Babies, Fetuses, Stomachs, and Wombs
At Hebrew and Greek Reader, the question is asked whether the NLT’s rendering of Ecclesiastes 11:5 is politically motivated. The issue is the image of …ka’atzamim b’veten ha-m’lei’ah, that is, “like etzems in the beten.” The NLT’s rending is: …a tiny baby [etzem] growing in its mother’s womb [beten]… (I’m ignoring maleh here, because it’s…
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