[b-hebrew] "I Am" vs. "I Will Be"
dwashbur at nyx.net
dwashbur at nyx.net
Thu Jun 29 16:28:55 EDT 2006
See the discussion for the various people's reasonings. I'm not sure what it is that you
want. Again, if you don't find their arguments convincing, that's your right as a free human
being. But you seem to be fishing for something, and it's difficult to determine what.
On 29 Jun 2006 at 16:23, Awohili at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 06/29/2006 10:58:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> dwashbur at nyx.net writes:
>
> I don't know that anybody said it's not "acceptable," most have just said
> it's preferrable to
> translate it as present tense.
> ****************
>
> That just begs the question. Why is it any more "preferable" to translate
> ehyeh as "I Am" at Exodus 3:14 than at Exodus 3:12, where KJV, NIV, NRSV,
> NASB, NAB and others render it as "I will be"? It's the same word, and the
> context hasn't changed.
>
> Obviously, many translators find it "preferable" to render ehyeh as "I will
> be" at Exodus 3:12. Yet, two verses later, it's "I Am."
>
> I see nothing convincing here.
>
> Solomon Landers
>
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Dave Washburn
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