Psalms 109:8

“Let his days be few; let another take his office.”
Psalms 109:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Let his daysיָמָיוbeיִהְיוּfew;מְעַטִּיםlet anotherאַחֵרtakeיִקַּחhis office.פְּקֻדָּתוֹ

Quotation · Acts 1:20

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Second quotation in the verse: “let another take his office” (Psalm 109:8).

Formula: γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν “for it is written in the book of Psalms” (Acts 1:20)

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Greek of the New Testament: γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν Γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτοῦ ἔρημος καὶ μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καί Τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λαβέτω ἕτερος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): יִהְיוּ יָמָיו מְעַטִּים פְּקֻדָּתוֹ יִקַּח אַחֵר

Septuagint (Psalms 108:8 in the Septuagint numbering): γενηθήτωσαν αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ὀλίγαι, καὶ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λάβοι ἕτερος·

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

Psalms 109:8, word by word

Let his daysיָמָיyamay

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamay” appears

beיִהְיוּyihyu

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihyu” appears

fewמְעַטִּיםmeatim

few

A small amount: few in number, or a short time.

Where else “meatim” appears

let anotherאַחֵרacher

other

Other, another; next.

Where else “acher” appears

takeיִקַּחyikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

Where else “yikach” appears

his officeפְּקֻדָּתpekudat

oversight

A charge, responsibility for something.

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Translation note

Acts 1:20 quotes this verse.

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Quotation · Acts 1:20

Second quotation in the verse: “let another take his office” (Psalm 109:8).

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Psalms 109:8

⁸Let his days be few; let another take his office.

Acts 1:20

²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his dwelling become desolate, and let there be no one living in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’

The context

7When he is judged, let him come out guilty, and let his prayer become sin.

8 · This verse (above)

9Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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