He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I have been very jealousקַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִיfor YHWH,לַיהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתforכִּיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhave abandonedעָזְבוּyour covenant,בְרִיתְךָtorn downהָרָסוּyour altars,מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָand killedוְ הָרְגוּyour prophetsנְבִיאֶיךָwith the sword;בֶחָרֶבand Iוָ אֲנִיam left,אִוָּתֵרI alone,לְבַדִּיand they seekוַיְבַקְשׁוּmy life,נַפְשִׁיto take it away.”לְקַחְתָּהּ
Quotation · Romans 11:3
Go to Romans 11:3Paul quotes Elijah’s complaint abbreviated and in a different order: first the prophets killed and then the altars torn down.
Formula: ἐν Ἠλίᾳ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή “what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah” (Romans 11:2)
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Greek of the New Testament: Κύριε τοὺς προφήτας σου ἀπέκτειναν τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κατέσκαψαν κἀγὼ ὑπελείφθην μόνος καὶ ζητοῦσιν τὴν ψυχήν μου
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר קַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִי לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת כִּי עָזְבוּ בְרִיתְךָ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָ הָרָסוּ וְאֶת נְבִיאֶיךָ הָרְגוּ בֶחָרֶב וָאִוָּתֵר אֲנִי לְבַדִּי וַיְבַקְשׁוּ אֶת נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּהּ
Septuagint (1 Kings 19:10 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλειού Ζηλῶν ἐζήλωκα τῷ κυρίῳ Παντοκράτορι, ὅτι ἐνκατέλιπόν σε οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ· τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κατέσκαψαν καὶ τοὺς προφήτας σου ἀπέκτειναν εν ῥομφαίᾳ, καὶ ὑπολέλειμμαι ἐγὼ μονώτατος, καὶ ζητοῆσί μου τὴν ψυχὴν λαβεῖν αὐτήν.
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 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