সাত ধরনের প্রশংসা
সাধারণত যখন কেউ এটি উল্লেখ করে তখন তারা নিম্নলিখিতটি খুঁজছে (স্ট্রং এর হিব্রু লেক্সিকন থেকে): 1. ইয়াদাহ হাত প্রসারিত করে উপাসনা করা। উপাসনা ও প্রশংসায় নিজেকে সমর্পণ করা। প্রভুর কাছে হাত উত্তোলন…
Were all Job's children killed or not? Job 1:2; Job 1:18-19; Job 19:17
Job 1:2 He had seven sons and three daughters. Job 1:18-19 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, "Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest…
Is there humor in the Bible?
While the Holy Spirit considers crude joking a sin (cf. Eph. 5:4), there are different forms of wit and wordplay observed in the Bible. But the reader must recognize that they are reading humor from…
Begging for Bread? - Psalm 37:5
Psalm 37:25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. First, in Psalm 37, David reflects on whether the righteous or unrighteous will…
What does Higgaion and Selah mean?
Both Higgaion and Selah are used numerous times in the Old Testament. They occur together in Psalm 9:16. The meanings of these words are uncertain. We observe Higgaion in such passages as Psalm 9:16…
Which books of the Bible is God's name not mentioned in?
There are two books that don't "directly" mention God's name in them: Esther and Song of Solomon, though in Song 8:6 the NASB and ESV translate the last few letters of the word salhebet yah as LORD.…
The Meaning of "All that is Within Me" (Psalm 103:1)
Psalm 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! I believe Psalm 103 was written in the later years of David’s life when he had a keener sense of his own…
What are the Acrostic Psalms?
An acrostic is a poem in which the initial letters of each successive line form a word, phrase, or pattern. The acrostic Psalms tend to use the twenty-two letters with a few slight variations, of the…
Introduction to the Poetic and Wisdom Books
Introduction to the Poetic and Wisdom Books We will breifly discuss the Poetic and Wisdom Books in two separate sections below: (1) Old Testament Poetry and (2) Old Testament Wisdom. Section 1: Old…
Lessons on Repentance - Psalm 51
People often ask, "How Do I Repent My Sins Before God?" God's answer is found in Psalm 51. David wrote this Psalm. It is one of the seven penitential Psalms (Psa. 6, 32, 40, 102, 130, 143). It is a…
How Can an Innocent Child be Wicked from the Womb? Psalm 58:3
Psalm 58:3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies. Deuteronomy 1:39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet…
Death of Animals and Man - Ecclesiastes 3:19
Ecclesiastes 3:19 Mans fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is…
Muhammad and Machmaddim - Song of Songs 5:16
Song of Songs 5:16 "His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem." The phrase "altogether lovely" is the Hebrew word…
Was Job without Sin? Job 1:1 and Romans 3:23
Job 1:1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…
A Solid Dome above the Earth? Job 37:18
Job 37:18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze? Just as Genesis does, the book of Job is speaking metaphorically, for example, windows in the heavens (Gen.…
Overview of the Book of Lamentations
Overview of the Book of Lamentations Author: The author is unknown, but traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah. Purpose: To express and to guide others in expressing laments over the…
What does Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 mean?
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2). Most of…
The Bible is Wrong; There is Something New Under the Sun Daily - Ecclesiastes 1:9-10
Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, Look! This is something new? It was…
Overview of the Book of Psalms
Overview of the Book of Psalms Author: Moses, David, Solomon, the sons of Korah, the sons of Asaph, Ethan the Ezrahite, and various unknown authors. Date: c. 1440-400 B.C. Purpose: To provide Israel…
Overview of the Book of Proverbs
Overview of the Book of Proverbs Author: Various, including Solomon, Hezekiah, Agur, Lemuel, and others. Purpose: To provide a resource for teaching wisdom to young people, primarily for the royal…
Instruction of Amenemope and Proverbs 22:17-24:22?
Proverbs 22:17-24:22 speaks of the thirty sayings of the wise. There are some features of its content and style that appear to follow the "Instruction of Amenemope" (ca. 1300-1075 B.C.); an ancient…
Created for Disaster Proverbs 16:4
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD works out everything for his own ends - even the wicked for a day of disaster. This is simply the truth. Everything and everyone is created for a divine purpose - even the…
Calvinism and Psalms 69:28?
Psalm 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living ; let them not be enrolled among the righteous. "Blotted out of the book of the living" (ESV, KJV 2000, JPS Tanakh 1917) or the "book of…
Overview of the Book of Ecclesiastes
Overview of the Book of Ecclesiastes Author: Solomon or an unknown sage in the royal court. Purpose: To demonstrate that life viewed merely from a realistic human perspective must result in…