Norוְלֹאshall you covetתַחְמֹדyour neighbor’sרֵעֶךָwife;אֵשֶׁתnorוְלֹאshall you desireתִתְאַוֶּהyour neighbor’sרֵעֶךָhouse,בֵּיתhis field,שָׂדֵהוּor his male slave,וְעַבְדּוֹor his female slave,וַאֲמָתוֹhis ox,שׁוֹרוֹor his donkey,וַחֲמֹרוֹor anythingוְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרbelongs to your neighbor.”לְרֵעֶךָ
Quotation · Romans 7:7
Go to Romans 7:7The tenth commandment is also in Deuteronomy 5:21; Paul quotes only the verb.
Formula: εἰ μὴ ὁ νόμος ἔλεγεν “if the law had not said” (Romans 7:7)
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Greek of the New Testament: Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν ὁ νόμος ἁμαρτία μὴ γένοιτο ἀλλὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔγνων εἰ μὴ διὰ νόμου τήν τε γὰρ ἐπιθυμίαν οὐκ ᾔδειν εἰ μὴ ὁ νόμος ἔλεγεν Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְלֹא תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְלֹא תִתְאַוֶּה בֵּית רֵעֶךָ שָׂדֵהוּ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ
Septuagint (Deuteronomy 5:21 in the Septuagint numbering): Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου· οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ πλησίον σου οὔτε τὸν ἀγρόν αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ, οὔτε τοῦ βοὸς αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ ὑποζυγίου αὐτοῦ οὔτε παντὸς κτήνους αὐτοῦ, οὔτε ὅσα τῷ πλησίον σού ἐστιν.
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 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