Questions tagged [nasb]
NASB — New American Standard Bible Use when discussing issues that are connected to a reading of the NASB.
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What is the proper translation of Genesis 25:18?
Genesis 25:18 ESV
18 They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled[a] over against all his kinsmen
Genesis 25:18 Darby Translation
18 And they ...
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Are there exegetical differences between 'your mother and fathers wife' in Leviticus 18:7-8?
Leviticus 18:7 NASB
7 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:8 NASB
8 You ...
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Why is the phrase 'not being myself under the law' missing in 1 Corinthians 9:20 in the KJV?
1 Corinthians 9:20 KJV
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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How is food connected to sexually immorality in 1 Corianthians 6:13-18?
.1 Corinthians 6:13 NASB
13 Food is for the [g]stomach and the [h]stomach is for food, but God will do away with both [i]of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is ...
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How does the Douay Rheims Bible(DRB) translate burnt offering עֹלָ֥ה as Holocaust in Numbers 28:3?
3 These are the sacrifices which you shall offer: Two lambs of a year old without blemish every day for the perpetual holocaust
In other versions it is translated as burnt offering:
KJV
3 And thou ...
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How to understand Genesis 17:27 NASB?
Genesis 17:27 NASB
27 All the men of his household, who were born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
What does the above text mean by bought with money ...
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What is the correct translation of Jeremiah 6:2?
Jeremiah 6:2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2“The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
Jeremiah 6:2 King James Version (KJV)
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to ...
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Is it adulterers and adulteresses in James 4:4?
James 4:4 NASB
4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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Why is John 5:4 missing in the NIV?
John 5:3-5 NIV
3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
John 5:3-5 KJV
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Why does the NIV translate Psalms 52:1 differently than many other translations?
Psalms 52:1 NIV
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
Psalm 52 King James Version (KJV)
52 Why ...
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Why is the second day of creation in Genesis 1:6-8 not “seen” or called “good”? [duplicate]
What makes the second day of creation different from the other 5 days? God calls all other creation "good", why not here?
NASB Gen 1:6-8:
6 Then God said, “Let there be [e]an expanse in the ...
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Why does the kjv include the phrase 'for the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof' in1 Corinthians 10:28
It seems this phrase is wanting in some other texts
1 Corinthians 10:28 KJV
28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for ...
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Why do some translators include the phrase 'this shall be/seen' in Exodus 16:8?
Most translators seem to add some different phrases in this text which somehow was never in the Hebrew text.
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה, בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר ...
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Why was Hezekiah not rebuked for seeking a sign in 2 Kings 20
After the promise of healing and the subsequent healing process initiated King Hezekiah still goes on to ask for a sign
2 Kings 20:1-8 NASB
In those days Hezekiah became [a]mortally ill. And ...
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Could Abimelech be regarded as the first king of Israel?
After Gideon had helped deliver the Israelites from the hand of the Midianites they requested that he rule over them,but he declined.
Judges 8:22 NASB
22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “...
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How does the Douay Rheims Bible translate שַׁדַּי as God of Jacob in Psalms 91:1?
Psalms 91 Douay Rheims Bible
1 He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 91:1 KJV
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the ...
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Why do the NASB translators add the word 'mere' in Colossians 2:17?
Colossians 2 NASB
[17]things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
Colossians 2 NKJV
17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of ...
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Why do the NASB translators of 1 Cor. 14:1 add the word “earnestly” before “desire spiritual gifts”?
1 Cor. 14:1 in the NASB reads:
"Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy."
The Greek word used here for "desire" is "Διώκετε," a present - active - ...
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What is the basis of the extra text in the NASB for Romans 12:6?
Most translations are essentially along the lines of HCSB:
"According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts:"
But NASB adds, using capital letters to indicate the addition:
"Since ...
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Why is the position of the verse marker of 1 John 2:14 inconsistent?
i.e.
NASB: I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. 14I have written to you, fathers,
HCSB: 14I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the ...
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What is the justification for the NASB translators capitalizing “Word” in 1 John 1:1?
In John's gospel introduction, Jesus is presented as the incarnate Word and so capitalizing Word there is fitting.
In 1 John 1:1, it seems clear that the 'word' is the message about the Life, and ...
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What does the Greek word ὁμοιοπαθής mean in Acts 14:15?
The Greek word ὁμοιοπαθής is a compound word. It came from two words: ὅμοιος (like/similar)and πάσχω (feelings/strong emotion).
Why, then, the NASB translate it as 'of same nature' and why, then, the ...
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Where does the paragraph end in Genesis 37:2 [closed]
I'm converting this link into HTML, so when I came across Genesis 37:2, I got stumped because I don't see where there might be a closing </p> tag.
