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Re: Judges 5:30

From: Henry Churchyard <churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Judges 5:30
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 23:36:21 -0500 (CDT)

> Subject: Re: Judges 5:30
> From: "G. Brooke Lester" <brooke.lester AT ptsem.edu>
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:35:06 -0400

> Henry, You might like James Moffatt:

> "They must be dividing the spoil they have taken,
> a wench or two wenches apiece..."

> The Bible, a New Translation by James Moffatt, NY (Harper and Row,
> (1934). The translation has many copyright dates from 1922-1954.

Hmmm, "wench" has connotations of 18th century barmaids, and people
dressing up in phony costumes with eyepatches and pretending to be
pirates, but I think it's actually the best translation I've seen so
far...

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Henry Churchyard churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/

Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/24/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Judges 5:30, Jim West, 09/24/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/25/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, G. Brooke Lester, 09/25/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/26/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, George Athas, 09/26/1999
- Re[2]: Judges 5:30, peter_kirk, 09/27/1999
- Re[2]: Judges 5:30, Will Wagers, 09/27/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/27/1999
- Re[2]: Judges 5:30, Ben Crick, 09/27/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, George Athas, 09/27/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/28/1999
- Re[3]: Judges 5:30, peter_kirk, 09/28/1999
- Re: Judges 5:30, John Ronning, 09/28/1999
- Re: Re[3]: Judges 5:30, Henry Churchyard, 09/28/1999