Old Name, New Translation

(Pro 1:7 KJV)  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

This month I am reading in a new translation I have come across.  It is called the Legacy Standard Bible.  This of course brings up the question, “Do we need another translation?”  Not really.  I will point out though that it does something I have wanted to see.  It transliterated the name of the Lord, Yahweh, instead of using LORD like the NASB and KJV do.

It is good because it makes us stop and think a bit, or it should.  Some of us are very resistant to thinking.  When we consider the name Yahweh it should make us stop and wonder what it means when God says “My name is I Am”.  I can spend a good bit of time just thinking about the fact that He is a god who actually exists.

So?  Sometimes a name says a lot.  Remember you are a child of the Great I Am.