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but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis
2:17, NKJV)but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:17, NIV)
If God said that Adam will die on the same day (KJV), God was lying because Adam died after 930 years. Still, even if God said that Adam will die immediately(NIV), God was still lying unless we assert that God meant to say 1000 years, instead of 1 day.
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is
like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. (2 Peter
3:8, NIV)
NIV seems more plausible here but KJV can also have a good explanation, I think.
Can we translate this as “if you eat, you will certainly die“? Thereby avoiding the above possible contradictions?
What is the correct translation for this?
