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Quotation · Job 5:13
Go to Job 5:13Paul quotes the first half of Job 5:13, from a speech of Eliphaz.
Formula: γέγραπται γάρ “for it is written” (1 Corinthians 3:19)
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Greek of the New Testament: ἡ γὰρ σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου μωρία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν γέγραπται γάρ Ὁ δρασσόμενος τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν
Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה
Septuagint (Job 5:13 in the Septuagint numbering): ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ φρονήσει. βουλὴν δὲ πολυπλόκων ἐξέστησεν·
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0