"And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish." (Isaiah 19:10, KJV) There are three issues here concerning the ambiguity of the Hebrew. The first issue concerns the interpretation of שכר. The KJV interprets this word as שׂכר (s'eker), which means "sluices" or "enclosures" (Barnes' Notes on the Bible). Modern translations tend to interpret the word as שׂכר (s'âkar), which means "to hire". The second issue concerns the interpretation of (אגמ(י. The KJV interprets this word as אֲגַם (agam), which means "ponds". Modern translations tend to interpret the word as אַגְמֵי (agem), which means "grieved". The third issues concerns the interpretation of נָֽפֶשׁ, which means "living things" or "soul". The KJV, as indicated in the margin, interprets "living things" in this context to mean "fish". Modern translations, having "grieved" instead of "ponds", translates the phrase as "grieved in soul", "sick at heart" or just simply "grieved". The context favors the KJV interpretation. Isaiah 19 de Read more articles from: The King James Version is Demonstrably Inerrant |
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