H3372

• {"n":"yare","s":"To fear, and also to revere. The same problem English has with awe.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=yare","r":"Proverbs 1:7","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Versions read fear, and reverence or awe in a minority of places."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**An awesome responsibility.** **That was awesome.** English already has a word that slid from dread to enthusiasm, and you can feel both senses in it."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Yare covers terror, respect and reverence. The same verb is used of being afraid of an army and of the proper posture before God, and Hebrew does not mark which."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English fear kept only the frightened sense, so reverence has to be supplied by a footnote or a sermon."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a translation offers reverence as an alternative to fear, the word is doing both and the sentence usually is not choosing."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Fear is the overwhelming majority rendering; reverence and awe are minority choices."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0 yare \u00b7 H3372"}],"src":["yare of ordinary fear: Genesis 3:10; Exodus 14:10","the fear of the LORD: Proverbs 1:7; 9:10","yirah, the noun: Isaiah 11:2-3"]}