If translation is challenging between two modern languages, like Spanish and English, imagine the hurdles we face when moving from a dead language (Hebrew or Greek) to a living language (English). There are scores of modern English translations of the Bible, each attempting to say with a little more clarity what the translators believe is most faithful to the original text. On one end of the spectrum are “formal equivalent” translations; that is, they attempt to maintain the same “form” as the original