Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)
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So he was talking about like translation issues and that happens all the time. Yeah. And like you're translating the Bible into Peruvian in a culture that like doesn't know what a donkey is. Do you then say it's a llama? Or is that like taking too much liberty with the text? But this is stuff we run into all the time.
So he was talking about like translation issues and that happens all the time. Yeah. And like you're translating the Bible into Peruvian in a culture that like doesn't know what a donkey is. Do you then say it's a llama? Or is that like taking too much liberty with the text? But this is stuff we run into all the time.
So he was talking about like translation issues and that happens all the time. Yeah. And like you're translating the Bible into Peruvian in a culture that like doesn't know what a donkey is. Do you then say it's a llama? Or is that like taking too much liberty with the text? But this is stuff we run into all the time.
So this is why the best commentary on the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament is going to be the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament. And the Greek New Testament. Yeah. But there are things that we learn about these languages. Like the King James Bible is translated between 1603 and 1611. There were terms that they just didn't know what they meant and they transliterated them.
So this is why the best commentary on the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament is going to be the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament. And the Greek New Testament. Yeah. But there are things that we learn about these languages. Like the King James Bible is translated between 1603 and 1611. There were terms that they just didn't know what they meant and they transliterated them.
So this is why the best commentary on the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament is going to be the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament. And the Greek New Testament. Yeah. But there are things that we learn about these languages. Like the King James Bible is translated between 1603 and 1611. There were terms that they just didn't know what they meant and they transliterated them.
We now know what they are because we've like through... And then have they adjusted the King James Bible since? Well, no, you don't. Well, new translations do. There's a new King James and KJV. Yeah. And they would. So first Chronicles 26, 18. Yeah. In the King James Bible says at par, at par bar westward for the causeway into it. Par bar. You're like, what does that mean? Right?
We now know what they are because we've like through... And then have they adjusted the King James Bible since? Well, no, you don't. Well, new translations do. There's a new King James and KJV. Yeah. And they would. So first Chronicles 26, 18. Yeah. In the King James Bible says at par, at par bar westward for the causeway into it. Par bar. You're like, what does that mean? Right?
We now know what they are because we've like through... And then have they adjusted the King James Bible since? Well, no, you don't. Well, new translations do. There's a new King James and KJV. Yeah. And they would. So first Chronicles 26, 18. Yeah. In the King James Bible says at par, at par bar westward for the causeway into it. Par bar. You're like, what does that mean? Right?
But if you read the NIV, this guy's favorite translation. That shit is lit. The new Indian version.
But if you read the NIV, this guy's favorite translation. That shit is lit. The new Indian version.
But if you read the NIV, this guy's favorite translation. That shit is lit. The new Indian version.
That's right. Yeah, yeah. It says, as for the court to the west, there were two at the court and four at the road itself. I didn't even know what that meant. So parbar is not an Elizabethan English term. It's just a transliteration of a Hebrew word that they were like, we don't know what this is, so we're just going to call it a parbar. Like croissant.
That's right. Yeah, yeah. It says, as for the court to the west, there were two at the court and four at the road itself. I didn't even know what that meant. So parbar is not an Elizabethan English term. It's just a transliteration of a Hebrew word that they were like, we don't know what this is, so we're just going to call it a parbar. Like croissant.
That's right. Yeah, yeah. It says, as for the court to the west, there were two at the court and four at the road itself. I didn't even know what that meant. So parbar is not an Elizabethan English term. It's just a transliteration of a Hebrew word that they were like, we don't know what this is, so we're just going to call it a parbar. Like croissant.
Okay, we'll go with it.
Okay, we'll go with it.