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Sep. 29th, 2020 04:03 pmReading from 2 Kings 6, Evensong, Sept. 23:
"This isn't the city you're looking for." "This isn't the city we're looking for!" "Move along." "Let's move along!"
"This isn't the city you're looking for." "This isn't the city we're looking for!" "Move along." "Let's move along!"
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Date: 2020-09-29 08:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-29 08:37 pm (UTC)What's the original and what's the New Living Translation?
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Date: 2020-10-01 08:06 pm (UTC)וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אֱלִישָׁע, לֹא זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ וְלֹא זֹה הָעִיר--לְכוּ אַחֲרַי, וְאוֹלִיכָה אֶתְכֶם אֶל-הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר תְּבַקֵּשׁוּן
Usually translated along the lines of And Elisha said to them, "This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for."
NLT has: Then Elisha went out and told them, “You have come the wrong way! This isn’t the right city! Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are looking for.”