Thursday, June 14, 2012

A Different Translation Part 2 of 2

by Rick Nason, PhD, CFA

Partner, RSD Solutions Inc.

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“The Message” is a popular translation of the Bible.  The purpose behind “The Message” is in part to translate the Bible into a modern contemporary language and context, and not necessarily be a literal translation of the original Greek and Hebrew.  This leads to some interesting translations – such as this one from Proverbs 18:18.

 

“You may have to draw straws when faced with a tough decision”

 

Interesting!  Sometimes decisions will simply come down to the luck of straw picking.  Kind of flies in the face of our traditional thinking that we can solve all problems and put a numerical estimate on any problem to any degree of precision if we simply put enough smart people and computer power to the problem.  Interesting!

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