As a new Christian, how can we bring God into our lives?
Translation is more than replacing this Hebrew word with that English word.
Check Genesis 18:8, NAS: which he had prepared, and placed
What I meant was in Exodus 20:11/31:17, is the word asah, translated made in most English bibles, ever translated as prepare.
Wdym by that?
How would you translate ā6 of one or half dozen of anotherā into another language that doesnāt have a word for dozen? Or if you did a literal translation it wouldnāt make any sense in that language.
You have been told repeatedly how translation works by people who do it for a living and yet you still seem to not understand the basic concepts.
Well can you clarify how you guys do it
Hereās a useful article illustrating how translation is far from simple, and is deeply embedded the cultures of the languages in question:
I see, itās just that the context in exodus 20:11 can allow for prepare or made, so it seems very odd that itās only translated as he made the heavens and the earth, and not he prepared the heavens and the earth.
Interesting article on translation I came across today that illustrates some of the points made: 10 Biblical Terms I Wish Christians Had in Englis... | Christianity Today
Great question. As you probably know made can have two meanings.
Consider the phrase āThis morning I made my bedā
That can mean today I went out, brought some timber, and created my bed frame. Then purchased a mattress, sheet, duvet, cover and put them on the bed.
Or it can mean, I prepared my bed as in put it into a state fit for someone to sleep in.
Westerners hear/read the word āmakeā and instinctively jump to the first meaning. When then Old Testament talks about God āmakingā the heavens and the earth, I believe it is using it in the second sense. God made the heavens and the earth, as in got it into a livable condition.
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