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I am not a Hebrew or Greek scholar. I rely on those who are for help with understanding. Mostly, the Bible is a reasonable translation. I do not like the versions that try to interpret by the "what it means. not what it says" method. So I read them all quite often. Some of the discussions about meanings are pointless. I get caught up from time to time. I kick myself for the time waste later.The original writings and their language are the word of God and are without error. What our Bibles are, are copies handed down.
Like the Jewish leaders of the Old Testament time and the law God gave to the nation of Israel.
They practiced adding to or interpreting the law to fit mans ideas. Which has happened to the current Bible on a small scale.
Examples are Genesis 4:1 which reads.
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”
When actually the original Hebrew reads
וְהָאָדָם, יָדַע אֶת-חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ; וַתַּהַר, וַתֵּלֶד
אֶת-קַיִן, וַתֹּאמֶר, קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת-יְהוָה.
And the man knew Eve his wife, she conceived and bare Cain and said "I have gotten a man: Jehovah
Also Job 26:7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:7 reads the way it does not because there is support from the Bible for, Job 26:7 to say hangs on nothing.
That reading/translations came about because of sciences influence on peoples reading of the Bible. That science has convinced Christians that the earth is a globe hanging out in space. So because of sciences influence when it come to translating the Bible to English or even other languages. They have taken the opportunity to make the Bible say something that is not supported by the Bible but by science (globe lie).
The reading supported by the Bible for Job 26:7 is
The Hebrew is —
neteh tsephoon ol tehoo tehleh arets ol belimeh,
The proper translation of which is:
"He spreadeth out the North over the desolate' place (the abyss of waters), and supporteth the Earth upon fastenings (foundations) ."
Many times the Bible speaks of the earth being set or supported on foundations.
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