God’s Word has artistic and literal beauty
00:00:00.000 | So the consistency of the LSB is one of the things that I appreciate about it the most
00:00:04.960 | and I think it helps the reader because it shows what the original author was doing.
00:00:10.380 | So for example, if you look at Jonah chapter 2 verse 1 the author uses the word 'meah'
00:00:16.980 | for belly and then in chapter 2 verse 2 he uses the word 'batan' for stomach, those
00:00:23.440 | are two synonyms in Hebrew and they mean the same thing essentially but they're different
00:00:28.380 | words, 'batan' and 'meah' are different words.
00:00:30.360 | A lot of texts will just say Jonah was in the belly, Jonah was in the belly but the
00:00:34.280 | LSB says Jonah was in the stomach, Jonah was in the belly to show that the original author
00:00:38.720 | used two words, they mean the same thing but they're synonyms which highlights the artistry,
00:00:44.760 | the poetic nature, the ability of the original author to use different words and communicate
00:00:50.760 | God's word more effectively and the English reader through the LSB is able to see that.