The Most Interesting Feature of the Douay-Rheims
Of all the virtues of the Douay-Rheims Version, one that is most striking and little noted is this verse, from Habakkuk (or as it's called in the DR, "Habacuc") 3:18:
"But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my JESUS."
The DRV is, to the best of my knowledge, the only Bible to explicitly mention the Name of Jesus in the Old Testament.
posted by Ben Johnson at 12:16 AM
2 Comments:
Perhaps it's because Jesus means "one who saves," and the word is translated elsewhere as "Saviour."
Bingo. But given our Christocentric reading of the Old Tesatment, this translation makes the connection explicit.
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