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1 | Isaiah 45:7 "God created evil"? | Is 45:7 | jcem | 182633 | ||
There is a verse in Isaiah (45:7) that says that God created evil. Is there other scripture that would help understand this passage? | ||||||
2 | Isaiah 45:7 "God created evil"? | Is 45:7 | Machaira | 182634 | ||
Hello jcem, "Evil" is a bad translation. The word translated "evil" can also be rendered "calmity" or any number of synonyms as demonstrated in any Hebrew lexicon. The newer versions pick-up on this and translate accordingly. Isa 45:7 I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things. ESV We can know that this is the correct translation by observing that Isa. 45:7 uses Hebrew parallelism. The first parallel is "I form light and create darkness," where light is contrasted with darkness. The second parallel begins with "I make peace" or "well-being." The logical contrast to this is "I create calamity." Machaira |
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3 | Isaiah 45:7 "God created evil"? | Is 45:7 | kalos | 182639 | ||
Machaira, Good point and well put. It is said that Scripture is its own best commentary. It is also true that sometimes the best commentary is a good translation, as you have demonstrated here. Along with the English Standard Version, which you quoted, 'the New American Standard Bible gives the sense of Isaiah 45:6-7 more clearly: "There is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these." In other words, God devises calamity as a judgment for the wicked. But in no sense is He the author of evil' ((www.gty.org). Grace to you, John * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. Psalm 27:5 (KJV) |
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