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1 | "Flies" should read "given" | Eccl 10:1 | sid | 158769 | ||
To: WOS; 1) My comment about Matthew Henry and Andrew Fausset only applied to Verse 3.2. 2) "Death given pours out a stinking smell [into] oil [being] drawn out [to] perfumer; more than precious wisdom [smells from] a little folly" - Eccl 10.1. Ointment - 14 Xs; oil - 165 Xs. apothecary - 5 Xs; perfume - #s 7543 to #7548 are all one word, which we think should be perfume(s). stink - 8 Xs; smell - 42 Xs. reputation (honor) - 1 X Only; precious - 25 Xs. Now then, Why did the KJV translators always invent these one-time-only definitions when the Bible had a different definition recorded frequently? And -- Why do the present Bible translations continue to use these one-time-only words? What we have here is an analogy between "death given" (through prophecy; see: Deut 28), and precious wisdom smelling from a little folly. Besides that, you should know that flies do not smell. In love, sid 1. "2070 - BWBZ - flies - 1 X Only. Almost all one-time-only words are errors. DBZ - #2065 to #2071; the definition in James Strong's prelimenary notes to the words translated in the KJV are "gift" and "given" - 29 times. |
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2 | "Flies" should read "given" | Eccl 10:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 158777 | ||
sid, You state: “Besides that, you should know that flies do not smell.” Sorry, but I have never felt the need to find out first hand. That’s one of those things in which I’ll simply take the author’s words as being true. Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Besides, I do know what stinks, and dead flies aren’t as concerning. Psalm 38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. “Nothing will disquiet the heart of a good man so much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet, is to keep ourselves in the love of God. But a sense of guilt is too heavy to bear; and would sink men into despair and ruin, unless removed by the pardoning mercy of God. If there were not sin in our souls, there would be no pain in our bones, no illness in our bodies. The guilt of sin is a burden to the whole creation, which groans under it. It will be a burden to the sinners themselves, when they are heavy-laden under it, or a burden of ruin, when it sinks them to hell. When we perceive our true condition, the Good Physician will be valued, sought, and obeyed. Yet many let their wounds rankle, because they delay to go to their merciful Friend. When, at any time, we are distempered in our bodies, we ought to remember how God has been dishonoured in and by our bodies. The groanings which cannot be uttered, are not hid from Him that searches the heart, and knows the mind of the Spirit. David, in his troubles, was a type of Christ in his agonies, of Christ on his cross, suffering and deserted.” – Matthew Henry WOS |
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