- There are many Biblical examples of language being used which was comprehensible at the time it was written, but is now unfamiliar to us, for example, "skin for skin" (Job 2:4) alluded to the ancient practice of trading skins of equivalent value; a male prostitute is called a "dog" in Deut. 23:18.
Ipo mifano mingi ya Biblia na misemo iliyotumika ambayo ilieleweka wakati ule ilipoandikwa, lakini sasa ni migeni kwetu, kwa mfano,'ngozi kwa ngozi’ (Ayubu. 2: 4) mfano huu ulitaja mazoea ya Kale ya biashara ya ngozi ya thamani sawa; kahaba mwanaume ameitwa"Mbwa"katika K/ torati 23: 28. msemo wa pepo ni mfano mwingine.