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how do we reconcile John 8:14 & 5:31

how do we reconcile John 8:14 & 5:31

John 8:14 New International Version

14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.

John 5:31 -…

Translation of רַבָּֽה “rabbāh” in Psalm 62

Translation of רַבָּֽה “rabbāh” in Psalm 62

In Psalm 62, verses 2 and 6 differ in just one word, רַבָּֽה rabbāh, at the end of the verse. This is glossed as “great(ly)”, “much”, and the like.
Many translations render it as modifying the preceding verb: NASB “I will not be greatly sh…

Significance of Solomon’s 666 talents of gold?

Significance of Solomon’s 666 talents of gold?

1 Kings 10:14 says, “the weight of gold which Solomon received every year was 666 talents of gold, besides what came from tradesmen, from the traffic of the merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the regions.” (Je…