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Romans 10:19

“But I say: It is not that Israel did not know, is it? First Moses says: I will provoke you to jealousy with what is not a nation; with a nation without understanding I will make you angry.”

Romans 10:19 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Deuteronomy 32:21

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Paul quotes the second half of Deuteronomy 32:21, from the Song of Moses, in the second person.

Formula: πρῶτος Μωϋσῆς λέγει “first Moses says” (Romans 10:19)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἀλλὰ λέγω μὴ Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἔγνω πρῶτος Μωϋσῆς λέγει Ἐγὼ παραζηλώσω ὑμᾶς ἐπ’ οὐκ ἔθνει ἐπ’ ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ ὑμᾶς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): הֵם קִנְאוּנִי בְלֹא אֵל כִּעֲסוּנִי בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם וַאֲנִי אַקְנִיאֵם בְּלֹא עָם בְּגוֹי נָבָל אַכְעִיסֵם

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 32:21 in the Septuagint numbering): αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ’ οὐ θεῷ, παρώξυνάν με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν· κἀγὼ παραζηλώσω αὐτοὺς ἐπ’ οὐκ ἔθνει, ἐπ’ ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ αὐτούς.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “ἐπ’ οὐκ ἔθνει ἐπ’ ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Romans 10:19, word by word

I sayλέγωlegō

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legō” appears
that IsraelἸσραὴλIsraēl

Israel

Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.

Where else “Israēl” appears
knowἔγνωegnō

find out

To find out something, to realize.

Where else “egnō” appears
Firstπρῶτοςprōtos

first

The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.

Where else “prōtos” appears
MosesΜωϋσῆςMōysēs

Moses

Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt and received God's law.

Where else “Mōysēs” appears
will provoke you to jealousyπαραζηλώσωparazēlōsō

make jealous

Provoke to jealousy: stir up jealousy in someone.

Where else “parazēlōsō” appears
a nationἔθνειethnei

nation

A people with its own land, language and customs.

Where else “ethnei” appears
without understandingἀσυνέτῳasynetōi

without understanding

Without understanding, slow to grasp.

Where else “asynetōi” appears
I will make you angryπαροργιῶparorgiō

make angry

Provoke to anger, make angry.

Where else “parorgiō” appears

Translation note

Deuteronomy 32:21.

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Quotation · Deuteronomy 32:21

Paul quotes the second half of Deuteronomy 32:21, from the Song of Moses, in the second person.

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Romans 10:19

19But I say: It is not that Israel did not know, is it? First Moses says: I will provoke you to jealousy with what is not a nation; with a nation without understanding I will make you angry.

Deuteronomy 32:21

21They have provoked me to jealousy with what is not El; they have provoked me to anger with their worthless idols. So I will provoke them to jealousy with what is not a people; with a foolish nation I will provoke them to anger.

The context

18But I say: It is not that they did not hear, is it? On the contrary: Into all the earth their voice has gone out, and to the ends of the inhabited world their words.

19 · This verse (above)

20And Isaiah is very bold and says: I was found by those who did not seek me; I became visible to those who did not ask for me.

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  1. 1. What it says

    What questions does Paul ask in vv. 14-15 about how people come to believe?

  2. 2. What it means

    What does Paul want to show with that chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, sending)? (vv. 14-15)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Who made the good news known to you? How can you share something good with someone this week?

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