Strange Bible question

[madmax64]

"Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?"

Isaiah 66:1-2

That's another thing that you can put your foot on a ball, not on a plate.

[Wordupmybrotha]

Footstool is basically a wooden plate on legs!
Seriously trying to prove that earth is a globe with that passage? Hahahaha

[TrailerparkTrash]

Footstool is basically a wooden plate on legs!
Seriously trying to prove that earth is a globe with that passage? Hahahaha

^^^Exactly. That passage has ZERO to do with whether the earth is flat, round, cylindrical, or anything in between.

[TrappedinCalifornia]

Something like 40 years ago, I saw a program where an older, Baptist preacher was speaking about new versions of the Bible and the accuracy associated with these 'new' translations vis a vis how it might 'help' our understanding.

His considered opinion was that if you couldn't get what you needed out of the KJV, then you weren't doing it right; i.e., God would give you the 'understanding' you required if you were sincerely seeking knowledge from the contents.

I suspect there might be a point in that thought process relevant to this thread.

[eta34]

It?s not widely settled that the KJV is the ?best? translation.

[Kokopelli]

It?s not widely settled that the KJV is the ?best? translation.

The 1611 King James translation was good for its time, but it had errors. Such as translating Easter for Passover.

Subsequent to 1611, more ancient manuscripts have been discovered that give more clarity to ancient text. English translations that we have today are the best ever.

[MrTokarev]

The 1611 King James translation was good for its time, but it had errors. Such as translating Easter for Passover.

Subsequent to 1611, more ancient manuscripts have been discovered that give more clarity to ancient text. English translations that we have today are the best ever.

Indeed. I have trouble understanding the guys who pick one English translation as the end all be all when it?s not the original language of the manuscripts. Especially with languages as different as Aramaic, Hebrew, and Ancient Greek. There?s a lot that goes into choosing source texts and methods of translation.

There?s a lot of value in using more than one translation in one?s personal Bible study.

[educator]

The Bible does not say the Earth is flat nor say it is round. The authors of the Bible were not interested in that sort of thing. Nobody back then had a clue about the shape of the Earth.

it was known since the time of the greeks that the earth was round based on observations and principles even a child could understand, a lot of misinformation and fake news later, was it then considered flat. similar to how our understanding of biological sex is being transformed in front of our eyes and becoming adopted by institutions of education as well as religion.