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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: Hi Kalos, You have written that "the oldest Greek manuscripts were all upper case." I don't know if that is true or not, but I find it interesting and confusing that the writer finds FAULT with a capitalized "He" when it has been stated that they are all capitalized in the oldest Greek manuscripts. 1) The writer says that we should ignore the interpretive decision made by the translators of the NASB. The writer would then have to find greater fault with the NKJ for they make even greater interpretations for a "Divine Being." Revelations 14:14, NASB, "And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sititng on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head, and a sharp sickle in His hand." Revelation 14:14, NKJ, "Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle." I would go with the NKJ for the verse, capitalizing "One" and the "Son of Man"; for then the capitalization would agree with the capitalized "His head" and "His" hand. 2) Now, the capitalization of "Your" sickle for Revelation 14:15 is another difference in interpretation. The NASB has "your sickle" and the NKJ has "Your sickle". I would go with the NKJ and "Your" sickle. However, we need to look also at the difference in translations and manuscripts used for the latter part of Revelation 14:15. The NU and M texts omit "for You". NKJ, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap..." and the NASB, "Put in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe." 3) I would go with two capitalized pronouns for verse 15; going with "Put in Your sickle" but ommitting the "for (y)You" to reap. Thus, allowing for the angels to be participants in the reaping after the One who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle. From the heart, Ray |