jehovahs witnesses jeremiah 10:13 sluices footnote for psalms 135:7 literally lightnings?

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jehovahs witnesses jeremiah 10:13 sluices footnote for psalms 135:7 literally lightnings?

does anyone have a jts vol 3 1952 pg 214-216 could you post it in your answer?is it or is it not lightning?or is it a literal sluice that diverts rain water?

2007-03-20 17:52:31 · 2 answers · asked by gary d 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality

JTS Journal of Theological Studies, Clarendon, Oxford.

2007-03-20 17:57:40 · update #1

“Sluices,” by reading beda·qim′ instead of bera·qim′, “lightnings”; MTLXXSyVg, “lightnings.” See JTS, Vol. 3, 1952, pp. 214-216. Compare Ps 135:7 ftn, “Sluices.”

2007-03-20 18:13:52 · update #2

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http://jts.oxfordjournals.org/archive/1952.dtl

2007-03-21 18:54:41 · answer #1 · answered by babydoll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A better authority is the Bible itself. In both books, the lightnings are literal. There are no sluices mentioned in any way.

2007-03-21 01:02:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