John 21:11: “Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to the land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.” One can only wonder why the writer gave an exact count of the number of fish that were
Psalms 71:5: “ For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.” I don’t know about you but somehow I cannot see David hoping God will come through. Our modern concept of the word hope implies a sense of uncertainty. In other words, “I hope the Chicago
א Genesis 6:6 “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” It seems more and more I am being asked about the Nephilim or giants in Genesis 6. I believe much of the interest comes from the discovery of the Dead
Joel 2:25: “And I will restore to you the years that the locust have eaten, the canker worm and the caterpillar and the palmerworm my great army which I sent among you.” Very little is known about the prophet Joel. He is mentioned only once, in the first chapter of the Book of
Good day, Chaim Bentorah here. We appreciate all comments and impute for what is art if it cannot invoke some emotional response from a reader whether it be anger or joy. Here is a response from the post on 3/25 http://www.chaimbentorah.com/2014/03/word-study-ahav-preterite-form/ by someone called Ash. I love this, and I hope you will Ahav it
Job 27:3 “All the while my breath is in me but the Spirit of God is in my nostrils.” Translators have really played around with this verse. No one seems to know for sure whether to render this as the breath of God is in my nostrils or the Spirit of God is
Job 22:29: “When men are cast down thou shalt say, there is lifting up, and he shall save the humble person.” Job 22 is the reply to Job by his friend Eliphaz. It is suggested by many that his name means God of gold. This is likely due to an assumption that the
Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet I will trust in Him. In the Hebrew this affirmation of Job is much stronger than it appears in English, although it appears you can not get much stronger than this. Yet, by translating the word hen as though is comes across as even if he
Deuteronomy 6:5 “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might.” “Love is a canvass furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire Every day every orthodox Jew will recite this verse, in Hebrew. Why Hebrew and not their own native language,
Genesis 4:9-10, “And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper? What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” When God asked Cain where his brother was, upon first reading it sounds
