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NASB | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]! |
Subject: Using the word Lucifer |
Bible Note: Greetings Tim! Good point about the misinterpretation of 'morning star' in Isaiah 14:12: it is not associated with the fall of Satan. Many do believe that this is a 'dual reference' to Satan, but there is no real way to prove that through Scripture. I have searched for Textus Receptus manuscript information about Isaiah 14:12 and, aside from a bit of misleading KJV Onlyism stuff, did not find any substantive information to lead anyone to believe that the rendering of "Lucifer" originated any earlier in history than the Vulgate. It could be that this misinterpretation survived from the Vulgate to the KJV and only with the modern translations is now sufficiently corrected. I myself have always favored translations based on the NU/Alexandrian manuscripts more so than the Textus Receptus, in which Erasmus himself completed by copying the last 7 verses or so of Revelation right out of the Vulgate. Blessings to you, Makarios |