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1 | "Who am I?" How important is it? | 1 Chr 17:16 | Makarios | 12384 | ||
Dear Ray, The Hebrew word used here in 1 Chr 17:20 is 'elohiym', which is the same word that is used in reference to God in 2 Samuel 7:22 and Genesis 1:1.. In all three places in Scripture, the word "God" is capitalized. Also, all three translations that we use to study capitalization capitalize "God" here, thus giving weight to the conclusion that the word should indeed be capitalized. "But why?" I can see where you would side with "any god" rather than "any God", but the Hebrew word used is 'elohiym' here. So it could be stated, "neither is there any 'elohiym' besides Thee, according to all that we have heard.." In other words, there is nothing else in all of existence that is like God! There is truly nothing like God- there is not anything that contains His properties or nature except Him! So in this sense, we can truly say, "neither is there any God besides Thee"! However, if you assert that it must be this way: "neither is there any god besides Thee", then you are calling our Lord a 'god', since the prepositional phrase 'besides Thee' is directly describing 'god', which is clearly referring to the Almighty (elohiym)! However, I am sure that you didn't mean to do this, and I know that you would always call our Lord "the God" instead of a 'god'. I believe that this is the underlining importance of the use of capitalization in this verse. Blessings, Nolan |
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2 | "Who am I?" How important is it? | 1 Chr 17:16 | Ray | 20026 | ||
Hi Nolan and anyone who read my brain-teaser "Who am I? How important is it?" on 08/7/01. I have decided that it is not important to me, either, to have the pronouns of Deity add up to a total divisible by three in this prayer in 1 Chron 17:16. The likeness of the same prayer is found in 2 Samuel 7:24. In the NASB the total is not divisible by three, but in the NKJ it is. Right now, if indeed anyone is interested in this, I am agreeing with my forum friends and am not interested in making any changes in the NASB to make it divisble by three. Nolan, I have decided to go with "neither is there any God besides Thee" for 1 Chron 17:20 and 2 Sam 7:22. Have you done any more in this study? Please consider a question I will ask on the forum for Hosea 13:4. Later, Ray |
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