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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Why not in plural?
Hi. Psalm 5:9 of the Bible, in the New International Version, is this:
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave;with their tongues they tell lies.
Now, please tell me why the phrases "their mouth," "their heart," and "Their throat" are not in plural like "their mouths," "their hearts," and "Their throats" when I think making the phrases plural makes it clear they mean one mouth and one heart and one throat per person? Please note the phrase "their tongues" (in plural). Why is that in plural when the previous three are not in plural, as noted above? Thank you in advance for your help.
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave;with their tongues they tell lies.
Now, please tell me why the phrases "their mouth," "their heart," and "Their throat" are not in plural like "their mouths," "their hearts," and "Their throats" when I think making the phrases plural makes it clear they mean one mouth and one heart and one throat per person? Please note the phrase "their tongues" (in plural). Why is that in plural when the previous three are not in plural, as noted above? Thank you in advance for your help.
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Don't forget this is a translation. My first reaction is to wonder if what you see written here is influenced by how the original text was written. It's not hard to understand that each person has a mouth, a heart and a throat, is it?
- Don't forget this is a translation.
- My first reaction is to wonder if what you see written here is influenced by how the original text was written.
- It's not hard to understand that each person has a mouth, a heart and a throat, is it?
- Clive
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Don't forget this is a translation.
My first reaction is to wonder if what you see written here is influenced by how the original text was written.
It's not hard to understand that each person has a mouth, a heart and a throat, is it?
Cliv
My first reaction is to wonder if what you see written here is influenced by how the original text was written.
It's not hard to understand that each person has a mouth, a heart and a throat, is it?
Cliv
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Thank you. I'm just writing this to let everyone know that there should be a space after each semicolon in the quoted Psalm 5:9. I thought I had left a space after each semicolon, but I didn't see them in my post.
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