want

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1, ESV) However, the New International Version (NIV) translates this a bit differently. “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” (Psalm 23:1, NIV) Why is there a difference in translation? Well, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the original meaning of the word “want” in old English (prior to 1706) was…