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NASB | Psalm 66:3 Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 66:3 Say to God, "How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You. |
Bible Question:
I noticed that the NASB uses in Psalm 66:3 the words "feigned obedience". I am puzzled by the use of the word "feigned" since this word generally means something like "pretend" or "fake". The words feigned obedience thus gives the impression that submission was not genuine. Other translations use words such as "your enemies 'cringe' befoe you" (NRSV); "your enemies cower in fear before you" (NET); "your enemies submit themselves to you" (NKJV), etc. reflecting a quite different picture of how God's enemies act before Him. Why does the NASB use a word like "feign"? Isn't that word misleading? Thanks! |
Bible Answer: Hi MrNasb, Welcome to the forum! God's enemies do not have it in them, for lack of salvific faith, (James 2:19b "the demons also believe, and shudder." ) and also the influence of the indwelling Spirit of God to obey Him in truth, and in spirt. So this use of feigned, or "pretend" or "fake" obedience is, quite appropriate. The NASB is a very accurate word for word translation, in fact it is widely accepted by Bible and Greek (the original autograph) scholars as the most accurate. John Gill puts it like this: --"shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee? in a lying, flattering, and deceitful manner, as the word here used signifies; See Gill on "Ps 18:44"; or, as the above interpreters, "they shall, through the greatness of fear, confess the lies and transgressions they have committed." It will be a forced, and not a free, confession and submission; Christ's enemies, whether they will or not, will be obliged to own that he is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Philippians 2:10."-- John Gill, http://www.ewordtoday.com/comments/psalm/gill/psalm66.htm John |
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