On Sep 10, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Rolf Furuli wrote:
This is a theory that often collides head on with the Hebrew text. Below I quote the NIV translation of Proverbs 31:12-27, which is a good rendering of the Hebrew text. This is a description of the excellent wife, in most cases with two parallell clauses. I see no mainline and off-line and no modal forms (The Bible translations I have consulted, consistently take the verbs as indicative and follow the pattern of the NIV.) This is just a reflection of how far English has come to avoid the use of modals. This "best-that-one-could-do" translation does not speak to the issue. Translators must compromise to some extent. See my reply to Karl. Jonathan E Mohler |
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