¶ “Have you come to know the appointed time for the mountain goats of the crag to give birth?1 Do you observe just when the hinds bring forth2 with birth pangs?
¶ Do you count the lunar months that they fulfill, Or have you come to know the appointed time that they give birth?
¶ They bow down when they cast forth their young ones, [When] they get rid of their pangs.[a]
¶ Their sons become robust, they get big in the open field; They actually go forth and do not return to them.
¶ Who sent forth the zebra3 free, And who loosened the very bands of the wild ass,
¶ Whose house I have appointed the desert plain And whose dwelling places the salt country?4
¶ It laughs at the turmoil of a town; The noises of a stalker5 it does not hear.
¶ It explores mountains for its pasturage6 And after every sort of green plant7 it seeks.
¶ Does a wild bull want to serve you,8 Or will it spend the night by your manger?
¶ Will you bind a wild bull fast with its ropes in the furrow, Or will it harrow9 low plains after you?
¶ Will you trust in it because its power is abundant, And will you leave your toil to it?
¶ Will you rely on it that it will bring back your seed And that it will gather to your threshing floor?
¶ Has the wing of the female ostrich flapped joyously, Or [has she] the pinions of a stork10 and the plumage?
¶ For she leaves her eggs to the earth itself And in the dust she keeps them warm,
¶ And she forgets that some foot may crush them Or even a wild beast of the field may tread on them.
¶ She does treat her sons roughly, as if not hers11— In vain is her toil [because she has] no dread.
¶ For God[b] has made her forget wisdom, And he has not given her a share in understanding.12
¶ At the time she flaps [her wings] on high, She laughs at the horse and at its rider.
¶ Can you give to the horse mightiness?13 Can you clothe its neck with a rustling mane?[c]
¶ Can you cause it to leap like a locust? The dignity of its snorting is frightful.14
¶ It paws[d]15 in the low plain and exults in power; It goes forth to meet armor.16
¶ It laughs at dread, and is not terrified;17 Nor does it turn back on account of a sword.
¶ Against it a quiver rattles, The blade of a spear and a javelin.
¶ With pounding and excitement it swallows up the earth, And it does not believe that it is the sound of a horn.
¶ As soon as the horn blows it says Aha! And from far off it smells the battle, The uproar of chiefs[e] and the war cry.18
¶ Is it owing to your understanding that the falcon soars up, That it spreads its wings to the south wind?
¶ Or is it at your order that an eagle19 flies upward And that it builds its nest high up,20
¶ That on a crag it resides and stays during the night Upon the tooth of a crag and an inaccessible place?
¶ From there it has to search for food;21 Far into the distance its eyes keep looking.
¶ And its young ones themselves keep sipping up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.”22
The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example
Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17
NKJV says
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
NWT says
15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,
The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.
Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.
When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not
The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches
Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.
As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example: New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).
In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings: "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures." And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?
As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.
Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”
Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.
Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?
Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.
I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.
I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.
What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.
We all fall short of the glory of G-d.
Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.
Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!
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