AndκαὶDavidΔαυὶδsays:λέγειLet their table becomeΓενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶνa snareεἰς παγίδαandκαὶa trapεἰς θήρανandκαὶan offenseεἰς σκάνδαλονandκαὶa retributionεἰς ἀνταπόδομαto them;αὐτοῖς
Quotation · Psalms 69:22-23
Go to Psalms 69:22-23Paul quotes Psalm 69:22-23. Where the Hebrew says “make their loins shake continually,” Romans says “bend their back continually.”
Formula: καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει “and David says” (Romans 11:9)
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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει Γενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα καὶ εἰς θήραν καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον καὶ εἰς ἀνταπόδομα αὐτοῖς σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν καὶ τὸν νῶτον αὐτῶν διὰ παντὸς σύγκαμψον
Hebrew (Masoretic text): יְהִי שֻׁלְחָנָם לִפְנֵיהֶם לְפָח וְלִשְׁלוֹמִים לְמוֹקֵשׁ תֶּחְשַׁכְנָה עֵינֵיהֶם מֵרְאוֹת וּמָתְנֵיהֶם תָּמִיד הַמְעַד
Septuagint (Psalms 68:23-24 in the Septuagint numbering): γενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα, σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν. καὶ εἰς ἀνταπόδοσιν καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον· καὶ τὸν υῶτον αὐτῶν διὰ παντὸς σύνκαμψον·
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 8 consecutive words: “σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν καὶ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0