Article September 14, 1940 Issue

Bible Notes

[The Biblical citations given in the Christian Science Quarterly are from the Authorized King James Version. The Bible Notes in this column can be used, if deemed necessary, to elucidate some of the words or passages contained in the Bible Lessons.]

"Their delectable things shall not profit" (Isa. 44:9)—The Hebrew word translated "delectable" is formed from a verb which has the literal meaning of "desire, covet, long for," and so it appears to have the general sense of "costly" or "desirable." Smith suggests: "Their precious products are good for nothing;" and Moffatt: "Their adored images are futile."

"The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line" (Isa. 44:13)—The word rendered "rule" refers more exactly to a "measuring line," which one would naturally "stretch" to make sure that it was taut. Then the term translated "line" refers not so much to the line itself as to that with which it is drawn, namely, "a pencil."

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