"The Case for Essentially Literal Bible Translation C. John Collins, Wayne
Grudem, Vern S. Poythress, Leland Ryken, Bruce Winter. short our life is” (GNB);
“teach us to make the most of our time” (NLT). All of these interpretations are
possible, but all of the translations just quoted reduce the options to just one
possibility. In a word, they sim- plify, whereas translations that render the verse
literally preserve the full richnes ..."