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NASB | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth." [Ps 104:30; Heb 1:2; 11:3] |
Subject: opinion in NET Bible (cf. www.bible.org) |
Bible Note: what i meant is that, the translator of Genesis of the NET Bible thinks while some explain the use of "let us make..." in Gen 1:26 by "the plural of majesty", ie plural used to show majesty, the sentence structure grammatically disapproves such an explanation. further comments? |