‘Look,Ἴδετεyou scoffers,οἱ καταφρονηταίandκαὶbe amazedθαυμάσατεandκαὶperish;ἀφανίσθητεforὅτιIἐγὼam workingἐργάζομαιa workἔργονinἐνyour days,ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶνa workἔργονthatὃyou will neverοὐ μὴbelieve,πιστεύσητεeven ifἐάνsomeoneτιςdescribes itἐκδιηγῆταιto you.’”ὑμῖν
Quotation · Habakkuk 1:5
Go to Habakkuk 1:5Paul quotes Habakkuk 1:5. Where the Hebrew says “look among the nations,” Acts says “look, you scoffers.”
Formula: τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις “what was said in the Prophets” (Acts 13:40)
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Greek of the New Testament: Ἴδετε οἱ καταφρονηταί καὶ θαυμάσατε καὶ ἀφανίσθητε ὅτι ἔργον ἐργάζομαι ἐγὼ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν ἔργον ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται ὑμῖν
Hebrew (Masoretic text): רְאוּ בַגּוֹיִם וְהַבִּיטוּ וְהִתַּמְּהוּ תְּמָהוּ כִּי פֹעַל פֹּעֵל בִּימֵיכֶם לֹא תַאֲמִינוּ כִּי יְסֻפָּר
Septuagint (Habakkuk 1:5 in the Septuagint numbering): ἴδετε, οἱ καταφρονηταί, καὶ ἐπιβλέψατε, καὶ θαυμάσατε θαυμάσια καὶ ἀφανίσθητε·διότιδιότι ἔργον ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0