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1 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 39772 | ||
Greetings Jmscott2! Thanks for your response! There are several points I would make to your comments. 1) First of all, our English Bibles are translations. It is very rare that we simply write out the equivalent letters for a Hebrew (or Greek) word (this process is called transliteration). The reason is simple. The goal of translation is to put one language into another, not simply spell Hebrew words in an English manner. If one did this too much, the Bible would be filled with words which meant very little to English readers. 2) Secondly, no one is sure which vowel points were spoken with the word YHWH. Therefore, 'Yahweh', 'Jehovah', ect..., are all guesses. If I were to make the decision, I would prefer they just wrote 'YHWH' without any vowels. This would eliminate any possibility of mistake. 3) Finally, the point of my last post was very simple. The New Testament, along with the Old Testament, is the inspired Word of God. Thus, God Himself is the author. When God Himself quoted OT passages containing the name 'YHWH', He could have written out 'YHWH' or 'Yahweh' or 'Jehovah'. However, God Himself choose to translate His Divine name as 'kurios' or 'Lord'. Therefore, one can only conclude that it is an acceptable translation to God - since it is His translation. So, it wasn't people who made this decision. It was God Himself. Unless of course, you want to say that God didn't inspire the New Testament writers to translate 'YHWH' as 'kurios'! But, Scripture itself teaches us that 'all Scripture is inspired by God'. Therefore, I believe that if God translates His name as 'Lord' 50 times in the NT, then it is okay for us to do the same thing in our English translations. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | JMSCOTT | 39809 | ||
Exodous 3:8 that is my name forever.....forever...not change change it because you cannot pronounce it....would you not read Jeremiah 23:23-25......a prime example of how people today come up with any excuse to misplace his name.....by using "man's" reasoning....it said forever....Read isaiah 42:8 it say's that is my name....and please show where in the bible it say's god said it was "ok" to change his name?Exodous 6:3...i used to "appear" to isaac,jacob,abraham...but my "name" i did not "make" known to them...that is what it say's....when did god translate anything.....you said no one knows for sure....please read 1 corinthians 2:7....and verse 10,13....i will jesus own words.....john 17:6....if was not important why did he need to manifest(or make known)to people...the greatest trick satan has put on mankind is to get people to forget or even not use his name...and justify it by using other books not inspired by god to explain why it is ok not use it!if is not importan why did every prophet bear a portion of gods name in their name example:josiah,obadaiah,zedekiah,isaiah all have the phrase "yah" in them...halleluyah jeremiah....finally Isaiah 52:5-9....my people shall "know" my name.......only carnal minded humans try even to justify....not using it......you friend..... | ||||||
3 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | JMSCOTT | 39829 | ||
malachai 1:6-7.......i love this one.....cannot be denied.... | ||||||
4 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 40505 | ||
Hi JMSCOTT, Which version do you like according to the holy spirit of your god? Do you deny NKJ, "A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence?" In other words, what does your yahweh, or jhwh, say to you? From the heart, Ray |
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