1 Corinthians 10:26

“for the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”
1 Corinthians 10:26 · direct translation from the Greek

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forγὰρthe earthἡ γῆis the Lord’s,τοῦ κυρίουandκαὶits fullness.τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς

Paul quotes the first half of Psalm 24:1 without a formula.

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Greek of the New Testament: τοῦ κυρίου γὰρ ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר לַיהוָה הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ

Septuagint (Psalms 23:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Τοῦ κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς, ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

the earthγῆgē

earth

The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.

is the Lord’sκυρίουkyriou

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

its fullnessπλήρωμαplērōma

fullness

Everything that fills something completely.

Psalm 24:1.

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Quotation · Psalms 24:1

Paul quotes the first half of Psalm 24:1 without a formula.

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1 Corinthians 10:26

²⁶for the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.

¹Of David. A psalm. The earth belongs to YHWH, and all that fills it, the world and those who dwell in it.

25Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions because of conscience,

26 · This verse (above)

27If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, asking no questions because of conscience.