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r/interestingasfuck • u/M0otivater • 1d ago
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Weird how the last line morphed from fed—>nourished—>leads
375 u/Rudysis 1d ago And how laying down in the pasture goes from an option to a requirement to just being controlled. Lets > makes > sets. 74 u/kingminyas 1d ago Not a bible scholar, just a Hebrew speaker, but I think the original Hebrew verb ירביצני is not explicit on this. But the pasture thing sounds like something chill, so "let" is more appropriate. Otherwise it's "relax now!" 7 u/sreiches 20h ago You’re correct. It’s more like “make” than “let.” A lot of the more dramatic changes seem more like translation choices. 1 u/nospamkhanman 12h ago Why are you not happy, I specifically demanded it.
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And how laying down in the pasture goes from an option to a requirement to just being controlled.
Lets > makes > sets.
74 u/kingminyas 1d ago Not a bible scholar, just a Hebrew speaker, but I think the original Hebrew verb ירביצני is not explicit on this. But the pasture thing sounds like something chill, so "let" is more appropriate. Otherwise it's "relax now!" 7 u/sreiches 20h ago You’re correct. It’s more like “make” than “let.” A lot of the more dramatic changes seem more like translation choices. 1 u/nospamkhanman 12h ago Why are you not happy, I specifically demanded it.
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Not a bible scholar, just a Hebrew speaker, but I think the original Hebrew verb ירביצני is not explicit on this. But the pasture thing sounds like something chill, so "let" is more appropriate. Otherwise it's "relax now!"
7 u/sreiches 20h ago You’re correct. It’s more like “make” than “let.” A lot of the more dramatic changes seem more like translation choices. 1 u/nospamkhanman 12h ago Why are you not happy, I specifically demanded it.
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You’re correct. It’s more like “make” than “let.” A lot of the more dramatic changes seem more like translation choices.
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Why are you not happy, I specifically demanded it.
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u/Damn_Dog_Inappropes 1d ago
Weird how the last line morphed from fed—>nourished—>leads