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== Mistranslated as "unsearchable" ==

== Mistranslated as "unsearchable" ==

Many translations of the [[Bible]] mistakenly use the term "unsearchable" when "infinite" is the intended meaning. For example, the otherwise superb [[New American Standard Bible]] mistranslates with "unsearchable" rather than "infinite" in six places:

Many translations of the [[Bible]] mistakenly use the term "unsearchable" when "infinite" is the intended meaning. Ancient Greek lacked a word for "infinity", and instead used "apeiron" for indefinite or unlimited.<ref>Some say that obscure Greek term "aphorismenon" was closer to the modern term of infinity.</ref>

 

For example, the otherwise superb [[New American Standard Bible]] mistranslates with "unsearchable" rather than "infinite" in six places:

*Job 5:9 - Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.

*Job 5:9 - Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.

*Job 36:26 - Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.

*Job 36:26 - Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.