldn't really complain about your own church. Your bishops decided this was the right course

My bishops would know better. None of the Slavonic Churches approved this version. The only ones who fell for it are the Greek Archdiocese, the Antiochan Archdiocese and the Orthodox Church of America.

I believe their prelates were duped into endorsing without even seeing this "bible." As I said, an Evangelical Trojan Horse which will go down in history as another embarrassment for North American Orthodox economists.

Antiochan and American Churches here are heavily infiltrated by evangelical converts whose mindset is about as "orthodox" as that of Calvin. As far as the Greek Orthodox in America are concerned, I sometimes don't understand where they are coming from, but I do know they are trying way too hard to be "while" even to this day.

BTW-It is interesting the Orthodox decided to use the Protestant's version of scripture rather than the Catholic's DBR version

You know, when you say Orthodox, do remember that the Slavic Churches make up 85% of the world's Orthodox believers and none of them approved this travesty. As for Antiochan and Greek and OCA nut jobs in America is Orthodox, do remember that they are pretty much Orthodox periphery, if not an insane asylum.

It is no coincidence that Rome is dealing with Moscow, the bastion of Orthodoxy.