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NASB | 2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness [rebellion against divine authority and the coming reign of lawlessness] is already at work; [but it is restrained] only until he who now restrains it is taken out of the way. |
Subject: Why is 2 Thess. 2:7 mis-translated? |
Bible Note: Hello Tim, Thanks for offering the “help”. You wrote, "As for (3319), all of the lexicons I have list the meaning of this particular phrase as 'being removed'." Well, Tim, mine list the 3319 as "Mesos" - middle, (as adjective) or (neuter)(noun)- among, between, midst. And, according to my "Vine’s Expository dictionary", it reads, "MESOS - 2 Thess 2:7, where, however, removal is not necessarily in view; there is no accompanying verb signifying removal, as in other occurrences of the phrase." 1096 is Ginomai - and according to Vine's, it means “to become, signifying a change of condition, state or place”. This is why I consider it a mistranslation – in my “Literal Translation of the Bible” it translates the verse as: “For the mystery of lawlessness already is working, only he holding back now, until it comes out of the midst.” And in my “The Interlinear Greek-English New Testament”, it translates thus: “For the mystery already operates of lawlessness only there is the one restraining just now until out of (the) midst it comes.” Both different from all the translations that say in effect: “For disobedience is already secretly at work, but only until he who is now holding it in check is gotten out of the way.” Does it matter? Well, over the years I have noticed some differences in what all the “versions” say even though the Hebrew or Greek “say” the opposite. I was just curious if this was another one of those cases. Rest assured, I don’t intend to start the “First Church of Out of the Midst. Ha ha! Taleb |