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NASB | Judges 11:39 At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Judges 11:39 At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her as he had vowed; and she had no relations with a man. It became a custom in Israel, |
Bible Question:
Thanks for your response, Brad. I see you referred to two passages of scripture, one of which I had included in my original question and the other the verse in Deuteronomy referring to taking the name of the Lord in vain: Deu 5:11 "'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain." This section of scripture is, of course, a repetition of the ten commandments originally cited in the 20th chapter of Exodus. What does it mean to you to take the name of the Lord in vain? I agree with you that militaryman did a nice job of providing some of the names of God found in scripture, and I thank him also for his response. I take it that, since you wrote "I'd say we use the names that scripture itself uses for God," then you see no reason for the need to spell 'God' as 'G-d' as a way to avoid profaning His Name? blessings to you, halroy |
Bible Answer: Hello halroy, I think by definition, taking the Lord's name in vain would be using it as a profanity or coarsely. You're correct, personally I don't see any need to spell God as G_d since I'm not Jewish and don't associate it with any lack of reverence. Certainly it can be said that it is impossible to contain the Holy, Infinite, Almighty Creator of heaven and earth into a few letters- G O D! As Nathan Stone notes in his work, "The Names of God", "...Elohim the plural form teaches us that no finite word can adequately convey the idea of the infinite personality or the unity of persons in the Godhead." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |