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Light or bribe?

 2 ancient texts read

Isa 8:20 LBP (ES) As for the law and the testimony, if they do not speak according to this word, it is because they do not receive a bribe for it.


Modern Bibles read: they have no light in them


Isa 8:20 KJV To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.


Difference is one Hebrew letter. Both of which make a k or kh sound. 


Truly there seems to be no earthly reward for speaking truth of scripture. But to refuse to do so, causes our light to become darkness.

".. If the light within thee be darkness, how great is that darkness..."


Isa 8:20 HiSB לְתוֹרָ֖ה le·to·Rah To the law וְלִתְעוּדָ֑ה ve·lit·'u·Dah; and to the testimony אִם־ 'im- If לֹ֤א lo not יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ yo·me·Ru if they speak כַּדָּבָ֣ר kad·da·Var not according to this word הַזֶּ֔ה haz·Zeh, to this אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a·Sher is because אֵֽין־ 'ein- have ל֖וֹ lo שָֽׁחַר׃ Sha·char. [it is] because [there is] no light


Light here is Shachar with a chet.

But Peshitta and LXX have bribe or reward, which looks like Shakar with a kaph

However, Ach Gregory pointed out the obvious, which can be seen by comparing the Hebrew Shachar to the Aramaic Shachuwd. (Which I should have seen, But neglected to pay attention to, For a lack of easy access to the Aramaic Lexicon. Which is time consuming). Therefore, either the resh was once mistaken for a deleth, or, a deleth was mistaken for a resh. For the Hebrew word Shachad does simply mean bribe or gift.


Isa 8:20 AEIB לנמוסא to the Written Law ולסהדותא and to the testimony דלא for not נאמרון they will speak איך according to מלתא word הדא this דלית because there is none למתל to give עליה for it שוחדא a bribe


Isa 8:20 ABP νόμον [ 3 the law γαρ 1 For εις 4 for βοήθειαν 5 a help έδωκεν 2 he gave], ίνα that είπωσιν they should speak ουχ not ως as το ρήμα τούτο this saying, περί concerning ου of which ουκ έστι there are no δώρα gifts δούναι to give περί for αυτού it.


It appears that there is no earthly reward, wage, in context, bribe, for speaking the truth of Scripture.

However, if we do not do so, then there is no light in us.




May Yah our Yeshua bless and keep you!

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