[B-Greek] TAPEINWQHTE in James 4:10
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Sep 2 11:57:11 EDT 2004
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:52:11 +0100 "Andrew Chapman"
<andrew at theriveroflife.com> writes:
> TAPEINWQHTE ENWPION TOU KURIOU KAI UYWSEI hUMAS.
>
> Why is this almost always translated 'Humble yourselves before the
> Lord...' rather than 'Be humbled before the Lord...', which makes
> equally good sense. If James meant 'Humble yourselves...', would he
> not have used the middle form?
>
> I note that Young's Literal Translation has 'Be made low before the
> Lord...'.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Andrew Chapman
> Gateshead
> England
>
> ---
TAPEINWQHTE ENWPION KYRIOU KAI hUWSEI hUMAS
It usually helps to check the lexicon to see how a word is used in ***
various passages *** (I'm not saying "Look to see how it's translated").
BGAD offers a number of passages. I just picked one since it isn't one
of the usual passages we all know.
Sirach 34.36
hOUTWS ANQRWPOS NHSTEUWN EPI TWN hAMARTIWN AUTOU KAI PALIN POREUOMENOS
KAI TA AUTA POIWN, THS PROSEUXHS AUTOU TIS EISAKOUSETAI? KAI TI WFELHSEN
EN TWi TAPEINWQHNAI AUTON?
So when a man fasts on account of his sins and again goes and does the
same thing, who will heed his prayer? and what has it benefitted [him]
to discipline [humble] himself?
This seems to be a standard type of usage in the LXX.
george
gfsomsel
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