Genesis 39:9, “[There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” We have here the story we all heard many times and learned about in Sunday School.
Psalms 121:3: “Behold, he that keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.” Many years ago when I taught school in Arlington, Virginia which borders Washington D.C., I took a room in a house with three other borders. One was an engineer working on the new rapid transit system for Washington, D.C., the other work for
Psalms 118:10: “All nations compassed me about, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.” The letter Beth can be used as a preposition for in, on or with. No English translation I know will render the Beth in this passage as with. However, the Jewish sages do that very thing.
Psalm 38:1, “A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.” It seems like David really crossed the line this time, now he is really frightened that God is going to burn with His wrath and really whip him this
Amos 8:11: “Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord that I will bring a famine in the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the Lord.” “Water water everywhere and all the boards did shrink Water water everywhere and not a drop to
Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” KJV Jonah 1:3: “But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish.” NIV I remember as a six year old sitting in Sunday School in Beginner’s Church listening to my Sunday School teacher tell the
Deuteronomy 31:18: “And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” There is a story told by Abraham Heschel a Jewish philosopher. Abraham Heschel often referred to what he called “divine anthropopathy.” We speak of
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 13:3: “Surely I would speak to the Almighty and I desire to reason with God.” I really can’t blame Job for wanting to reason with God. After all, God can be so unreasonable at times. I know I would like to just sit down with Him and explain my circumstances. Surely once
Ecclesiastes 5:19: “Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth and hath given power to eat thereof and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labor, this is the gift of God.” Ecclesiastes 6:2: “A man to whom God has given riches, wealth and honor so that he
