Psalm 89.27 (28 in the Hebrew bible) reads: אַף־אָ֭נִי בְּכֹ֣ור אֶתְּנֵ֑הוּ עֶ֝לְיֹ֗ון לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ Here are a few translations into English: Also I will…
Psalm 78.41 reads: וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֵ֑ל וּקְדֹ֖ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִתְווּ׃ The NASB, as an example of a normal translation, reads: Again and again they…
In my last three posts I have looked at three cases in the Psalms where Brian Simmons, in his so-called ‘Passion Translation’, has…
Psalm 14.7 reads: מִ֥י יִתֵּ֣ן מִצִּיֹּון֮ יְשׁוּעַ֪ת יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל בְּשׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה שְׁב֣וּת עַמֹּ֑ו יָגֵ֥ל יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב יִשְׂמַ֥ח יִשְׂרָֽאֵל׃ Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come…
Psalm 47.4 reads (BHS): יִבְחַר־לָ֥נוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ אֶ֥ת גְּאֹ֨ון יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁר־אָהֵ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃ Let’s take this one word at a time: יִבְחַר (yiḇḥar) is the third…
The name יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ, Jacob) occurs thirty-four times in the Psalms. Each of these occurrences is translated as Ἰακώβ in the Septuagint. Each…
In my last post I protested at Brian Simmons translating παράκλητος as ‘Savior’ in John 14.16. His first justification for doing so is that…