[B-Greek] Using future as imperative?

Waldemar Martens waldemar_martens at web.de
Thu Nov 10 02:11:07 EST 2005


Hi,
OK, maybe I should refer to a german translation. In the Elberfelder Bilbe 
this passage is definitely translated as imperative ("Du sollst den Herrn, 
deinen Gott, anbeten und ihm allein dienen"). In the Greek there is no such 
verb as "you will" or "you shall" in this passage. It's definitely a future 
form.
Actually my native language is german, so I'm not so familiar to the usage 
of the verbs "you will" and "you shall" in England. In the German language 
there is a considerable difference between the two.

Waldemar Martens
Student from Germany

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>
> <<"You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. " 
> (AKJV) ?
> I would translate this as.
> "You WILL worship the Lord your God and will serve him only">>
>
> Actually Friend, you need to rethink your native language.
> There is little difference in English, at least in England, between <you 
> will>, and <you shall>.
> The difference is so small that the conjugation of the two verbs, derived 
> fron <willen> and <sollen>, from Germanic, have been mixed according to 
> person.
> It would not be surprising if a similar thing happenned in Greek.
>
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