Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
I’m doing a personal Bible study on the KJV Only doctrine. KJVO advocates point to Psalm 12:6-7 as evidence for the inerrancy of the KJV (or the source manuscripts used by them).
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried i…
The Hebrew text translated as "Melchizedek" actually forms a phrase in Hebrew meaning "my king is righteous" or perhaps "my righteous king." Why is it not translated this way instead of as a name?
וּמַלְכִּי…
Song of Songs 8:11 reads
כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה בְּבַעַל הָמוֹן נָתַן אֶת הַכֶּרֶם לַנֹּטְרִים אִישׁ יָבִא בְּפִרְיוֹ אֶלֶף כָּסֶף
which translates word-by-word:
[A] vineyard was/became/has-become(?) unto-Solomon at-Baal Hamon. He-entrus…
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. – Amos 2:9
I’m assuming it’s more poetic, but it st…
The first phrase of Proverbs 6:26 is translated in several different ways by major translations:
for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread [ESV]
For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread [NASB]
…
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…
A recent answer to an old question of mine said that Deuteronomy 31:2 showed what is called ‘the integral age of the prophets’. I had never heard of this before, so all I can do is give the link, and then the answer posted on 6/1/23 by Joh…
The following is an excerpt of a critique on "Reason to Believe":
Under these conditions, were the Ten Plagues and a total crush of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea waters to happen, as we are told by the Torah, Egypt’s ruthless…
Throughout the Hebrew Bible, many individuals are described as ‘anointed’, typically with the task of carrying out God’s will.
As many understand, ‘anointed’ translates to ‘Messiah’. The concept of THE Messiah is central to both Judaic and…
In Isaiah 6:3, the seraphim call one to another, saying:
Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (ESV)
קָדֹ֧ושׁ׀ קָדֹ֛ושׁ קָדֹ֖ושׁ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֑ות מְלֹ֥א כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּבֹודֹֽו׃ (BHS)
I…
Should the word elohim in Psalm 8:5 be translated into gods/angels/or god? The NIV translates it this way:
You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them
with glory and honor.
Another translation, the New Living…
Numbers 23:19
God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind….
Is this merely repetition saying "God ain’t a human being" twice in a row for emphasis, or is there more nuance?