Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Jack:

So, according to the translators, PQD means to punish. So in 1 Samuel 14:17 
the people were punishing? There are many similar verses.

About the worst people to use as authorities are translators, because 1) they 
often follow tradition rather than take a scholarly stand and 2) 
they often interpret rather than just translate.

There was another person who was on this list, who answered almost every 
controversy by quoting trnaslation after translation.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: tladatsi AT charter.net
> 
> Karl,
> 
> I hate to make the argument from authority but every
> translation I could find translates piqed as either punish
> or visit inquity or charge inquity:
> 
> NLT, NIV= Punish
> KJV, NASB, RSV, Webster, Darby, ASV, HNV = Visit iniquity
> upon
> Young = Charging iniquity upon
> Vulgate = est qui reddis iniquitatem patrum in filiis ac
> nepotibus in tertiam et quartam progeniem
> LXX =  epagwn anomiav paterwn epi tekna kai epi tekna
> teknwn epi trithn kai tetarthn genean
> 
> In * iq * ui * ties
> 
> 1.    Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness.
> 2.    A grossly immoral act; a sin.
> 
> Of course, the phrase *visit inquity upon* is pretty
> archaic terminology but it clearly means *punish*.
> 
> Jack Tladatsi
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