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Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17

From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:30:52 -0600

Dear Eva,

could you guys translate Sirach 30:17 for me. I translated it and it does not
make since. I do not think the traditional translation makes since eighter

HH: Here is the NRSV, which seems to be a good translation of the Greek OT:

Sir. 30:17 Death is better than a life of misery,
and eternal sleep than chronic sickness.

HH: It makes sense, but I do not agree with it. Sirach is not Scripture and so I don't have to agree with it.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard

Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17, thebodyofjesusthenazoraion AT juno.com, 01/02/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17, Harold Holmyard, 01/02/2007
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- Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17, kgraham0938, 01/02/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17, trepp, 01/03/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17, Peter Kirk, 01/03/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1 T Sirach 30:17, Harold Holmyard, 01/03/2007