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1 | shepherd the land vs. waste or devour | Mic 5:6 | TruthSeeker07 | 218409 | ||
Why does the NASB say, "will shepherd the land", whereas the Amplified says, "shall rule and waste the land"? These seem like two entirely different meanings. Some translations have rendered it devour the land. Any thoughts on this? | ||||||
2 | shepherd the land vs. waste or devour | Mic 5:6 | Makarios | 218424 | ||
Greetings TruthSeeker07, "will shepherd the land" There are different renderings of this phrase: KJV - "they shall waste the land" NKJV - "they shall waste with the sword the land" NIV - "they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword" NAB - "they shall tend the land of Assyria wih the sword" (5:5) NLT - "they will rule Assyria with drawn swords" HCSB - "they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword" ESV - "they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword" GNB - "By force of arms they will conquer Assyria, the land of Nimrod" LITV - "And they shall depasture the land of Assyria with the sword" MKVJ - "And they shall mar the land of Assyria with the sword" With the help of E-Sword software and Strong's Concordance, the Hebrew words behind "shepherd/waste the land" are raw-ah' (H7489), which means to spoil or make good for nothing, and ayth (H853), which means "demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely." "5:5 ..."The Assyrians" symbolically refer to all nations in every age that oppose God's people. .." (pg. 1471, Life Application Study Bible, copyright 2004 by Tyndale House Publishers) Therefore, the rendering of 'shepherd' is applicable in the sense of ruling or overseeing, and 'waste' or 'devour' would carry the literal sense of conquering or spoiling. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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