{"id":28924,"date":"2026-02-25T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=28924"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:05:40","slug":"justice-and-mercy-revisited-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=28924","title":{"rendered":"Justice and Mercy Revisited, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>This is a continuation of \u201ca fuller consideration\u201d of \u201cMatthew\u2019s and the Holy Spirit\u2019s word choices\u201d1<\/sup><\/a> in Matthew 12:18-21. It became apparent in another essay<\/a>\u00a0that Behold, my servant whom I have chosen<\/i>2<\/sup><\/a> wasn\u2019t a quotation from Isaiah 42:1 exclusively: Behold my servant, whom I uphold<\/i>.3<\/sup><\/a> While preparing this essay I watched Stanley Kubrick’s<\/a> Eyes Wide Shut<\/a> again, which helped to illustrate the difference between them. <\/span><\/p>\n

I recalled my first viewing (with my own eyes wide shut) enjoying the visual smorgasbord of female nudes in classic poses, even as I struggled to find some point to its story beyond a celebration that the Lord God made a woman and brought her to Adam.<\/a> The story begins, I suppose, when Alice Harford (Nicole Kidman<\/a>)\u2014having resisted the dubious \u201ccharms\u201d of a cad at a Christmas party\u2014is offended by her husband’s lack of jealousy over her, his too facile faith in her fidelity. She angrily and hurtfully recounts her own conflicting emotions over an unconsummated lust for a stranger at a hotel on a family vacation that summer. <\/span><\/p>\n

The persistent (and explicit) mental image of his beautiful young wife\u2019s desire for another man, a naval officer, propels Bill Harford (Tom Cruise<\/a>), a successful medical doctor, on a dark parody of a Hero’s Journey<\/a>, even a mockery of the concept of the hero’s journey. It\u00a0seems, at first, like a cinematic foray into Baal worship<\/a> as described by B. Z. Goldberg<\/a> in \u201cThe Sacred Fire, the story of sex in religion<\/a>,\u201d consorting with prostitutes as religious rite and ritual. Bill’s bookend encounters with Mr. Milich (Rade \u0160erbed\u017eija<\/a>), a costumer he bribed to reopen his shop late that night, were a poignant reminder that a prostitute is somebody’s daughter. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bill needed a tuxedo, a cape with a hood and a mask to gain admittance to a secret orgy he heard about after a timely phone call from Alice aborted an impromptu assignation with Domino (Vinessa Shaw<\/a>), a prostitute who had propositioned him as he wandered the streets. Awakened by Bill, as he reopens his shop Milich discovers his underage daughter (Leelee Sobieski<\/a>) entertaining two older men. \u201cWe were invited here by the young lady,\u201d one of them explains as Milich rages: \u201cThe young lady? It is my daughter. And couldn’t you see she is a child? You will have to explain to police.\u201d Then he lashes out at his child, \u201cYou little whore! I’ll kill you for this.\u201d Milich locks the two men in the front room of his shop as his daughter flees and cowers behind Bill. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then Milich tends again to his rental business as his half-naked daughter, clinging to Bill for protection, whispers coquettishly into Bill’s ear. The scene ends without revealing how Bill extricates himself from her grasp or leaves her to her fate, which sets up the bookend scene the next morning. As he returns the rental costume (everything but the missing mask), Milich’s daughter, still in her underwear, emerges from the front of the shop, smiling. Her father greets her warmly and introduces her properly to Dr. Harford. Then the same two men from the night before emerge through the same doorway, fully clothed and looking like satisfied customers, and they are regarded as such by Mr. Milich. <\/span><\/p>\n

Perplexed, Bill reminds Milich of his intent to call the police last night (without mentioning his intent to kill his daughter). \u201cWell, uh, things change,\u201d Milich responds, \u201cwe have come to another arrangement.\u201d Then he offers his daughter to Bill as another potential rental item of interest, since Bill is clearly of interest to her. But the story has morphed into a thriller as Bill investigates the disappearance of a musician friend, Nick Nightingale (Todd Field<\/a>), who told him about the secret orgy in the first place, and the suspiciously timed death of a prostitute, Mandy Curran (Julienne Davis<\/a>), who offered herself as a sacrifice to \u201credeem\u201d Bill from further humiliation (and other more lethal threats) when he was unmasked as an unwelcome intruder at the secret orgy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Only at the end did I recognize \u201cEyes Wide Shut\u201d as a love story. And after another divorce and a few more years of Bible study with God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit, I realize it’s a love story about the grace of God, protecting Dr. and Mrs. Harford from the deceitful desires of their old human<\/a> during three nights and three days when their marriage is severely tested. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once he confesses all to Alice, Bill is uneasy, questioning what his wife is thinking and where he stands with her. Alice Harford, beautiful deeper than even her face or form, ponders aloud: <\/span><\/p>\n

