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Judges 2:1 – NASB vs. HCSB vs. ESV
Judges 2.1,4; 5.23; 6.11,12,20,21,22; 13.3,6,9,13,16,18,20,21
Judges 2:1 NASB Now the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
Judges 2:1 HCSB The Angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I had promised to your fathers. I also said: I will never break My covenant with you.
Judges 2:1 ESV Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,
It is the policy of both the NASB and the HCSB to capitalize pronouns for deity. The ESV does not. The HCSB standard actually goes further in all the references to the “Angel of the Lord” by capitalizing both the pronoun and noun. The purpose of this is to interpret the recurring character as deity, most likely the pre-incarnate Christ.
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