Tuesday, December 29, 2020

EXODUS 31:17: DOES GOD EVER GET TIRED?

 Does God get tired? Exodus and Jeremiah say yes while Isaiah says no.

Exodus 31:17: God rested on the 7th day.

        shabath = to stop working

Jeremiah 15:6: God is tired of repenting.

        laah = to make one upset

Isaiah 40:28-31: God doesn't faint or become weary.

        yaga = physically fatigued

                                        (Young's Analytical Concordance)

This criticism of the Bible, as many others, is based on the mistaken belief that there is a complete overlap in meaning between English and Hebrew or English and Greek, which is rarely true. You need to carefully consider what each word meant in the original language and what it means in the context of the sentence. And you should never try to directly compare completely different original words just because they are occasionally translated by the same English word.

 

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