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NASB | Revelation 14:16 Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 14:16 So He who was sitting on the cloud cast His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped (judged). |
Subject: Ignoring a Decision to Capitalize |
Bible Note: Ignoring a Decision to Capitalize Hebrew has no such thing as upper and lower case, and the oldest Greek manuscripts were all upper case. Here is an example of the difficulties involved in capitalizing words in a translation that are NOT capitalized in the Hebrew and Greek texts: 'Revelation 14:16 '(1) And He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and (2) the earth was reaped. '1. And He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth may indicate the nature of this harvest. The reader should ignore the interpretive decision made by the translators of the NASB. The fact that they capitalized He indicates their opinion that the one sitting on the cloud is a Divine Being. It is a heavenly being, but there is nothing in the text that demands that the cloud-rider is Jesus Christ.' ____________________ http://www.revelationcommentary.org/14_chapter.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * www.seekfind.org Christian Search Engine The mission of SeekFind.org is to provide God-honoring, Biblically-based, and theologically-sound Christian search engine results in a highly accurate and well-organized format. |