Tag: esv
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Is it Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar?
I found something a little bit confusing over the two ways in which the name of the king of Babylon was rendered in the book of Jeremiah. For example, Jeremiah 28:11 renders it as Nebuchadnezzar: And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all …
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Why do English bibles change “Yearn for Purity” (נַשְּׁקוּ בַר) in Psalm 2:12 to “Kiss the Son” or “Kiss his Son”?
We read in Tehillim 2:12 [MT], "Yearn for Purity, lest He be angry and your-way will perish when suddenly His-wrath will kindle. Happy [are] all who take refuge in-Him" (נַשְּׁקוּ בַ֡ר פֶּן יֶאֱנַ֚ף וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ דֶ֗רֶךְ כִּֽי יִבְ…..
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How do we reconcile Job 21:16 in ESV & NKJV
Job 21:16[ESV] Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me. Job 21:16[NKJV] Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me. How to reconcile? The ESV s…