Isa 2:6-10
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Verse 9
- Boweth down. This verse seems a bit troubling—if the man here humbles himself, why is he not forgiven? Different translations of this verse have dealt with this differently. In 2 Ne 12:9 this is emended to "boweth not down." The NET takes the bowing in this verse as bowing before the idols, noting "these prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive appear to carry on the description that precedes and are better taken with the accusation. They draw attention to the fact that human beings actually bow down and worship before the lifeless products of their own hands." The Word Biblical Commentary takes a similar approach translating 9a "So that mankind became degraded and a person became humiliated." Other translations (e.g. NASB and NRSV) follow the KJV in describing the man as humbling himself and yet not being forgiven.
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