Bible Correction: Proverbs 24: 32-34: the Conclusion of Solomon's Major Teaching, Proverbs 1 Thru 24
I was anxiously awaiting Victor Alexander's translation of Proverbs 30: 1-4, but noticed he had stopped his translation at the end of Proverbs 24. It turns out that Solomon made his point at that point, and that is as far as Alexander cares to go. So I looked at Solomon's conclusion, and it read the opposite of what I expected.
It is commonly translated: "A little sleep; a little slumber; a little folding of the hands to recline, then, your poverty will come like a traveler, and your lacking like an armed man." That is the Stone Tanach; the King James -- they are all the same: be lazy and poverty will come upon you like a thief.
Except, Solomon's conclusion is actually 180-degrees opposite! Solomon was in complete agreement with what the Voice said to Neville Goddard's wife, Bill, "You must stop spending your thoughts, time, and your money. Everything in life must be an investment!" (Order Your Conversations Aright).
You see, as Solomon said in verse 32, "I regarded [it all] and [took/consecrated it all] into my heart, and I accepted it as discipline" (emphasis mine). He took all that he had learned as discipline. God was saying, verse 33: "If you nap (only) a little, (only) sleep a little, and fold your hands on your chest (only) a little, poverty shall depart from you, and delaying shall forget you, like a man on the run."
Yes, if you are lazy poverty will come to you. Solomon says here, though, that if you keep busy, work, and are a doer, poverty shall depart from you. If you are a man on the run, you do not delay; i.e., you will not be lazy and procrastinating. Investment will become your habit, and the state of delaying and putting things off will forget you -- and poverty will never return.
I think the difference between "don't be lazy or poverty will come like an armed man" and "be disciplined, on the go, and poverty will leave you not to return," is significant. I got to see this turn because I am a supporter of Victor Alexander's translation project. I do not know how he works it now, but when I bought one of his books (I first got the Aramaic New Testament) he gave me an ID and a password to his supporter's page. I get to see all the texts he has translated and what he has posted of the one he is currently working on. That is why I was waiting (albeit in vain) for Proverbs 30 to drop.
It is not a question of how we happened to come into poverty, but how we get out of poverty once we find that we are in it. We are all impoverished by the ignorance we took upon ourselves when we came into this world. We were the consciousness/spirit of God (and still are), but now we all have become as rats (see Neville Goddard lecture, "Unless I Go Away"), free, but without wisdom. See the poverty that is in your pores from not being disciplined as the Life-giving, Living Branch of God. Wisdom is the principle thing. Therefore, get wisdom, and with all your getting, get understanding (Proverbs 4: 7).
Hey, get busy. At least visit Alexander's web sites v-a.com and v-a.com/bible. I know his translations are a bit expensive, but as translations they are one-of-a-kind. And the idea is to support his effort to give us an accurate, idiomatic translation from the ancient Aramaic into English. If you can't read Aramaic and do not have a copy of the genuinely ancient Aramaic text, pay him for his effort. You are buying pounds of gold for pennies. Speaking for myself, I have never regretted it.
It is commonly translated: "A little sleep; a little slumber; a little folding of the hands to recline, then, your poverty will come like a traveler, and your lacking like an armed man." That is the Stone Tanach; the King James -- they are all the same: be lazy and poverty will come upon you like a thief.
Except, Solomon's conclusion is actually 180-degrees opposite! Solomon was in complete agreement with what the Voice said to Neville Goddard's wife, Bill, "You must stop spending your thoughts, time, and your money. Everything in life must be an investment!" (Order Your Conversations Aright).
You see, as Solomon said in verse 32, "I regarded [it all] and [took/consecrated it all] into my heart, and I accepted it as discipline" (emphasis mine). He took all that he had learned as discipline. God was saying, verse 33: "If you nap (only) a little, (only) sleep a little, and fold your hands on your chest (only) a little, poverty shall depart from you, and delaying shall forget you, like a man on the run."
Yes, if you are lazy poverty will come to you. Solomon says here, though, that if you keep busy, work, and are a doer, poverty shall depart from you. If you are a man on the run, you do not delay; i.e., you will not be lazy and procrastinating. Investment will become your habit, and the state of delaying and putting things off will forget you -- and poverty will never return.
I think the difference between "don't be lazy or poverty will come like an armed man" and "be disciplined, on the go, and poverty will leave you not to return," is significant. I got to see this turn because I am a supporter of Victor Alexander's translation project. I do not know how he works it now, but when I bought one of his books (I first got the Aramaic New Testament) he gave me an ID and a password to his supporter's page. I get to see all the texts he has translated and what he has posted of the one he is currently working on. That is why I was waiting (albeit in vain) for Proverbs 30 to drop.
It is not a question of how we happened to come into poverty, but how we get out of poverty once we find that we are in it. We are all impoverished by the ignorance we took upon ourselves when we came into this world. We were the consciousness/spirit of God (and still are), but now we all have become as rats (see Neville Goddard lecture, "Unless I Go Away"), free, but without wisdom. See the poverty that is in your pores from not being disciplined as the Life-giving, Living Branch of God. Wisdom is the principle thing. Therefore, get wisdom, and with all your getting, get understanding (Proverbs 4: 7).
Hey, get busy. At least visit Alexander's web sites v-a.com and v-a.com/bible. I know his translations are a bit expensive, but as translations they are one-of-a-kind. And the idea is to support his effort to give us an accurate, idiomatic translation from the ancient Aramaic into English. If you can't read Aramaic and do not have a copy of the genuinely ancient Aramaic text, pay him for his effort. You are buying pounds of gold for pennies. Speaking for myself, I have never regretted it.
Regarding chapter 24 verse 34. Poverty shall depart from you,* and
delaying
shall forget you, like a man on the run.
Yes, with discipline,
poverty shall depart from you (not the opposite -- the
way it's in other
translation.)
And delaying shall forget you (different from other
translations.)
Like a man on the run (again different from other
translations.) A man on
the run does not delay.
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