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(→Question: Is the phrase "a mock and a bye-word among all nations" a "rare phrase"?) |
(→If we expand the definition, as the critics did, to include synonymous words "nations," "heathen," and "people") |
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*2 Chronicles 7:20: "a byword among all nations" | *2 Chronicles 7:20: "a byword among all nations" | ||
− | ===If we expand the definition, as the critics did, to include synonymous words "nations," "heathen," and "people"=== | + | ===If we expand the definition, as the critics did, to include synonymous words "nations," "heathen," and "people,"we find several other instances of the phrase=== |
*Psalms 44:14: "a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people" | *Psalms 44:14: "a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people" | ||
*Job 17:6: "a byword of the people" | *Job 17:6: "a byword of the people" |
The critics note that "These phrases are rare—meaning that they are not found in other contemporary books of Joseph's time, and that they are not found in the King James Version of the bible" [1]
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