Their feetרַגְלֵיהֶםrunיָרֻצוּto evil,לָרַעand they hurryוִימַהֲרוּto shedלִשְׁפֹּךְinnocentנָקִיblood;דָּםtheir thoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶםare thoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתof wickedness;אָוֶןdevastationשֹׁדand shatteringוָשֶׁבֶרare on their highways.בִּמְסִלּוֹתָם
Quotation · Romans 3:15-17
Go to Romans 3:15-17In the series of quotations that begins in 3:10, Paul abbreviates Isaiah 59:7-8: feet that run to shed blood, destruction and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.
Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι “as it is written” (Romans 3:10)
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Greek of the New Testament: ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν
Hebrew (Masoretic text): רַגְלֵיהֶם לָרַע יָרֻצוּ וִימַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפֹּךְ דָּם נָקִי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶם מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר בִּמְסִלּוֹתָם דֶּרֶךְ שָׁלוֹם לֹא יָדָעוּ וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָם נְתִיבוֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשׁוּ לָהֶם כֹּל דֹּרֵךְ בָּהּ לֹא יָדַע שָׁלוֹם
Septuagint (Isaiah 59:7-8 in the Septuagint numbering): οἱ δὲ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐπὶ πονηρίαν τρέχουσιν, ταχινοὶ ἐκχέαι αἷμα, καὶ οἶ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτῶν διαλογισμοὶ ἀφρόνων· σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν κρίσις ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν· αἱ γὰρ τρίβοι αὐτῶν διεστραμμέναι ἅς διοδεύουσιν, καὶ οὒκ οἴδασιν εἰρήνην.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 12 consecutive words: “σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0