By no means!μὴ γένοιτοRather,δὲlet God beγινέσθω ὁ θεὸςtrue,ἀληθήςandδὲeveryπᾶςhuman beingἄνθρωποςa liar,ψεύστηςasκαθὼςit is written:γέγραπταιSo thatὍπως ἂνyou may be declared righteousδικαιωθῇςinἐνyour wordsτοῖς λόγοις σουandκαὶprevailνικήσειςwhenἐν τῷyou are judged.κρίνεσθαί σε
Quotation · Psalms 51:4
Go to Psalms 51:4Paul quotes the second half of Psalm 51:4. Where the Hebrew says “pure when you judge,” Romans says “and prevail when you are judged.”
Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται “as it is written” (Romans 3:4)
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Greek of the New Testament: μὴ γένοιτο γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης καθὼς γέγραπται Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε
Hebrew (Masoretic text): לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ חָטָאתִי וְהָרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עָשִׂיתִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדַּק בְּדָבְרֶךָ תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶךָ
Septuagint (Psalms 50:6 in the Septuagint numbering): σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὰν ἐνώπιον σοῦ ἐποίησα· ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 8 consecutive words: “Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0
Allusion · Psalms 116:11
Go to Psalms 116:11Both texts say “every human being is a liar.”
They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.
- ἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444אָדָםadamH120“man, human being”
- ψεύστηςpseustēsG5583כֹּזֵבkozevH3576“liar”