Shabbat Shalom everyone
The version of English translation being used here by K&S is I think??New International Version (©1984).
I was reading these verses from Proverbs but the rendition of the translation used seemed a mite odd.
Please bear in mind that the only relevant meaning in scripture is Yahs’, as he caused it to be written.
We must make do, in this case with the maoretic text.:D
As K&S don't regard this as coming from Yah, to them these verses are not scripture.But in agreed cases of scripyure....
How we obtain His truth is between Him, our Mother, Yahs Set apart Spirit, who does the enlightening, and the seeker and receiver of the enlightenment.
In our modern era we have books, and many other tools to help us to make sense of the Hebraic language used around 3500 years ago and its’ ‘entomology’. Then it was in everyday use, and for any seeker who heard or read it for at least fifteen to seventeen hundred years, it would still have been “relatively” vernacular.
The rendition of(StrongsH7069) קנה qânâh. Even in modern Hebrew it is the verb, buy.
Create, yes. But by procuring, not birthing. Acquiring, gathering, buying, getting, attaining, possessing, even winning, give a much better rendition in my opinion, than “birthing”. I am not saying I am right, I am merely pointing out how the use of a word alters our perception(s).
I have included all these below to show at a “glance “!! some differences in just a few translations.
You will find other words just in this verse that differ too. :D
Prov 8:22
(K&S version) YHWH brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;
(ASV) Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
(DRB) The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
(YLT) Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
(HOT+) יהוהH3068 קנניH7069 ראשׁיתH7225 דרכוH1870 קדםH6924 מפעליוH4659 מאז׃H227
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(KJVA) & (KJV) The LORDH3068 possessedH7069 me in the beginningH7225 of his way,H1870 beforeH6924 his worksH4659 of old.H4480 H227
English Standard Version (©2001)
“The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
For more renditions…..:D
http://bible.cc/proverbs/8-22.htmI trust you all experience Yah’s purpose for Shabbat.