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1 | rock or Rock,god or God,savior or Savior | Hos 13:4 | Ray | 20030 | ||
Deuteronomy 32:39, "See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me;"NASB And there is no God besides Me; NKJ Hosea 13:4, "Yet I have been the Lord your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me,..."NASB "And you shall know no God but Me;..." NKJ The two versions are consistent in their readings in the comparisons above. The question is, which is your preference? This is a question concerning the capitalization of the word god, God. If you can express why you choose one over the other it would be appreciated. |
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2 | rock or Rock,god or God,savior or Savior | Hos 13:4 | Hank | 20035 | ||
Hello, Ray. My, but it's been a long time since we "visited" on the forum! It's a pleasure to attempt a response to your question, and so here goes. As you know, it's proper English usage to refer to God with a capital G when we are speaking of the God of the Bible, because we use it as a proper name. But the word "god" is also used as a common name, as when we are speaking of a pagan god or gods...... In the passages you cite I believe the NASB translators used lower case for "god" because they saw it as referring to a pagan god. On the other hand, the NKJV may have taken the view that even though pagans may worship something they call god, there cannot really be any other God. It stresses the uniqueness of God. It's much like saying, "There is no United States but the United States. Any other claim to being the United States is a false claim, a sham, a fake."...... God is in essence saying "I am God. There is no other being in the universe who can be God." ....... It is of some interest to note that the NIV in the Deut. 32:39 verse says "there is no god besides me" while in the Hosea 13:4 verse the rendering is, "You shall acknowledge no God but me." ...... You asked for a preference of one over the other, of using God or god in these verses. Ray, there are, I believe, valid arguments to be made for using either, and I frankly have no real preference. So long as we get the clear message that there is but one God, we have gained from the passages the eternal truth they mean to teach us. --Hank | ||||||
3 | rock or Rock,god or God,savior or Savior | Hos 13:4 | Ray | 20038 | ||
Hi Hank, Thanks for responding. I agree that there are valid arguments for using either and appreciate your thoughts. Thank you for sharing the NIV renderings also. I'm sorry but I can hardly bear to read a version anymore that does not capitalize pronouns of Deity. How can we honor a God when we don't know Him as God? Hank, do you think that God has a common name? Psalms 7:17, "I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." Thanks, Later, Ray |
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4 | rock or Rock,god or God,savior or Savior | Hos 13:4 | Hank | 20041 | ||
Hello again, Ray. You ask whether I think God has a common name. No, Ray, I don't. I don't think there is anything common about God. He is omnipotent. He is transcendent. He alone is God. There is none like Him. To Him all majesty ascribe, as the hymn goes. --Hank | ||||||
5 | rock or Rock,god or God,savior or Savior | Hos 13:4 | Ray | 20065 | ||
Hi Hank, I didn't mean to put you on the spot. I went to bed last night thinking that a common name for Him would be a "father". I was thinking of the three times in 1 Chronicles that God tells Solomon that "I will be his father, and he shall be My son." See 1 Chronicles 17:13, 22:10, and 28:6 But now after studying some more this morning, I am going to follow the lead of the NKJ and capitalize those also. What I believe is that God is not a god. See Hosea 13:4 and determine if that belief fits in with the NASB. There is no common name for Him. Not even "a father". See also Malachi 1:6, both versions. God is God, period. I would like to consider the Savior with you too if you have any preference there. Later, Ray |
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