NKJV mistake - questionable

[rdwray]

Zech 10:2 For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore [the people] wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because [there is] no shepherd.

May be the author didn't like "went" and wanted indicate moving through a herd. At any rate, it is changed from the KJV and is not referenced as such in Strong's.

[mathetes]

That's how my hard-copy of the NKJV reads, so the module is correct.

[rdwray]

The issue I came up with is not with the module as supplied by TW, but that it does not fit the Hebrew interpretation by Strong's as provided by Thomas Nelson.

[mathetes]

It's not TW's responsibility to "correct" translations or dictionaries.

As a side note, I show that it is Strong's # H5265 and in looking at the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament it looks like a very reasonable translation for the OT word it was translated from. Adam Clarke makes the comment "They were like a flock that had no shepherd, shifting from place to place, and wandering about in the wilderness, seeking for pasture, wherever they might find it."

[WJSwanepoel]

Hi,
To "wend one's way" is in fact well known English! It means to pursue or directs one's way or to proceed.

Regards,
Willem

[rdwray]

The words are similar, but they are not the same.

Verb: wend
Direct ones course or way

Went (Mickelson):
H5265 נָסַע naca` (naw-sah') v.
1. (properly) to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey

[mathetes]

Costas can't change a module to something different than the original document it's based on has.

The Strong's dictionary is a very limited dictionary and shouldn't be relied on for in-depth word studies. Even though it's definitions may be fundamentally correct, it usually doesn't give the nuances or context for how that word is to be understood in specific situations.

There are Hebraisms and idioms that sometimes can't be understood based on strict definitions given in a dictionary without taking the meaning in context of the total phrase (or verse or paragraph). I think Adam Clarke explained this one pretty well. Some other translations use "wander". The TWOT also gives a good discussion on the word and you should be able to see how "wend" or "wander" fits with the base definition of pulling up tent pengs.

[petrosd]

I would suggest caution in using Strong's as an authoritative test of the accuracy of any translation. It supports the KJV translation only because it is derived from the KJV translation. That is, Strong's source is the KJV. That the KJV matches Strong's is no surprise.