Updated American Standard Version
Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
Jehovah told Noah after he had completed the ark: “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, the male and its mate.” (Genesis 7:1-2)
Proverbs 9:17 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs 6:26 This is a problematic verse to translate from Hebrew,[6] but most commentators agree that the verse makes a contrast between the consequences of being with a prostitute and of being with an adulteress.
Sooner or later, every young Christian comes across passages in the Bible which are hard to understand and difficult to believe. To many young Christians, these difficulties become a serious hindrance in the development of their Christian life. For days and weeks and months, oftentimes, faith suffers partial or total eclipse.
Proverbs 2:5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 then you will understand the fear of Jehovah and find the knowledge of God.
Scribal errors and textual variants do not overthrow Scripture; they show the need for careful manuscript comparison and sound exegesis.
Bible difficulties require reverent, contextual, grammatical, and historical study that trusts Scripture while examining the facts carefully.
Bible difficulties are not errors but questions requiring context, careful interpretation, manuscript awareness, and trust in Scripture.
"PROBLEM: Solomon began his reign as a man who loved the Lord (1 Kings 3:3). Later in his life he began to turn away from following the Lord and did that which was evil in God's sight. How can the writings of an evil man become Scripture?" - Thomas Howe; Norman L. Geisler.
IT SEEMS THAT the charge that the Bible contradicts itself has been made more and more in the last 30 years. Generally, those making such claims are merely repeating what they have heard because most have not even read the Bible, let alone done an in-depth study of it. However, we should not set aside all concerns as though they have no merit.
