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NASB | 2 Samuel 16:12 "Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 16:12 "Perhaps the LORD will look on the wrong done to me [by Shimei, if he is acting on his own]; and [in that case perhaps] the Lord will this day return good to me in place of his cursing." |
Bible Question:
The marginal note for 2 Samuel 16:12 in my NASB Study Bible reads [Lit. the Lord will return]. This is an example to my mind of the desirability of the literal reading (even if it is a more "wooden" or stiff rendering). 2 Samuel 16:12, NKJ, "It may be that the Lord will look on my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing this day." I have learned to compare/contrast this verse with Isaiah 45:7. Any comments? From the heart, Ray |
Bible Answer: I like the literalness of the NASB for doing bible study but I would suggest you look at more versions of the same verse rather than looking to a verse in another book. There are times that the literal reading of a text would be to indelicate for a pulpit. A literal translation for the idiom rendered "compassion" in Matthew 9:36 is gross. A literal reading of 1 Kings 12:10 for the word translated 'loins' would not be appropriate for a church or a synagogue. |
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