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Use of present perfect in a Bible verse
Hi. I was looking at 1 Samuel 17:36, in the NIV version and the verse was written like this (I took what I would consider an offending word that started with the letter "u" out but except that it is a full verse of it in the NIV version.) :
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; these u_________ Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
How would categorize the use of the present perfect in two places: one with "has killed" and the other with "has defied"? As something that has happened some time in the past with either an exact time unknown or considered not important or as events that happened in the past but has some relevance in the present? Or could it be these two categories overlap?
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; these u_________ Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
How would categorize the use of the present perfect in two places: one with "has killed" and the other with "has defied"? As something that has happened some time in the past with either an exact time unknown or considered not important or as events that happened in the past but has some relevance in the present? Or could it be these two categories overlap?
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) : Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; these u__ Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living ***. How would categorize the use of the present perfect in two places: one with "has killed" and the other with "has defied"? As something that has happened some time in the past with either an exact time unknown or considered not important or as events that happened in the past but has some relevance in the present?
- ) : Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; these u__ Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living ***.
- How would categorize the use of the present perfect in two places: one with "has killed" and the other with "has defied"?
- As something that has happened some time in the past with either an exact time unknown or considered not important or as events that happened in the past but has some relevance in the present?
- I don't see a lot of difference between 'happened in past with exact time not considered imporatant' and 'has some relevance in the present'.
- Or could it be these two categories overlap?
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Hi,
I was looking at 1 Samuel 17:36, in the NIV version and the verse was written like this (I took what I would consider an offending word that started with the letter "u" out but except that it is a full verse of it in the NIV version.) :
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; these u__ Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living
I was looking at 1 Samuel 17:36, in the NIV version and the verse was written like this (I took what I would consider an offending word that started with the letter "u" out but except that it is a full verse of it in the NIV version.) :
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; these u__ Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living
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