THE LAST KING (Part 3)
THE FACE OF THE LAST KING (Part 2)
“And in the final part of their kingdom, as the transgressors act to a completion, a hard-faced looking king who understands ambiguous sayings will stand up”
(Daniel 8:23)
“a fierce-looking king” (New World Translation (2013) ; NIV ; NIVUK ; NLT ; WEB ; YLT)
“He Will Be Stern” (Common English Bible (CEB) ; GW and NOG “Stern-looking” ; TLV)
“fierce countenance” (KJ21 ; ASV ; AMPC ; BRG Bible ; GNV ; LEB ; MEV)
“king will arise Insolent” (Amplified Bible ; HCSB ; ISV ; NASB)
“An arrogant king” (Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) ; JUB)
“king who is dangerous” (Contemporary English Version (CEV))
“bold countenance” (Darby Translation (DARBY) ; ESV ; ESVUK ; NRSV)
“a king of a shameless face” (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA))
“a cruel king” (Easy-to-Read Version (ERV))
“bold and cruel [fierce/stern-faced] king” (Expanded Bible (EXB) ; NCV)
“a stubborn, vicious, and deceitful king” (Good News Translation (GNT))
“a bold and cruel” (International Children’s Bible (ICB))
“an angry king” (Living Bible (TLB))
“A king will show up, hard-faced” (The Message (MSG))
“a king, impudent” (New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE))
“a rash king” (New English Translation (NET))
“a scary-looking face” (New International Reader’s Version (NIRV))
“A king (…) Having fierce features” (New King James Version (NKJV))
“This king will be very proud” (New Life Version (NLV))
“a melech of unyielding countenance” (Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB))
“a king shall rise (up) unshamefast in face” (Wycliffe Bible (WYC))
“ defiance written across his face” (The Voice (VOICE))
The expression translated in the New World Translation of the Bible according “fierce-looking face”, “fierce” comes from the transliterated Hebrew word ‘az.
And according the Strong’s Concordance (H5794), The Biblical Usage (of ‘az) is “strong, vehement, harsh” and the King James Version Translates As “fierce, greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong”. Word Origin (Etymology) ‘âzaz : The Biblical Usage : “to be stout” (literally or figuratively). King James Version Translates As Harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
We can see that among the translations of the Bible, two groups of translations of the Hebrew word (‘az) :
The first group of translation took the literal sense of ‘az, that is, according the Strong’s Concordance: “strong, vehement, harsh”: And in that meaning’s translation we have, among the biblical translations in English (above):
“fierce-looking, fierce, fierce features, stern, dangerous, cruel, angry, hard-faced, scary-looking, unyielding countenance”.
The second group of translation took more in account the etymology of the Hebrew word ‘az that is “to be sout (in figurative sense)” or others expressions in connection with this general meaning that is : “impudent”. And in that meaning’s translation we have, among the biblical translations in English (above):
“Insolent, arrogant, bold, stubborn, impudent, rash, very proud, unshame”.
And there is a little third group of translators which took both sense of the Hebrew word “az”:
“bold and cruel [fierce/stern-faced] king” (Expanded Bible (EXB) ; NCV)
“a bold and cruel” (International Children’s Bible (ICB))
The purpose of this Bible’s translation seems to be, to give an “expanding” understanding of the Hebrew word ‘az (the first sense and the Word Origin’s meaning). These two biblical translations show that it is important to do the right choice in the translation, to have a true idea of his face: has the face of the last king a fierce-looking or an arrogant-looking”? Both expressions are different; the direct context of the expression is giving the right way of the translation of this expression: First what it is written regarding his behavior in the same verse 23, after the brief description of the looking of his face.
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