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[Beyond1984]

Daily meditations...

I confess that not once have I commanded:

"Give us this day our daily bread..."

I have been puzzled about just what I have been directing God to do.

If this is a prayer for sustenance, why didn't the RSV scholars, back in '52, render this command adverbally, as in:

Give us bread daily.

Is this in fact a command to be served fresh bread ... a plea for bread baked the very day I eat it?

I have assumed the latter and have transported myself to where I can procure bread that has risen with me, prior to being cooked over charcoal with herbs and served steaming hot for a pittance.

I welcome comments about the odd wording of the command "Give us this day our daily bread." Comments about either the pronouns or the adjectives are solicited.

-HDT

Those who have read other of my threads know that during my Walden sojourn I made bread daily according to the recipe which Marcus Porcius Cato gave about two centuries before Christ.

[AussieGuyInChina]

My (software version) Cambridge dictionary:-
daily bread, noun, informal - the money you need to pay for essential things such as food

My (software version) Oxford dictionary:-
daily bread, noun - necessary food; livelihood (money)

I believe that bread, as a single word, is also a fairly common informal American term for money.

So, not intending to cross-over from that other thread but, daily bread is a noun - a compound noun.

[SueH]

[arioch36]

I would such that the meaning is closer to, "gives us those things we need physically, but more important forgive us our trespasses", which would be consistent with other bible teachings about trusting God for basic physical needs
which would be in keeping with