Isaiah 9:6 -4 names or 5?

How to punctuate Isaiah 9:6?

  • "Wonderful"; "Counsellor";

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  • "Wonderful Counsellor";

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py3ak

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In Isaiah 9:6 do you think that there are four names given or five?

I don't think "The mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace" are at all in dispute. But there is disagreement over whether you should read:
1. Wonderful
2. Counsellor
or
Wonderful Counsellor.

Which position do you take?
 
Thanks, Bruce. I've been hearing since I was a teenager that the AV punctuation was misleading, as though it were a matter of common knowledge, so was a bit surprised to find the Keil and Deliztsch commentary coming down on the side of five names.
 
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