Moreרַבּוּthan the hairsמִשַּׂעֲרוֹתof my headרֹאשִׁיare those who hate meשֹׂנְאַיwithout cause;חִנָּםmightyעָצְמוּare those who would annihilate me,מַצְמִיתַיmy enemiesאֹיְבַיwith lies;שֶׁקֶרwhatאֲשֶׁרI did notלֹאsteal,גָזַלְתִּיthenאָזI restore.אָשִׁיב
Quotation · John 15:25
Go to John 15:25“They hated me without cause” is in Psalm 35:19 and in 69:4 (“those who hate me without cause”). Jesus calls it “their law.”
Formula: ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος ὅτι “so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled” (John 15:25)
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Greek of the New Testament: ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος ὅτι Ἐμίσησάν με δωρεάν
Hebrew (Masoretic text): רַבּוּ מִשַּׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם עָצְמוּ מַצְמִיתַי אֹיְבַי שֶׁקֶר אֲשֶׁר לֹא גָזַלְתִּי אָז אָשִׁיב
Septuagint (Psalms 68:5 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς μου οἱ μισοῦντές με δωρεάν· ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου οἱ ἐκδιώκοντές με ἀδίκως· ἃ οὐχ ἥρπασα τότε ἀπετίννυον.
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