ForγὰρMosesΜωϋσῆςwritesγράφειthatὅτιthe personὁ ἄνθρωποςwho doesποιήσαςthe righteousnessτὴν δικαιοσύνηνthat isτὴνfromἐκthe lawτοῦ νόμουwill liveζήσεταιbyἐνit.αὐτῇ
Quotation · Leviticus 18:5
Go to Leviticus 18:5Paul quotes the second half of Leviticus 18:5 and applies it to “the righteousness that is from the law.”
Formula: Μωϋσῆς γὰρ γράφει ὅτι “for Moses writes” (Romans 10:5)
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Greek of the New Testament: Μωϋσῆς γὰρ γράφει ὅτι τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου ὁ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה
Septuagint (Leviticus 18:5 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ φυλάξεσθε πάντα τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ πάντα τὰ κρίματα μου, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· αἰ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
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