Translation choice · documented · Divine Council
What the source reads — adat-El — 'the assembly of El / the divine council', where God judges 'among the gods (elohim)' (so the Hebrew; Diodati and the Riveduta keep 'the assembly of God … the gods')
What this version reads — 'the congregation of the mighty' — the KJV softens the divine council of El into a gathering of 'the mighty', though it keeps 'among the gods'
The Hebrew opens a courtroom in heaven: God stands in 'the assembly of El' — the divine council — and judges 'among the gods'. The KJV renders the council 'the congregation of the mighty', which reads as an assembly of men rather than gods; the Italian Diodati and Riveduta keep it plainly as 'the assembly of God' among 'the gods'. Half the divine court is left standing, half quietly made human.
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