I have a Visual Filter (VF) that places a triple-underline under subjunctive verbs. There are three terms in 1 Thessalonians 5:6 that match the VF criteria. In NASB they are marked as “sleep”, “be” and “sober”. In ESV they are marked as “sleep”, “awake” and “sober”. The second term in NASB (“be”) seems to be misleading. Wouldn't “alert” be the better choice? The same situation occurs in LEB and NLT, but NRSV and NIV84 have the better choice like ESV.
This apparent misalignment between the underlying data and the Surface level in some Reverse Interlinear Bible versions can be seen by viewing the passage with the Interlinear grid turned on.
The current behavior tends to confuse my students (and me) when I use Logos in my teaching materials and projector display because a less appropriate word is marked or aligned with the underlying data.
It would be very helpful if the Reverse Interlinear alignment was improved so the VF markings and the interlinear grid would make more sense (like in the ESV).
Other examples of apparent misalignment between surface terms and underlying data include:
(Bold is the current alignment of underlying data to the surface term, underline seems to be the better single-word choice.)
1 Thessalonians 3:1(NAS “to be left behind”; ESV “to be left behind”
1 Thessalonians 3:3 (NAS “would be disturbed”; ESV “be moved”
1 Thess. 4:1 (NAS “to make it your ambition”; ESV “to aspire”)
Another VF improvement worth considering, I think, would have the VF mark all the surface words that align with the same underlying data element instead of just the single word that the VF currently marks. It would work like clicking on one surface word with the Interlinear grid turned on and having all the surface words aligned with the same underlying data element become highlighted (“let us be alert” marked instead of just “be” in the above NASB example).
And while we are talking about VF markings, can we have the names of the VF Palette and Style display after the lemma, morph, Strong’s and LN info in the hover pop-up (i.e. “INDUCTIVE/believe”)? Also in the Information and Power Lookup tools?
Thank you Logos for provide such a great tool as Logos 4. I hope this helps make it even better.
