James 4:14

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Mar 17 11:34:13 EST 2001


At 10:21 AM -0800 3/17/01, Jon D. Boyd wrote:
>James 4:14
>hOITINES OUK EPISTASQE TO THS AURION POIA hH ZWH hUMWN: ATMIS GAR ESTE hH
>PROS OLIGON FAINOMENH, EPEITA KAI AFANIZOMENH.
>
>I'm wondering how we should understand the words TO THS AURION.
>Obviously, we need to supply some words.  Most English translations
>translate it as, "what will happen tomorrow," or something similar. Could
>we could understand TO THS AURION as "the [outcome] of tommorow"?  Any
>additional thoughts?

I think you should realize how unspecific this phrasing is: as if in
English oen were to say, "the matter of tomorrow." Moreover, since this is
the object of OUK EPISTASQE, the indefiniteness is all the greater: I think
you could as easily paraphrase hOITINES OUK EPISTASQE TO THS AURION as "for
whom tomorrow is an unknown factor ..."

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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics/Washington University
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
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