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NASB | Isaiah 30:1 "Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 30:1 "Woe (judgment is coming) to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who carry out a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin; |
Bible Question: why in some version of the Bible the word spirit in this verse appears in lower case letters? |
Bible Answer: Hi Dan29, The bottom line for your question is that some version would not see the Holy Spirit or Spirit as a Person of the trinity. For instance the Jehovah's Witness copy would read "spirit". The NKJ and the NASB, Amplified, and King James all read "Spirit". There are many occurances in the Scriptures that require a consistent usage of the word Spirit and study of the context of the word in order that a "correct" choice can be made. You know that the versions that capitalize (NASB, NKJ) have in their study bible margins "or spirit" when it could not be determined exactly. You may know that the Hebrew and the Greek do not give any consideration to the differences of cases. For this Isaiah 30:1 reference, I believe that it is talking about the Spirit Himself. Personally, I think of His Spirit here as the God/Man who came and told us the truth. But some people think of Him as the God/man. The capitalization here in Isaiah is one of interpretation of whether it is speaking of Deity. In my comparisons of Scripture with Scripture here I considered (sometime in the past) John 8:40, NKJ, "But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this." Isaiah 29:22, "Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, "Jacob shall not now be ashamed, no shall his facve now turn pale; But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Israel. And those who err in mind will know the truth, And those who criticize will accept instruction." The next verse is Isaiah 30:1. The NKJ version for Isaiah 29:30 speaks of "These also who erred in spirit will come to understanding, And those who complained will learn doctrine." So you see that truth and spirit are in lower case. However, when I think of truth I think of Jesus who said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." I go with the upper case there. For instance John 8:32, "...and you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free...36, "If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." In your consideration of capitalization, look at the context to see if it is speaking of Deity. Know that Jesus is God and worthy of the capital letters. Know that the Holy Spirit is a Person. And also know that we must test the spirits and come to understanding. I have to go now, but Joel 3:28 is a good companion verse for Isaiah 30:1 especially considering the idea of "pouring out". Also John 6:63, "It is the Spirit (spirit?) who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." From the heart, Ray |
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