But the blessed man looks far different. He delights in the law of the LORD! That's why it's important that we translate scripture as closely as possible to the exact words the original using a gendered word like man to represent all people has fallen out of fashion, and modern Bible translations more you do so, the more blessedness you'll likely experience (although it will probably look much different

differently, yet they're all correct. [as a sacrifice of] atonement This phrase translates one word, and it too is a fascinating one! Other translations use the older word propitiation (ESV, KJV) , which means payment. It's more literally translated as the mercy seat (LEB, NET), as it's the same word used to describe Once again, the NIV uses an entire phrase to translate just two words: through faith.

This 65th psalm guides us in praising God for the many different ways that God answers our prayers. Literally translated, he calls God the hearer of prayer , a phrase which is preserved in the ESV and NET translations. But I think the NIV did well to translate the phrase as you who answers prayer. The Hebrew word being translated, shema , means more than just to hear, but to listen and act upon what

Summary The NIV has an excellent translation of the opening words of Colossians 3. Whereas other translations render it "if you have been raised with Christ...," the NIV brings out the Since you've been raised with Christ, your life is different from non believers. Physically everything stays the same for now (which is why it's often so easy to forget you're different ), but mentally and spiritually, you're living in an entirely different world than other people, so it

The Holy Spirit works lots of different ways in you to accomplish your sanctification. Almost every English Bible translation uses a different word here to describe the title given to the With that literal meaning, you can see why all of the English translations are correct!

Literally translated, you need to lower yourself so that God may lift you up. But God's exaltation of you (as every other major translation puts it) isn't instantaneous, as we often Translators all felt the need to supply an adjective there: in due time (NIV / NET); at the proper The NET translators explain, "Humbling oneself is not a negative act of self-denial per se, but a positive

This is certainly a good translation, but I've come to appreciate aspects of the Lexham English Bible This nuance is captured in the New English Translation (NET): How blessed is the one whose rebellious But if the source of our happiness/blessedness is completely different than the world's source (self-fulfillment ), than the way to experience this happiness will look quite different as well.

When John uses the word paraklētos in His gospel, the translators struggle with it because the meaning of it is hard to capture with just one English word, and so it often gets rendered differently into All of those are good ways to describe who the Holy Spirit is and what He does, but all the different versions of the Bible agreed on the way to translate the use of the word paraklētos here in John's epistle

Summary Today's passage sets a stark contrast between two different types of God's covenant people. But the second group - the group that you and I are part of: the Church, have a far different experience We too have a mediator, just like Moses had promised, but this One is different; He represents a new The word church is one of our more useful words in English, in that we can use it to mean so many different The word translated as 'church' in our English Bibles is ἐκκλησία ( ekklēsia ).

so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6   We have different They translate their inability to save themselves into a perceived inability to do anything well. (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who has distributed faith to us and given each of us different