Good report or good news from a distant land? Used to support FS reports

by truthseeker 3 Replies latest jw friends

  • truthseeker
    truthseeker

    I know there is a thread on field service reports, but I thought this was interesting.

    We are always told to hand in our reports at the end of the month.

    One scripture used to support this unbiblical practice is Proverbs 25:25

    The NWT says: 25 As cold water upon a tired soul, so is a good report from a distant land.

    If you visit the site below, all but one translation uses the phrase "good news."

    Do you think the Society deliberately mistranslated this scripture to support the field service reporting arrangement?

    http://bible.cc/proverbs/25-25.htm

    NASB: Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land. (NASB ©1995)

    GWT: Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from far away. (GOD'S WORD®)

    KJV: As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

    ASV: As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

    BBE: As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

    DBY: As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

    JPS: As cold waters to a faint soul, so is good news from a far country.

    WBS: As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

    WEB: Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

    YLT: As cold waters for a weary soul, So is a good report from a far country.

  • lawrence
    lawrence

    Yes!

  • found-my-way
    found-my-way

    the mistake is calling our FS timecards, ''reports''

    they are not reports, as they contain no news.

    they are a summary of hours and placements, a better term for them would be ''time & placement summary or account''

  • truthseeker
    truthseeker

    Let's elaborate a little further.

    Look at the Dictionary definitions for report and news:

    REPORT:

    1.an account or statementdescribing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
    2.a statement or announcement.
    3.a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip.
    4.an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., esp. as taken down for publication.
    5.a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon.
    6.a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time.
    7.Computers . output, esp. printed, containing organized information.
    8.a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice.
    9.reports, Law . a collection of adjudications.
    10.repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report.
    –verb (used with object)
    11.to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard.
    12.to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation.
    13.to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit.
    14.to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often fol. by out): The committee reported out the bill.
    15.to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating.
    16.to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing.
    17.to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements.
    18.to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing.
    19.to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper.
    20.to relate or tell.
    –verb (used without object)
    21.to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like.
    22.to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper.
    23.to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick.
    24.to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101.
    —Idiom
    25.on report, Military . (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action.

    NEWS:

    1.a report of a recent event; intelligence; information: His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.
    2.the presentation of a report on recent or new events in a newspaper or other periodical or on radio or television.
    3.such reports taken collectively; information reported: There's good news tonight.
    4.a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material. Compare copy (def. 5) .

    At first glance, there may be not much difference between "report" and "news", but "report" has many more meanings ususally confering a written statement or account.

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