The End of the 70

Proverbs 30:4 (KJV) Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

I would say that this verse is a great way to finish out the month of reading the Septuagint.  It points out to us specifically the dangers of translations that are made by people with an agenda.  Notice what the Septuagint says in verse four,

Proverbs 30:4 (BES) Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

You may not notice it right away because you haven’t been looking at it month by month, but noticed that instead of “sons”, the Septuagint has “children”.  I went and checked all of my translations, and every one of them, except for the Septuagint, has sons.

So you may ask, “What is the big deal?”  The big deal is that here in the Old Testament, in the Hebrew, you find a reference to not only the Creator, but to His Son.  And it seems that there is a name for this Son.  It’s one of the many places in the Bible, but we find reference to such things as the Trinity, for salvation by faith through grace and other New Testament theological points, or what we consider New Testament points.  In reality, we find them anchored in the old covenant.

So if you are a Jew, who would not be open to the idea of the trinity, you were going to find a way around it and you do it by translating things to fit your theological presuppositions.  We find this blatantly in such things as the New World translation.  My fear in translations that use dynamic equivalence is that the opinions of the translators also creep in.

So?  Again I say, always read with your mine turned on.  Remember things that you have read other places and other times, and if you find there is an incongruity, check it out.  This is the way the Holy Spirit works in teaching us truth.