Subject: Is the NWT more reliable than the NASB? |
Bible Note: Certainly. On the textual information, be warned I will not be home until May. :) *** Rbi8 Exodus 3:13-14 *** ” 14 At this God said to Moses: “I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he added: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to YOU.’” Here is the verse's footnote: I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” Heb., ????? ???? ????? (´Eh·yeh´ ´Asher´ ´Eh·yeh´), God’s own self-designation; Leeser, “I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”; Rotherham, “I Will Become whatsoever I please.” Gr., E·go´ ei·mi ho on, “I am The Being,” or, “I am The Existing One”; Lat., e´go sum qui sum, “I am Who I am.” ´Eh·yeh´ comes from the Heb. verb ha·yah´, “become; prove to be.” Here ´Eh·yeh´ is in the imperfect state, first person sing., meaning “I shall become”; or, “I shall prove to be.” The reference here is not to God’s self-existence but to what he has in mind to become toward others. Compare Ge 2:4 ftn, “Jehovah,” where the kindred, but different, Heb. verb ha·wah´ appears in the divine name. |