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NASB | Matthew 1:19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 1:19 And Joseph her [promised] husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned to send her away and divorce her quietly. |
Subject: What does "send her away" refer to? |
Bible Note: Dear Ed, God bless your dear pastor friend! It seems like God has chosen to bless others (and your friend as well) in the midst of his trials. That having been said, I must admit that the NLB is not one that I know a great deal about. I believe it is paraphrased bible, is it not? Now in the hands of your friend it may be a wonderful tool for feeding the milk of the word to his flock. He probably can feed them meat as well through his lifelong study and the gift of teaching that he obviously possess. But I wonder if the NLB is suitable for study by the untrained reader. We know that even the best translations are not infallible for infallibility is ascribed to the original manuscripts alone. Now, I don't mean to say that the greek or hebrew copies are errant in any way. I believe that God has preserved His Word down through the ages for the church. My point is any translation from the original language is bound to have some problems, and then when fallible men begin to add words that that are meant to simplify or explain the original language it multiplies the existing problems and may add more on top. This is merely my opinion as a layman and I claim no expertise as a translator. What do you think, Ed? John |