Tuesday, September 11, 2012

footnotes

9/11/12 My breath prayer for the day comes from Proverbs 1:23, "Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you."  This verse is good just as it is translated.  However, the footnotes add another layer of meaning.  "Give heed," the footnote says could also be understood as "turn, return."  I think it is the Hebrew word shuv, which is often used for repentance, to turn back to the LORD.  "Thoughts" could be translated as "spirit," which I believe in Hebrew is ruach.  So the verse could be taken as "Return to my reproof; I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you."

Love,
Lynn

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