Wednesday, December 17, 2008

An "alien" in the bible?

I was reading a book this evening when i came across a quote from the bible, which contain the word, "alien".

I started to think, how can this "modern" word enter the b ible? Possibly it was initially "stranger", translated to alien in some modern verses these days.

So I went to check an NIV. Psalm 146:9: The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow.

Well, it does exist!