Chaim Bentorah Quotes & Sayings

David was a man after God's heart because he was a man who understood God's heart and sought to protect the heart of God. You cannot protect God's heart until you intimately understand His heart. — Chaim Bentorah

Wisdom is the joining of your heart in unity with God's to discern His hidden knowledge. — Chaim Bentorah

Preface WITH THE ADVENT OF multiple modern English translations of the Bible being published over the last fifty years, Christians have come to realize that there can be a wide range of meanings and renderings of various words from the Bible in the original language. As a Hebrew teacher and student of ancient languages one of the most common questions I get is, "What is the best translation?" This is usually followed by the question, "Which translation is the closest to the original Biblical language?" The answer I give to both questions is, "All of them." With few exceptions, every translation and paraphrase of the Bible is done with much scholarship and prayer by the translators. Every translator is convinced that he or she has presented the best renderings for each word and firmly believes they have given the rendering that is closest to the original language. So we now ask the question as to why there are — Chaim Bentorah