THE NAMES OF GOD

NAMES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE: A DISPENSATIONAL APPROACH : PROF. M. M. NINAN
“I was what I was”;
“I am what I am” and
“What I am, I have always been”
'What I am now is what I will always be'.
Others have postulated that ehyeh is not 'I am' but 'I cause to be'. Thus, instead of saying, 'I am that I
am' God is saying, in effect,
'I cause to be whatever comes into being',
"I will be what I will be"
"I will be who I will be",
"I shall prove to be whatsoever I shall prove to be"
or even
"I will be because I will be".
“I Will Be that I Will Be”; (Leeser)
"I Will Become whatsoever I please", (Rotherham,)
"I Will Become What I Choose to Become."[New World Translation (2013 Edition):]
Greek, Ego eimi ho on (ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν): "I am The Being" in the Septuagint, and Philo, and Revelation
or, "I am The Existing One"; Lat., ego sum qui sum, "I am Who I am."
A Hebrew verb that appears in the imperfect tense can be translated with any of these meanings.
(Simon, The First Hebrew Primer, p. 94) The first Ehyeh might be one tense (for instance, "I am") and
the second another ("I will be.")
Here are some other possible translations:
(http://www.bluethread.com/ehyeh.htm)
I am that I am (Hertz, p 215)
I will be what I will be (Rashi, from Hertz, p 215)
I am who I am (Sarna, 1986, p 52)
I will be what I want to be (S.R. Hirsch from Plaut, p 405)
I will be what tomorrow demands (Plaut, p 405)
It is he who creates what comes into existence (Albright, p 171)
He brings into existence whatever exists (Enc. Jud.)
I will be with him that I will be
I exist and fulfill my promises
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