Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Gary Hedrick" <garyh AT cjfm.org>]

Some translators say the kingdom of the living God "will never end" while
others say His kingdom will endure "until the end."  Is it splitting hairs
to make a distinction between something that never ends and something that
endures until something else ends?  Or is AD COWF (to the end) simply an
idiomatic expression meaning something that never ends?  Any thoughts?

Gary Hedrick

NLT -- "will never end"
NKJV -- "shall endure to the end"
NASB -- "(will be) forever"
RSV -- "shall be to the end"
Noah Webster 1833 -- "(shall be even) to the end"
ASV 1901 -- "even unto the end"
Vulgate --  "in aeternum"
Septuagint -- "hEWS TELOUS"
Hebrew MT -- "AD COWF" (unto the end)