> HHL The problem with this is that X+)T means sin
or sin-offering. And your translation for ProvHarold: I just went through a description of X+)T going
14:34 makes no sense:
back to its root meaning of missing the mark, or more
properly erring. The New Testament hAMARTIA has almost
the exact same meaning and was chosen for that reason.
Didn't you listen? Just because it is usually given a
theological meaning does not mean that the theological
meaning is the correct one in all uses.
> > "Justice exults a nation,
but undeserved good favor of peoples errs."Not at all. Again you start with a theological use and
HH: XSD means favor or kindness, and the positive
sense of the word is understood to be a good
thing. It is one of the great things that we as
sinners depend on, God's kindness. So to say that
it is an error contradicts the sense of the words
in the Bible.
apply it to all examples of its use. That's backwards.
Start with the general use, then recognize the more
narrow theological use when appropriate.
> HH: In these verses you go against all translations I have every seen.
There you go again, not the text, but the translation
(works of "experts") is supreme.
> > Give me a good argument based
> on the language, and I may change how I understand theI listed that verse in my original question, as an example
> text: merely quoting "experts" aint goin te cut th'
> butter.
HH: The good argument is that there is a related
verb at Prov. 25:10 that means to "shame."
of how it could be understood as undeserved good favor,
much like the recipient in Proverbs 25:21.
> Prov. 25:10 or he who hears it may shame you and
you will never lose your bad reputation.There you go again, the translation is the authority, not
HH: The good argument is that every translation
I've ever seen takes the noun negatively in
Leviticus:
the text.
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