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or IMPRISONED. This will be also the condition of Satan through the Millennial
Kingdom, he will be "bound" for a thousand years, but he will by no means be
"finished". In like manner, sins will be SEALED UP, as the margin indicates against the
reading "to make an end of sins". The Hebrew word chatham is translated as follows :
Seal 16, seal up 6, be sealed 2, mark 1, be stopped 1, and the Chaldaic word in
Dan. 6: 17 seal.
Proof of Feigned Obedience
We gather from the marginal references in the A.V. that some of the nations will yield
"feigned obedience". Is this translation justified? Let us see. The passages under review
are Psalms 18: 44; 66: 3; and 81: 15. The A.V. and the R.V. read "feigned
obedience" in the margin, and the note "Hebrew lied". Is this marginal interpretation
correct? We could refer to such expositors as Perowne, Hengstenberg, Young's Literal
translation and Rotherham. Rotherham reads "Come CRINGING unto me". Of course
this unanimity among scholars may be but the blind leading the blind, on the other hand
they may express the mind of God. There is only one authoritative test. The consistent
usage of the word and a frank exhibition of its occurrences. The Hebrew word kachash
occurs twenty-eight times, and in no other passage than the three Psalms quoted is it
translated "submit". The remaining references are translated as follows :
Fail 1, be found liars 1, belie 1, deal falsely 1, deceive 1, deny 5, dissemble 1,
fail 2, lie 5, lies 4, lying 1, and leanness 1.
In no passage is it possible to substitute "obedience" or "submit" in any one of these
twenty-four occurrences. If "usage" has any weight, then "feigned obedience" must
stand. To deny it is to defy the testimony of Scripture. Deut. 33: 29 which employs
the Hebrew kachash reads:
"And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee".
The scholarly Lexicon of Brown, Driver and Briggs gives the meaning of kachash:
"Be disappointing, deceive, fail, grown lean",
and in reference to the Psalms in question, their note reads:
"Cringe, come cringing, make a show of obedience".
The Hebrew Kachash is Very Rigid
We cannot sweep aside this unanimous testimony without betraying that ulterior
motives are prompting our decision. Further, although the LXX is not infallible, yet
surely we must allow Hebrews of that early age to understand their own tongue, at least
as well as the best of us today. The LXX uses epseusanto "they lied" in Psa. 18: 44
and Psa. 81: 15 exactly as they do in Deut. 33: 29. We believe the candid student
will be convinced that the Hebrew kachash is very rigid in its meaning, and cannot be