What do I think we should do? (Their young daughter Helena [Madison Eginton] interrupts.) What do I think? I don’t know. I mean, maybe I… (She tends to Helena again.) Maybe I think we should be grateful, grateful that we’ve managed to survive through all of our (she searches for a word) adventures\u2014whether they were real or only a dream<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gratitude is appropriate. Neither Bill nor Alice had any occasion for pride over any works of righteousness<\/a> which had been done by any righteousness of their own<\/a> derived from any law: Behold my servant, whom I uphold<\/i>.4<\/sup><\/a> This isn’t exactly what one expects of Jesus<\/a>\u2014Behold, my servant whom I have chosen<\/i>5<\/sup><\/a>\u2014but is appropriate to consider<\/a> for servants who are not yet<\/a> born from above<\/i><\/a>, not yet created by means of <\/i>[Christ]…into one new human<\/i><\/a>.6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hebrew word translated I uphold<\/i> was \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05da\u05b0, a form of \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05da\u05b0<\/a> (t\u0101ma\u1e35<\/i>), which was translated \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bb\u1f75\u03bc\u03c8\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> or \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bb\u1f75\u03c8\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> in the Septuagint, forms of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9<\/a> in the middle voice<\/a>. The first occurrence of a form of \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05da\u05b0<\/a> (t\u0101ma\u1e35<\/i>) in the Masoretic text occurs in the story of Israel blessing Joseph and his two sons<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05de\u05a3\u05b9\u05da\u05b0<\/a>) his father\u2019s hand, to remove it from Ephraim\u2019s head unto Manasseh\u2019s head.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhen Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim\u2019s head, it displeased him. So he took (t\u0101ma\u1e35<\/i>, \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05de\u05da<\/a>) his father\u2019s hand to move it from Ephraim\u2019s head to Manasseh\u2019s head.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNow when Ioseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it seemed grievous to him, and Ioseph took hold (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf<\/a>) of his father\u2019s hand to remove it from Ephraim\u2019s head to Manasse\u2019s head.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd Joseph having seen that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim\u2013 it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph took hold (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf<\/a>) of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasse.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>The next occurrence is found in the story of Israel’s battle with Amalek<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Exodus 17:12 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:12 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up (\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05bd\u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05a3\u05d5\u05bc<\/a>) his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhen the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up (t\u0101ma\u1e35<\/i>, \u05ea\u05de\u05db\u05d5<\/a>) his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBut Moyses’ hands were heavy. And they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hor kept supporting (\u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>) his hands, here one and there one. And the hands of Moyses were supported until the setting of the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBut the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Or supported (\u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>) his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In the first occurrence Joseph held up<\/i>, took<\/i>, took hold of<\/i>\u00a0his father’s hand to correct what he perceived as wrong. In the second occurrence Aaron and Hur stayed up<\/i>, held up<\/i>, kept supporting<\/i>, supported<\/i>\u00a0Moses’ hands to help him do what they perceived as right (Exodus 17:10, 11, 13 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill [Table<\/a>].<\/em> Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed…And [because of a form of \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05da\u05b0<\/a> (<\/em>t\u0101ma\u1e35) done by Aaron and Hur]<\/em> Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David wrote (Psalm 16:1, 2, 5 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, \u201cYou are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\nThe Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold (\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9\u05da\u05b0, a form of \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05da\u05b0<\/a>, <\/em>t\u0101ma\u1e35)<\/em> my lot.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I returned to the church where I became an atheist, I believed wholeheartedly that Jesus would finally help me have my own righteousness derived from the law<\/i>,7<\/sup><\/a> which was a major departure from many years of experience that I was neither faithful nor good enough to receive any help from Him at all. My last hope before I disbelieved Him entirely was that He would punish me for my sins. He didn’t, not in anyway I expected or perceived. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>When He brought me back I didn’t actually \u201cknow\u201d that I wanted Him to help me have my own righteousness derived from the law<\/i>, because I didn’t yet know that there was any alternative to my own righteousness derived from the law<\/i>. So, though He still didn’t help me have my own righteousness derived from the law<\/i>, He helped me to know and to desire his righteousness<\/a><\/i> (\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>), the righteousness that comes by way of Christ\u2019s faithfulness\u2014a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ\u2019s faithfulness<\/i>.8<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

