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Now, most translations use "dust," corresponding to the Hebrew word "aphar," which also means "earth." Thus, I can see why the proposed conservative translation took the word "dust" from the KJV and generalized it to "dry-powder food." However, I think this ignores a symbolic meaning here. [https://www.biblehub.com/genesis/3-14.htm Some translations use "earth" instead of "dust,"] and there's evidently a reason. In summary, just think: does Satan, represented by the serpent, literally eat dust? No. So what if it instead read he "eats earth," with "earth" used in that phrase instead of "dust"? Or, to put it more bluntly and concisely, ''he consumes the earth in sin for all the days of his life''? That's certainly what he will do before ultimately being condemned to die in the lake of fire. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Saturday, 12:56, December 24, 2022 (EST)

Now, most translations use "dust," corresponding to the Hebrew word "aphar," which also means "earth." Thus, I can see why the proposed conservative translation took the word "dust" from the KJV and generalized it to "dry-powder food." However, I think this ignores a symbolic meaning here. [https://www.biblehub.com/genesis/3-14.htm Some translations use "earth" instead of "dust,"] and there's evidently a reason. In summary, just think: does Satan, represented by the serpent, literally eat dust? No. So what if it instead read he "eats earth," with "earth" used in that phrase instead of "dust"? Or, to put it more bluntly and concisely, ''he consumes the earth in sin for all the days of his life''? That's certainly what he will do before ultimately being condemned to die in the lake of fire. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Saturday, 12:56, December 24, 2022 (EST)

:You make a terrific point here.  I like "he consumes the earth in sin for all the days of his life" but wonder if that is too free-form from the original.  Let's discuss this further in search of the most precise term or phrase.  I agree that "dust-powder food" is not an optimal translation.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 13:09, December 24, 2022 (EST)

:You make a terrific point here.  I like "he consumes the earth in sin for all the days of his life" but wonder if that is too free-form from the original.  Let's discuss this further in search of the most precise term or phrase.  I agree that "dust-powder food" is not an optimal translation.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 13:09, December 24, 2022 (EST)