I'd like to hear what someone has to say about Job 17:4
NIV - "You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph."
Although this is Job likely talking about his three friends that don't seem to be soothing or comforting him, this is a glimpse of the Jews and their hardened hearts. Or, this refers to all of humanity and their Indwelling Curse of the Lord (Gal 3:13).
Do your Bibles translate this another way that doesn't clearly show that God strips people of their ability to "understand"? And if a person is limited to understanding a "thing," how can that person claim that they are free to choose? How can a person be free to choose if they have been restricted in their ability to understand? If a person has been limited to intellectually understanding their choices, then goodbye to free will, self-will, or whatever we want to call it.
NIV - "You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph."
Although this is Job likely talking about his three friends that don't seem to be soothing or comforting him, this is a glimpse of the Jews and their hardened hearts. Or, this refers to all of humanity and their Indwelling Curse of the Lord (Gal 3:13).
Do your Bibles translate this another way that doesn't clearly show that God strips people of their ability to "understand"? And if a person is limited to understanding a "thing," how can that person claim that they are free to choose? How can a person be free to choose if they have been restricted in their ability to understand? If a person has been limited to intellectually understanding their choices, then goodbye to free will, self-will, or whatever we want to call it.