Re: English Translation

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Am 2008-04-11 um 20:59 schrieb David R. Linn:
> > "- what is a good way of translating the German "ewig reicher  
> > Gott", meaning something like God, who has power forever. (perhaps  
> > a common English version already exists for this song)"
> > /God everlasting, God ever powerful /
>
> I don't think I can help with this one - going strictly from the words
> I would have said "ever more abundant God" but that is pretty far from
> your proposed meaning.  I checked with a friend with other  
> resources to
> check and he was unable to identify a common English rendering of this
> phrase.

The meaning of "reich" in this example is extremely uncommon in  
(modern) German.
I *guess* it refers to the old stem of "-rich" (like in names) that  
means "ruler", similar to "Reich" (empire, see "dein Reich komme" in  
German paternoster).
So the suggestion "God ever powerful" seems an adequate translation  
to me.


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