The Greek words translated the righteousness that comes by way of Christ\u2019s faithfulness <\/i>were: \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a>, the righteousness that<\/i>, \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a>, comes by way<\/i>, \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>, of Christ\u2019s faithfulness<\/i>. A note (11<\/a>) in the NET goes into some detail about scholarly arguments over translation here: in the ESV for instance \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a> \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> was translated that which comes through faith in Christ<\/i>.9<\/sup><\/a> While the arguments are interesting, the writer was Paul, who also wrote (Galatians 2:20 EXP11<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

By means of Christ I have been crucified, but I live hereafter not I but He lives within me, Christ, so who now I live within flesh, by faithfulness I live by means of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paul is faithful because the indwelling Christ makes it so<\/a>. And Paul didn’t retain this grace as a special privilege to himself alone (Ephesians 2:8-10 EXP14<\/a>): <\/span><\/p>\n

For by means of grace you are, were and continue to be saved through faith, and this not from within you, God\u2019s gift, not out from works, so that no one may boast [about oneself]<\/em>. For we are his workmanship, created by means of Christ Jesus to good works which God prepared beforehand, so that by means of them we may walk.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the conclusion of another essay<\/a> I wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as the conjunction \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> (<\/span><\/span><\/em>and) in Jesus\u2019 prayer<\/a> doesn\u2019t deny his divinity but highlights and accentuates his humanity, even as the<\/b> new human (\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>) <\/em>created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness,12<\/sup><\/a> so God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) chose this new human: <\/em><\/span><\/span>Behold, my servant whom I have chosen. Eternal life is to know <\/em><\/span><\/span>the only true God<\/a> (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) and this new human. How? by knowing Jesus Christ, through the Bible certainly, yet equally if not more importantly, through the time spent with the One who died to fulfill the Scriptures<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I chide myself for being so slow to understand. The relationship between Jesus as Christ and the new human is actually quite explicit (Romans 5:12-21 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man (\u03b4\u03b9\u1fbf<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>)<\/em>, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men (\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> because all sinned\u2014for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses<\/a>, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come<\/a> [Table<\/a>].<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man\u2019s trespass (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03c4\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9<\/a>)<\/em>, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man (\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>)<\/em> Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man\u2019s sin (\u03bf\u1f50\u03c7<\/a> \u1f61\u03c2<\/a> \u03b4\u03b9\u1fbf<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>. For the judgment following one trespass (\u1f10\u03be<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man\u2019s trespass (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03c4\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9<\/a>)<\/em>, death reigned through that one man (\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man (\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, as one trespass (\u1f61\u03c2<\/a> \u03b4\u03b9\u1fbf<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03c4\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> led to condemnation for all men (\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>, so one act of righteousness (\u03b4\u03b9\u1fbf<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> leads to justification and life for all men (\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>. For as by the one man\u2019s disobedience (\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>)<\/em> the many were made sinners (\u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c9\u03bb\u03bf\u1f76<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u1f71\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> \u03bf\u1f31<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u1f77<\/a>)<\/em>, so by the one man\u2019s obedience (\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f11\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> the many will be made righteous (\u03b4\u1f77\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03bf\u1f31<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u1f77<\/a>)<\/em>. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And again (1 Corinthians 15:45-49 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus it is written, \u201cThe first man Adam became a living being\u201d;10<\/sup><\/a><\/em> the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is<\/a> from heaven [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear<\/a> the image of the man of heaven [Table<\/a>].<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here, I return to Matthew 12:18a (ESV). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBehold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll continue with the idea<\/a> (NET note 28<\/a>) that Isaiah 42:1 is a good place to start looking for the source of the quotation my beloved<\/i> (\u1f41<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>).\u00a0The next Hebrew word in Isaiah 42:1 in the Masoretic text is \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u0596\u05d9, a form of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8<\/a> (b\u0101\u1e25\u00eer<\/i>):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (Tanakh\/KJV) Table<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (NETS) Table<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

mine elect (\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u0596\u05d9<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nmy chosen one (b\u0101\u1e25\u00eer<\/i>, \u05d1\u05d7\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nIsrael is my chosen (\u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b7\u03bb<\/a> \u1f41<\/a> \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nIsrael is my chosen (\u1fbf\u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u1f74\u03bb<\/a> \u1f41<\/a> \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In another essay<\/a> I considered why the Septuagint translators may have been inclined to add Israel<\/i><\/a> to these words, and won’t repeat it here. But does Matthew 12:18 help to corroborate the Masoretic text as more original this time? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Matthew 12:18 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (Septuagint BLB) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f41 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b7\u03bb<\/a><\/b> \u1f41 \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u1fbf\u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u1f74\u03bb<\/a><\/b> \u1f41 \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Matthew 12:18 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 42:1 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

