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Hebrews 12:26

“His voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying: Yet once more I will make not only the earth but also heaven quake.”

Hebrews 12:26 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Haggai 2:6

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Hebrews quotes Haggai 2:6 abbreviated and adds “not only the earth but also heaven.”

Formula: λέγων “saying” (Hebrews 12:26)

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Greek of the New Testament: οὗ ἡ φωνὴ τὴν γῆν ἐσάλευσεν τότε νῦν δὲ ἐπήγγελται λέγων Ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω οὐ μόνον τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν οὐρανόν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עוֹד אַחַת מְעַט הִיא וַאֲנִי מַרְעִישׁ אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת הַיָּם וְאֶת הֶחָרָבָה

Septuagint (Haggai 2:6 in the Septuagint numbering): διότι λέγει Κύριος ΙΙαντοκράτωρ Ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηράν,

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

Hebrews 12:26, word by word

voiceφωνὴphōnē

voice

Someone's voice, or a shout.

Where else “phōnē” appears
shookἐσάλευσενesaleusen

shake

To rattle hard, make tremble.

Where else “esaleusen” appears
the earthγῆνgēn

earth

The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.

Where else “gēn” appears
thenτότεtote

then

Then, at that time.

Where else “tote” appears
he has promisedἐπήγγελταιepēngeltai

promise

To pledge something, as God did to Abraham.

Where else “epēngeltai” appears
sayingλέγωνlegōn

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legōn” appears
once moreἅπαξhapax

once

Once; also once for all.

Where else “hapax” appears
will makeσείσωseisō

shake

Move violently, rock.

Where else “seisō” appears
onlyμόνονmonon

only

Nothing beyond that: bread is not enough to live.

Where else “monon” appears
heavenοὐρανόνouranon

sky

The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.

Where else “ouranon” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Haggai 2:6 according to the Greek Old Testament.

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Quotation · Haggai 2:6

Hebrews quotes Haggai 2:6 abbreviated and adds “not only the earth but also heaven.”

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Hebrews 12:26

26His voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying: Yet once more I will make not only the earth but also heaven quake.

Haggai 2:6

6For thus says YHWH Tsevaot: ‘Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land.

The context

25See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from the one who warns from the heavens.

26 · This verse (above)

27And the phrase “Yet once more” indicates the removal of the things that are shaken, as things that have been made, so that the things that are not shaken may remain.

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