Alternative Bible Translations
Does God
Harden to Destroy People?
“For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that
they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly,
and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord
commanded Moses.” (Joshua 11:20; King James Version)
How it should have been translated:
“For the Lord permitted them to assume courage to
come to battle with Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that no mercy
might be shewn them; but that they might be utterly destroyed, as the Lord
commanded Moses.” (Charles Thomson Translation)
Commentary on Joshua 11:20:
“….they were permitted to harden their hearts against all
the wonders of divine Providence. ….All who are conversant in the language of
the Old Testament know, that it speaks of every event which God permits, as
proceeding directly from him; and describes him as hardening the hearts of
those who abuse the divine dispensations, to harden their own hearts in guilt;
though these dispensations display a plain natural tendency to soften and
reform them. - Graves, Richard Lectures on the Four Last Books of the
Pentateuch (Dublin: William Curry, Jun. & Company, 1844), p. 194
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