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NASB | Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the LORD, And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings]. [2 Chr 16:9; Job 31:4; 34:21; Prov 15:3; Jer 16:17; Hos 7:2; Heb 4:13] |
Subject: Spirit or spirit? |
Bible Note: Hi compudex, I again admit to studying only from the NASB, NKJ, and the Greek because by now I feel so strongly that pronouns of Deity should be capitalized. If they are not, then I feel that they are not honoring to God. Now that isn't to say that they are bad translations; but they are not good "interpretations" of the Scriptures. And they do not claim to be "interpreters" or interpretations. What I am doing in pencil in my own personal copy is my interpretation as per capitalization of pronouns. We all have to decide for ourselves how we interpret the Scriptures for as you say the Greek does not help us there except by context, and comparison of Scripture with Scripture. The Jehovah's witness has to decide whether Jesus was God or a god. The modern day Jew has to decide whether Jesus was a prophet or the Prophet. We have to decide whether He was a man or a Man. These are important choices to be made. You wrote, "Also, if we capitalize son as in "carpenter's Son", then we would be inferring deity to the carpenter." Lets look at another Scripture and consider whether a capitalized Son would infer deity to Mary. Mark 6:3, "Is not this the carpenter, the *Son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us? And they took offense at Him./ 4 And Jesus said to them, "A *Prophet is not without honor except in (His) home town and among His relatives and in His own household." Matthew 13:55, "Is this not the carpenter's *Son? Is not His [sic] mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this *Man get all these things? 57 And they took offense at Him./ But Jesus said to them, "A *Prophet is not without honor except in (His) home town, and in His own household." The *starred pronouns are my interpretation and the parenthese are mine. NASB used in quotes. I would say that Jesus was the Son of Joseph and Mary in the sense that He was their God. Scriptures are not hesitant to talk of the "Son of David" for we know whose Son He is. He is the Son of Man, the Son of God. Personally, for my copy, I have Matthew 1:1 as "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the *(Son) of David, the *Son of Abraham." And Matthew 1:20, "But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that [the Child] which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son [sic]; and you shall call His/ name Jesus, for it is He who will save (His) people from their sins." Where is the consistency if she bore a Son but it [He] is not the Son of Mary. Is "it" enough? She was "with child"; and bore a Son who was "God with us". Matthew 1:23, NKJ,""Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel", which is translated, "God with us."" (I chose the NKJ because the NASB has this quote in all caps and it would be confusing to our study if I typed it that way.) From the heart, Ray |