tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post6100536316009043528..comments2023-10-20T07:28:50.948-07:00Comments on Better Bibles Blog: Implied Information ?Wayne Lemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18024771201561767893noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-85767077216394539012008-01-25T17:00:00.000-08:002008-01-25T17:00:00.000-08:00Hi Peter,Good thoughts. This is a case where the L...Hi Peter,<BR/><BR/>Good thoughts. This is a case where the LXX has aner for 'adam, so this verse lines up aner with a gender neutral term in the ESV. That was actually something I noticed after I chose this verse to write about.<BR/><BR/>My understanding is that there isn't a text variant for this verse. Interesting any case.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-38315882951655196062008-01-25T15:51:00.000-08:002008-01-25T15:51:00.000-08:00This is an interesting one! Here is the Hebrew tra...This is an interesting one! Here is the Hebrew transliterated followed by a highly literal translation and a not quite so literal one:<BR/><BR/><I>'ashrey 'adam `oz-lo bakh<BR/>msillot bilvavam</I><BR/><BR/>"blessed/happy (a) human-being strength to him in you,<BR/>paths in their(masc) heart(sing)"<BR/><BR/>"blessed is the person whose strength is in you,<BR/>paths are in their heart"<BR/><BR/>ESV has done what some of its translators condemn the TNIV translators for doing: it has replaced the singular noun <I>'adam</I> "man (gender generic), human being" with a plural pronoun in the first half of the verse. Its excuse can only be to harmonise with the second half of the verse which has the plural pronoun. KJV and NJPS have harmonised in the opposite direction, but I don't know how KJV justifies "of them" following "ways" rather than "heart".<BR/><BR/>As for the interpretation of "paths are in their heart", I guess this is based on LXX <I>anabaseis</I> which means (I think) "ascents". It is well known that to ascend or go up, in Hebrew and in the NT, refers to going to Jerusalem: compare <I>anabas</I> in Acts 18:22, to be understood as Paul visiting Jerusalem and so translated in TNIV. But I suspect that this is the LXX translator's interpretation, possibly based on a textual variant, as the Hebrew <I>msillot</I> does not mean "ascents" and still less "ways to Jerusalem".<BR/><BR/>I find the ESV rendering astonishing in what is claimed to be an "essentially literal" translation. The explanation is presumably that it is a minor revision (in a gender generic direction!) of RSV:<BR/><BR/>Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee,<BR/>in whose heart are the highways to Zion.<BR/>Footnote: Heb lacks <I>to Zion</I><BR/><BR/>Compare NIV's rendering which seems a much better compromise:<BR/><BR/>Blessed are those whose strength is in you,<BR/>who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-44867895869682209092008-01-25T07:58:00.000-08:002008-01-25T07:58:00.000-08:00It shoud read NJPS -the Tanakh.It shoud read NJPS -the Tanakh.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-70858051321079234502008-01-25T07:43:00.000-08:002008-01-25T07:43:00.000-08:00Not in the LXX that I have. However, many translat...Not in the LXX that I have. However, many translations do add it.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-10549147401288978212008-01-25T02:17:00.000-08:002008-01-25T02:17:00.000-08:00John Goldingay's translation of the verse follows ...John Goldingay's translation of the verse follows the ESV's rendition. <BR/>He generally doesn't remark on textual variations but among other comments, notes that "...will appear in Zion" is found in the LXX and Aquila.My Checkered Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247644687313186957noreply@blogger.com