Irritation Check

(Psa 85:1 KJV)  To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

(Proverbs 8 also read)

There is a phrase here that I keep coming across that does not make any sense.  In the KJV it is “brought back the captivity” and in the NASB it is “restore the captivity.”  Neither one makes any sense.  “Captivity” (7622) is a word that means just what it says.  The problem is in the “restore”.  I checked through the translations I have and found they all follow this pattern.

I am sorry.  It does not work.  If you go to your software you find that there are meanings that would work just fine, for instance “reverse”.  Why are they not used?

So?  When you find something that does not make sense spend a little time and look deeper.  You may not figure out what was on the mind of the translators but you should be able to understand what God is saying.