tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post7834396981559664968..comments2024-03-27T08:31:44.348+01:00Comments on Random Idea English: Whom watch #4 - On Messrs Gwynne, Lowth, Priestley and Shakespeare, with a few asides on the wayWarsaw Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-83690688120502782462015-10-01T11:07:57.526+02:002015-10-01T11:07:57.526+02:00As for "Glorious is God" and "Glori...As for "Glorious is God" and "Glorious be God". Are these two sentences the same? I have difficulty If dealing with God, therefore it's rather difficult for me. Please help me undestand this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254480997133027262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-38654783068935587302015-10-01T04:07:00.359+02:002015-10-01T04:07:00.359+02:00Thanks a lot, Warsaw Will. By using "be"...Thanks a lot, Warsaw Will. By using "be", I wonder what the desire of the speaker is? It's rather hard for me if the wish does with God. Example.<br /><br />Exalted be God.<br />Glorified be God.<br /><br />If we say "Exalted is God", "glorified is God", it expresses a statement that means God is indeed exalted or glorified, doesn't it?<br /><br />Also, as for "peace be unto/on you", what is the wish? Peace is with someone? This is also weird to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254480997133027262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-89776526653069515132015-09-29T14:10:53.473+02:002015-09-29T14:10:53.473+02:00I would guess that this is the subjunctive, and me...I would guess that this is the subjunctive, and means "Let my rock, or may my rock be blessed" etc. It sounds rather old-fashioned now, but expresses a wish rather than a statement:<br /><br />"Blessed be the Lord" - "May the Lord be blessed" - a wish<br />"Blessed is the Lord" - "The Lord is blessed" - a simple statement<br /><br />Incidentally, there are 30 instances of "Blessed be the Lord" in the King James Bible, but none for "The Lord is blessed"<br /><br />At the beginning of the Book of Psalms we have:<br /><br />"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."<br /><br />This is a statement, the writer saying that this man is indeed blessed (there are plenty of examples liike this, to do with people and nations etc) then a bit later, when he comes to to talk of God, we have your quote:<br /><br />"The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.", this is more like a prayer or wish.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">King James Bible</a><br /><br /><br />Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-76215233300993448722015-09-15T10:24:50.366+02:002015-09-15T10:24:50.366+02:00Hello. Why does this sentence used "be"?...Hello. Why does this sentence used "be"? Why shouldn't use "is"? The structure is "adjective + be + noun". What does it mean?<br /><br />Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of<br />my salvation. <br />Blessed be the Lord.<br />http://biblehub.com/psalms/18-46.htm<br /><br />Second, if using "is", what is the difference?<br /><br />Blessed is my rock<br />Exalted is the God of my salvation.<br />Blessed is the Lord.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254480997133027262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-49021247095409047572014-01-31T20:24:39.796+01:002014-01-31T20:24:39.796+01:00And not once, but six times, more or less:
"...And not once, but six times, more or less:<br /><br />"Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" (Matthew 16:13)<br /><br />"Whom do men say that I am?" (Mark 8:27)<br /><br />"Whom say the people that I am?" (Luke 9:18)<br /><br />and three instances of "But whom say ye that I am?", each one a couple of lines after the first three.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-51810352590444540032014-01-31T18:40:21.278+01:002014-01-31T18:40:21.278+01:00The King James Bible has "Whom do men say tha...The King James Bible has "Whom do men say that I am?"vphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647609487352038948noreply@blogger.com