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NASB | Isaiah 34:14 The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 34:14 The creatures of the desert will encounter jackals And the hairy goat will call to its kind; Indeed, Lilith (night demon) will settle there And find herself a place of rest. |
Subject: night monster |
Bible Note: Greetings Scandinavian Disciple! I like your Username! I am from the United States, Indiana to be more precise. :-) Your discovery of this "night monster" in the Bible is intriguing! Here's some "gathered information" on the 'night monster'.. "34:14 ... night monster. Outside the Bible a related Semitic word refers to a "night demon." (1) "13-15: Night hag, the storm demon Lilith, found in abandonded places, and wild animals (13:19-22) haunt her ruins." (2) However, interestingly enough I looked up and down throughout the "Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible" (4) and couldn't find any mention of Isaiah 34:14.. However, after looking up Strong's Hebrew number "3917" at the Blue Letter Bible website (http://www.blueletterbible.org), I received this entry.. "03917 liyliyth (lee-leeth') from 03915; TWOT - 1112; n f AV - screech owl 1; 1 1) "Lilith", name of a female goddess known as a night demon who haunts the desolate places of Edom 1a) might be a nocturnal animal that inhabits desolate places About Strongs Concordance for Strongs Number 03917 Go to Gen 1:1 There is one verse containing Strong's number 03917. Here it is: Isa 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert [06728] shall also meet [06298] (8804) with the wild beasts of the island [0338], and the satyr [08163] shall cry [07121] (8799) to his fellow [07453]; the screech owl [03917] also shall rest [07280] (8689) there, and find [04672] (8804) for herself a place of rest [04494]." Also, the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary had this to add about this particular verse: "screech owl--rather, "the night specter"; in Jewish superstition a female, elegantly dressed, that carried off children by night. The text does not assert the existence of such objects of superstition, but describes the place as one which superstition would people with such beings." (5) In conclusion, I would state as Ryrie does, that this "night monster" is "... Possibly a reference to a demon." (3) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) The Zondervan NASB Study Bible, 1999, The Zondervan Corporation, Kenneth Barker, General Editor (2) The Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, RSV, 1965, Oxford University Press, Edited by Herbert G. May and Bruce M. Metzger (3) Ryrie Study Bible Expanded Edition, 1995, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Th.D., Ph.D. (4) Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, DDD, Second Revised Edition, 1999, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands, Edited by: Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter W. van der Horst (5) Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) |
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