Forכִּיhis angelsמַלְאָכָיוhe will commandיְצַוֶּהconcerning youלָּךְto guard youלִשְׁמָרְךָin allבְּכָלyour ways.דְּרָכֶיךָ
Quotation · Matthew 4:6
Go to Matthew 4:6The devil quotes the psalm without the words “to guard you in all your ways.”
Formula: γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι “for it is written” (Matthew 4:6)
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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ βάλε σεαυτὸν κάτω γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου
Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה לָּךְ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ עַל כַּפַּיִם יִשָּׂאוּנְךָ פֶּן תִּגֹּף בָּאֶבֶן רַגְלֶךָ
Septuagint (Psalms 90:11-12 in the Septuagint numbering): ὅτι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου· ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε. μή ποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “ὅτι Τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0
Quotation · Luke 4:10-11
Go to Luke 4:10-11The devil quotes the psalm with “to guard you,” but without “in all your ways.”
Formula: γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι “for it is written” (Luke 4:10)
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Greek of the New Testament: γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε καὶ ὅτι Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου
Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה לָּךְ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ עַל כַּפַּיִם יִשָּׂאוּנְךָ פֶּן תִּגֹּף בָּאֶבֶן רַגְלֶךָ
Septuagint (Psalms 90:11-12 in the Septuagint numbering): ὅτι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου· ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε. μή ποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 10 consecutive words: “ὅτι Τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0