Difference between revisions of "Translating Lord's Prayer"
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| − | The issue is that gives the key phrase a [[globalist]] rather than a personal meaning. Also, the original Greek terms do not mean "kingdom" and "earth". | + | The issue is that gives the key phrase a [[globalist]] rather than a personal meaning. Also, the original Greek terms do not mean "kingdom" and "earth". Yet virtually every English translation uses "kingdom" and "earth", perhaps due to the pervasive familiarity with this rendition. A rare exception is the use of "reign" rather than "kingdom" by Young's Literal Translation.<ref>https://biblehub.com/parallel/matthew/6-10.htm</ref> |
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Translating Lord's Prayer, the most widely recited prayer in the world, focuses on the use in English of the impersonal terms "kingdom" and "earth". The second half of the prayer is entirely personal, and the first half can be translated with a similar approach.
The key phrase that is typically translated into English in a globalist manner, contrary to the original Greek, is Matthew 6:10 (NIV):
| “ | your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven | ” |
The issue is that gives the key phrase a globalist rather than a personal meaning. Also, the original Greek terms do not mean "kingdom" and "earth". Yet virtually every English translation uses "kingdom" and "earth", perhaps due to the pervasive familiarity with this rendition. A rare exception is the use of "reign" rather than "kingdom" by Young's Literal Translation.[1]