Just some humor on this Friday- NAS vs KJV - this is just for fun

The KJV is actually accurate here. However, there are two caveats that makes the NASB also correct.

1. The "pisseth against the wall" phrase is an idiom for male. Most translators (including me) would say it is okay to translate an idiom with a non-idiom, "male" in this case.

2. In linguistics there is a term which means a word that society rejects as not being fit for polite society: a "taboo word." So the question would be, is the KJV word a taboo word in modern American society?

Back to you--and whoever.

 

Man, that pisseth me off the wall

 

And one "that raiseth his leg at a tree" is a dog?

 

Okay, moving right along....

 

To the next tree? How about one "that sniffeth to the next tree" is a dog?

 

OK, that was just for fun but...

Seriously, the idiom has been variously interpreted. And some have pointed out that "piss" was not vulgar but the English word used at the time, while "urinate" was rather new.

Some say the idiom refers to boys, not men, or to slaves/servants, or pejoratively to men as dogs. There's even suggestion that it is a reference to divination.

Preserving the idiom can be useful, but does not mean understanding is conveyed. From the contexts (six occurrences), it would seem that "every last male" is indicated, with quite a negative connotation.

 

not much is taboo in modern American society.