Questions tagged [nlt]
Questions specific to translation choices made in the New Living Translation of the Holy Bible (either the 1996 or the 2004 edition).
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Is there any sense of "work" in Isaiah 45:15?
Isaiah 45:15 in the NLT says:
Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways.
However in more traditional translations there is no sense of "work" in the translation.
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Absalom's daughter/granddaughter?
Brown-Driver-Briggs says the word בּת can mean granddaughters but Strong’s says it is never "granddaughters"¹ in KJV. In I Kings 15:2, I Kings 15: 10 & II Chron. 11:20, it is "...
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Acts 21:36 different sentiment in NLT
I most commonly read out of NKJV & NLT . I’m reading through Acts 21 when verse 36 sticks out to me how almost every other translation reads “Away with him!” Yet NLT reads “Kill Him, Kill, Him” ...
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How best to understand the NLT translation of Malachi 2:16?
Malachi 2:16 NLT
"For I hate divorce!" says the Lord, the God of Israel. "It is as cruel as putting on a victim's bloodstained coat," says the Lord Almighty. "So guard ...
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How best to understand the NLT translation of νόμος in Romans 8:2?
Romans 8:2 NLT
For the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you through Christ Jesus from the power of sin that leads to death.
KJV Romans 8 : 2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ ...
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How best to understand the NLT translation of Jeremiah 34:18?
Jeremiah 34:18 NLT
Because you have refused the terms of our covenant, I will cut you apart just as you cut apart the calf when you walked between its halves to solemnize your vows.
Jeremiah 34:18 ...
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Why is "to do" (ἐνεργεῖν) rendered as "power" in the NLT?
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. - Phil. 2:13 (NLT)
As per the title, why is ἐνεργεῖν rendered as "power" in the NLT when it is ...
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What is the justification for the New international Version and New Living Translation's translation of Philippians 2:6?
Philippians 2:6 NIV Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage
Philippians 2:6 NLT Though he was God, he did not think of equality with ...
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How to understand the KJV translation of Psalms 68:8?
Psalms 68:8 KJV
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalms 68:8 NIV
the earth shook, the heavens ...
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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
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Is Taberah and Kibroth Hattaavah the same place in Numbers 11:3 & 34?
Numbers 11:3 After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the Lord had burned among them there. (New Living Translation)
Numbers 11:34 So that ...
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Why do the NLT translators say "demons" (Rom 8:38)?
Rom 8:38 (NLT):
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons*, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow ...
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Is the NLT's version of Romans 13:7 a valid interpretation?
Romans 13:7 (ESV)
7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
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Who is the good and beautiful person in Zechariah 9:17?
There seem to be two main variants of English translations of Zechariah 9:17a:
The newer one, of which the NLT is a prime representative:
16On that day the Lord their God will rescue his people,
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Did God shut up Satan before he had the chance to accuse Yeshua?
Growing up with the the New Living Translation, I had alway thought that Zechariah 3:1 said that Satan was accusing Yeshua:
Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the angel ...
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Is Hosea 4:11 teaching total abstinence from alcohol?
In Hosea 4:11 (ESV), God seems to condemn drinking wine:
They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
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"Cakes of Raisins" in Hosea 3
Hosea 3:1 reads (ESV):
And the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other ...
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What does "put the branch to their nose" in Ezekiel 8:17 mean?
Reading Ezekiel 8 in the ESV I came across verse 17 today and was puzzled by phrase there:
Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they ...
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How should Galatians 5:10 be translated?
Galatians 5:10 seems to have fairly separate meanings in modern translations
The NIV says that Paul is "confident in the Lord" that the Galatians will stay away from false teachings. I understand ...
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Does the original Hebrew support the NLT of Genesis 6:3?
Genesis 6:3 refers to when God set humans' lifespans to (approximately) 120 years. However, the NLT (the translation I prefer) has a slightly different translation for the 120-years part.
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