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1 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Ray | 15532 | ||
Hi Joanne, You'll have to keep a close eye on capitalization when you study this song. For instance, you wrote, "What does it mean that 'their rock had sold them' when even the KJ which does not capitalize pronouns of Deity has it reading "Rock". This is a song that points out the contrasts between gods and the true God, between a rock and the Rock, and one might even say from verse 32 a contrast between a vine and the true Vine of John 15:1. See also Leviticus 26:8,9 and know that their rock is not like our Rock. Nolan, I would suggest this to you as another "Brain-teaser." The song runs from 32:1-43. I would see it as divisible by nine. |
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2 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Makarios | 15586 | ||
Hello Ray! Yes, I get 99, which is divisible by 9 eleven times! :) Interesting study.. --Nolan |
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3 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Ray | 15598 | ||
Hi Nolan, I would guess that you used the NKJ version. If so, look at Deuteronomy 32:39 and then go to your NASB and see where you can pick up the last pronoun. Remember that we are looking for consistency with "no god besides Me". Compare 1 Samuel 2:2 and 2 Samuel 7:22 Later, Ray | ||||||
4 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Makarios | 15617 | ||
Hello Ray! Actually, I used the NASB which is my favorite translation. As for "no god besides Me", the NASB in Deut. 32:39 states, 'no god' and 'any rock' in 1 Sam. 2:2. However, the NASB does capitalize in 2 Sam. 7:22 stating, "no God besides You".. The NKJV in Deut. 32:39 states, "no God besides Me" and "any rock like our God" in 1 Sam. 2:2. Also, the NKJV 'agrees' with the NASB in 2 Sam. 7:22 by stating, "any God besides You".. The NIV in Deut. 32:39 states, "no god besides me" and "no God but you" in 2 Sam. 7:22, capitalizing "God" like the NASB and NKJV. However, the NIV does capitalize in 1 Sam. 2:2, stating "no Rock like our God".. The Amplified states capitalization in the same way that the NIV does in these verses. So here's a chart that explains the present study of capitalization.. Version........Deut. 32:39,1 Sam. 2:2,2 Sam. 7:22 ************************************************* NASB............No..............No........Yes NKJV............Yes.............No........Yes NIV...............No..............Yes.......Yes Amplified........No..............Yes.......Yes So why the discrepancy in capitalization? Good question! :) NIV - New International Version, Amplified - The Amplified Bible, NASB - New American Standard Bible, NKJV - New King James Version --Nolan |
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5 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Ray | 15671 | ||
Hi Nolan, I wonder if you would count the pronouns again in your NASB for without counting the "no god besides" I still come up one short. For this reason I'm going to go with the NKJ here with its "no God besides Me". I believe you did the prayer found in 2 Samuel with me and at that time I was looking for consistency and wanted to make a change to the "no God besides Me". What I'm saying now is that the consistency perhaps should go to the "no God besides Me". For 2 Samuel 7:24 I would then go to the NKJ for their reading. That would enable the pronouns to be divisible by nine with the reading of "no God besides Thee". Perhaps, Nolan, we should just say here for anyone who is considering these passages with us that we have determined that the song here in Deut 32 and the prayer of 2 Samuel 7:18 have pronouns of Deity totals that are divisible by three (as well as nine). This may sound like "numerology" to some but for me it has given me a reason to praise my Triune God. I see the same situation in the high-priestly prayer of Jesus in John 17. I would pray that this fact would be meaningful to people who are unsure of the Deity of Christ or do not see the Holy Spirit as a Person. Nolan, as far as the rock in 1 Samuel 2:2 I think it should be lower case to go along with "no one holy like", "no one besides", and "Nor is there any rock like". What do you think? |
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6 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Makarios | 15699 | ||
Hello Ray! Yes, either way, you could bring the "best of all translations" together and have all three verses capitalized! :-) I agree, It is my opinion that 'rock' in 1 Sam. 2:2 should be lowercase, and the NASB keeps it lowercase as well as the NKJV. Interesting study Ray! Nolan |
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