Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Dick:

For Proverbs 28:18 I read it that they would “fall in one moment”, not “for 
one moment”.

In Jeremiah, I understood it to be talking about the idols, not the people 
who made them. As such, the idols would be consumed (burned up) in a moment, 
its futile hold would be made twisted (like intestines), for it is wood.

Have I messed up again?

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pastor Richard Bacon" <pastor AT fpcr.org>
> Karl,
> 
> > However, in Jeremiah 10:8 and Proverbs 28:18, is "one" being 
> > used where we in English would use "one moment"? That seems 
> > to fit the context.
> 
> Probably not in Jeremiah. NASB translates "altogether," which probably
> captures the idea of being one in their stupidity and foolishness.
> Haggai -- one "bit" or one "moment" about the same idea I think. I think
> one might say "in one moment" in Proverbs -- but not "for one moment."
> Context would seem to indicate a sudden, but permanent fall. What do you
> think?
> 
> Dick
> 

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