early 15c., providen, “make provision for the future; arrange, plan; take care, relieve of needs, supply the needs of,” from Latin providere “look ahead, prepare, supply, act with foresight,” from pro “ahead” (from PIE root *per- (1) “forward”) + videre “to see” (from PIE root *weid- “to see”).
God provides direction?
direction (n.)
late 14c., direccioun, “action of directing or guiding,” from Latin directionem (nominative directio) “a making straight, a straight line, a directing (toward something),” noun of action from past-participle stem of dirigere “to set straight, arrange; give a particular direction to,” from dis– “apart” (see dis-) + regere “to direct, to guide, keep straight” (from PIE root *reg- “move in a straight line”).
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7 A person might say, “When I lie, it really ·gives him [L increases his] glory, because my lie shows God’s truth. So why am I ·judged [condemned as] a sinner?” 8 It would be the same to say, “We should do evil so that good will come.” Some people ·find fault with [slander] us and say we teach this, but ·they are wrong and deserve the punishment they will receive [L their condemnation is just].
8 “‘·You keep saying [L How can you say…?], “We are wise, ·because we have the teachings of the Lord [L and the teachings/laws/instructions of the Lord are with us].” But actually, ·those who explain the Scriptures have written lies with their pens [L the false pens of the scribes have made it a lie].
13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “This punishment is more than I can ·stand [bear]! 14 Today you have forced me ·to stop working [L from] the ground, and now I ·must hide from you [or will be hidden from your face]. I ·must wander around [L will be a fugitive and wanderer/homeless wanderer] on the earth, and ANYONE ¿who? ·MEETS [finds] me can kill me.”
15 The Lord said to Cain, “No! If ANYONE kills you, I will ·punish [avenge] ¿THAT PERSON? seven times more.” Then the Lord put a mark [C the nature of the mark is uncertain] on Cain warning ANYONE ¿WHO? ·MET [finds] him not to kill him. (cf., Jeremiah 8:8)
Cain’s Family
16 So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod [C resembles a Hebrew word meaning “wanderer”], east of Eden. 17 He ·had ¿SEXUAL RELATIONS? with [L knew; 4:1] ¿HIS WIFE?, and ¿SHE? ·became pregnant [conceived] and gave birth to Enoch. At that time ·Cain [L he] was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch. (cf., Jeremiah 8:8)
“Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all the cattle, And more than any animal of the field; On your belly you shall go, And dust you shall eat All the days of your life.
14 Therefore the Lord cuts off head and tail [the highest and the lowest] from Israel, Both [the high] palm branch and [the low] bulrush in one day. 15 The elderly and honorable man, he is the head; And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail. 16 For those who lead this people are causing them to go astray; And those who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up.
A person devoted narrow-mindedly to material prosperity at the expense of intellectual and artistic awareness; or (as an adjective) ignorantly uninterested in culture and ideas. This sense of the term comes from the insulting label Philister applied by German students to their non-academic neighbours in university towns, likening them to the enemies of the chosen people in the Hebrew scriptures; it was given wide currency in English by the poet and critic Matthew Arnold in his book Culture and Anarchy (1869), which attacks the philistinism of the British middle class. Arnold usually applied the term ‘the Philistines’ to the prosperous bourgeoisie, especially to its nonconformist Liberal representatives.
22 Show mercy to ·some people who have doubts [those who waver; C in their faith]. 23 ·Take others out of the fire, and save them [L Save/Rescue others by snatching them from the fire; C fire represents judgment]. Show mercy mixed with fear to others [C fear inspired by God’s righteous judgment against sin], hating even their clothes which are ·dirty from sin [L stained by the sinful nature/flesh].
Praise God
24 ·God is strong and can [L Now to the one who is able to] ·help you not to fall [keep/guard you from falling/stumbling]. ·He can bring you [L …and to present you] before his ·glory [glorious presence] ·without any wrong in you [faultless; blameless; spotless] and ·can give you great joy [with gladness/jubilation/rejoicing].