WORD STUDY – THE MOST PRECIOUS THING

WORD STUDY – THE MOST PRECIOUS THING

  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...

WORD STUDY – WAITING FOR GOD

Isaiah 30:18: “Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted to have mercy on you. For Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him.”   This looks pretty clear cut.  The Lord will wait so that He...

WORD STUDY – ‘AVAR (DESPERATE SEARCH)

Song of Solomon  3:3, “The watchmen that go about the city found me: Saw ye him who my soul loveth?”   “Ich bin ein Berliner” John F. Kennedy, June 26. 1963.  Translation, “I am a jelly filled donut.”   There is an urban legend that popped up a number of...

WORD STUDY – FEAR BEFORE HIM

II Chronicles 16:30:  “Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.”   All throughout the Bible we are taught to fear God.  In this verse all the earth is commanded to fear God.  Many modern translations render this as...

{Word Study} Faint “Da’avah”

Jeremiah 31:25:  “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” Faint – Hebrew: da’avah – To flow away with anxiety and/or distress Jeremiah is speaking of the future restoration of Judah after going through captivity.   The word “refresh”...

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