Posted on 09/04/2021 6:33:43 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth" (Proverbs 4:5).
All the way through chapter 4, “my words,” “my words,” “the words of my mouth,” and so on. It's kind of funny because the new versions change words around. You understand why they change the words around, right? It is good to explain it from time to time. In order to put out a new Bible, they have to change enough in it to justify a different copyright. If they just went in and copied the New American Standard, they could never justify getting it copyrighted as the New New New American Standard because it's the very same wording. So, while in most cases the basic changes are the same, they still have to play the synonym game to shuffle things around to justify being able to put out a new version.
What is one of the complaints we always hear about the King James Bible? It's so antiquated. It is so outdated. It's so hard to read. It's so complicated. Okay, what do you not understand about the word, “get” as in “Get wisdom, get understanding . . .,” the 3-letter word, “get.” Everybody understands “get.” Yea, and you probably also understand the word, “acquire,” but you do understand that when the new versions say, “Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding . . .” it's at least a step up in understanding. It's pretty simple. Even a dog understands, “Get!” Go tell your dog to acquire. “Acquire the bone!” or “Acquire the ball!”
“Get wisdom, get understanding,” why aren't you in church on a regular basis if you're really interested in getting wisdom and understanding? Or, on the same basis, why haven’t you cracked open your Bible in weeks?
Why are people so careless? Why do they say they love God and love the wisdom of God, and boy do they love preaching; they love good teaching, boy. They love, love, love, love, but when it really comes to coming to where they can get it, they don't manage to get under the spout all that often. One thing that is aggravating is when somebody doesn't come to church, but when they do come it's like, “Oh! It's so good to be here! I'm so glad that I came!” and then they are gone for weeks, if not months. It's amazing.
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