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To: onedoug
Us: The angels? The animals? Or perhaps other intelligent life in the universe?

That's the "Royal 'We.'" European kings and queens have a convention of referring to themselves in the first person plural. I do not know why. But the famous statement "We are not amused" has become, in popular lore, pretty much a summary of Victoria's reign.

One would expect the King James (<---HINT!) Bible to observe such conventions. I wouldn't read too much into the plural pronoun.

201 posted on 12/12/2006 5:18:28 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: ReignOfError

I believe its a translation from Hebrew.


202 posted on 12/12/2006 3:55:29 PM PST by onedoug
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