A Woman of Chayil: Far Above Rubies by Jane Carole Anderson

[OBW]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Uh oh! That's not what my bible commentaries say! I'm a bible believing Christian who . . .

mashal: to rule, have dominion, reign
Original Word: מָשַׁל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: mashal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-shal')
Short Definition: rule
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to rule, have dominion, reign
NASB Translation
dominion (1), gain control (1), govern (1), had charge (1), have authority (1), master (1), obtain dominion (1), really going to rule (1), rule (27), ruled (5), ruler (18), ruler's (2), rulers (6), rules (9), ruling (3), wielded (1).

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There is "..strong proof that everyman rules over his wife – no matter who she is"

Not very careful in parsing the words are you???

The Hebrew words and the definitions do not force an understanding of "because that is the way it is ordained by God" upon it. Having dominion is not necessarily something because of God's ordination. To insist otherwise is to make a claim not in the scripture.

Yes, there is proof that [most] every man rules over his wife. But is that because that the way it should be? Is it because the Bible says it must be? Or is it because that is the way it ends out (as stated would happen there in Genesis)?

None of your "uh ohs" provide a prescription. Just an observation based on a certain viewpoint.

I guess that this kind of Bible scholarship is to be expected from people who follow someone who mishandled the scripture as much as Nee and Lee did. Who never missed the opportunity to turn a description into a prescription. Especially when it benefitted them personally, or their followers generally.