You shall notלֹאcovetתַחְמֹדyour neighbor’sרֵעֶךָhouse;בֵּיתyou shall notלֹאcovetתַחְמֹדyour neighbor’sרֵעֶךָwife,אֵשֶׁתor his male slave,וְעַבְדּוֹor his female slave,וַאֲמָתוֹor his ox,וְשׁוֹרוֹor his donkey,וַחֲמֹרוֹor anythingוְכֹל אֲשֶׁרthat belongs to your neighbor.”לְרֵעֶךָ
Quotation · Romans 7:7
Go to Romans 7:7Paul quotes only the verb of the tenth commandment, without the objects that Exodus lists.
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): לֹא תַחְמֹד בֵּית רֵעֶךָ לֹא תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ וְשׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ
Septuagint (Exodus 20:17 in the Septuagint numbering): Oὐκ ἔπι· θυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου· οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ πλησίον σου οὔτε τὸν ἀγρὸν αὐτοῦ, οὔτε τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ ούτε 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