the one I love<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nIsrael is my chosen<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nIsrael is my chosen<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Granted, the word \u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b7\u03bb<\/a> is missing from Matthew’s quotation as it is from the apparent source in the Masoretic text of Isaiah. But is \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> a fitting synonym for \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>, or a reasonable translation of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u0596\u05d9, a form of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8<\/a> (b\u0101\u1e25\u00eer<\/i>)? The singular adjective \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> in the nominative case doesn’t occur in the Greek translation of Isaiah<\/a>. There are, however, two occurrences of other forms. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first<\/a> is fairly straightforward (Isaiah 5:1-4 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

Let me sing for my beloved<\/span><\/span>
\nmy love song concerning his vineyard:<\/span><\/span>
\nMy beloved had a vineyard<\/span><\/span>
\non a very fertile hill.<\/span><\/span>
\nHe dug it and cleared it of stones,<\/span><\/span>
\nand planted it with choice vines;<\/span><\/span>
\nhe built a watchtower in the midst of it,<\/span><\/span>
\nand hewed out a wine vat in it;<\/span><\/span>
\nand he looked for it to yield grapes,<\/span><\/span>
\nbut it yielded wild grapes.<\/span><\/span>
\nAnd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem<\/span><\/span>
\nand men of Judah,<\/span><\/span>
\njudge between me and my vineyard.<\/span><\/span>
\nWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,<\/span><\/span>
\nthat I have not done in it?<\/span><\/span>
\nWhen I looked for it to yield grapes,<\/span><\/span>
\nwhy did it yield wild grapes?<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hebrew word translated my love<\/i> in my love song concerning his vineyard<\/i> above was \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u0596\u05d9, a form of \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3<\/a> (d\u00f4\u1e0f<\/i>). A table with more detail follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved (\u05dc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u0594\u05d9<\/a>) a song of my beloved (\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u0596\u05d9<\/a>) touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved (\u05dc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u0596\u05d9<\/a>) hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nI will sing to my love (y\u0101\u1e0f\u00ee\u1e0f<\/i>, \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9<\/a>)\u2014a song to my lover (d\u00f4\u1e0f<\/i>, \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9<\/a>) about his vineyard. My love (y\u0101\u1e0f\u00ee\u1e0f<\/i>, \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9<\/a>) had a vineyard on a fertile hill.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nI will now sing for the beloved (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3<\/a>) a song of the loved one (\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>) concerning my vineyard: The beloved (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3<\/a>) had a vineyard on a hill, on a fertile place.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNow I will sing to [my] beloved (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3<\/a>) a song of my<\/b> beloved (\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a><\/b>) concerning my vineyard. [My] beloved (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3<\/a>) had a vineyard on a high hill in a fertile place.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So, one Hebrew word occurs twice in the Masoretic text: \u05dc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u0594\u05d9, a form of \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3<\/a> (y\u0101\u1e0f\u00ee\u1e0f<\/i>), to my wellbeloved<\/em> \/ My wellbeloved<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), to my love<\/em> \/ My love<\/i> (NET). It was translated \u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3<\/a> in the Septuagint, for the beloved<\/em> \/ The beloved<\/i> (NETS), to [my] beloved<\/em> \/ [My] beloved<\/i> (English Elpenor). And another occurs once: \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u0596\u05d9, a form of \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3<\/a> (d\u00f4\u1e0f<\/i>), of my beloved<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), to my lover<\/i> (NET). The ESV translators chose my love<\/i>, abandoning any sense of personality, treating \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u0596\u05d9, a form of \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3<\/a> (d\u00f4\u1e0f<\/i>), simply as an adjective describing song<\/i>. It was translated \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> in the BLB Septuagint, of the loved one<\/i> (NETS), and \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> in the Elpenor Septuagint, of my beloved<\/i> (English Elpenor).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Greek adjective \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> is a singular form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/a> in the genitive case<\/a>. Since Matthew and the Holy Spirit chose \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>, referring to Jesus in Matthew 12:18, rather than \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> (which referred to Israel in the Septuagint), I’m primed to respond to the Lord’s questions as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1 (Isaiah 5:4a ESV):<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nWhat more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer 1 (John 3:14-17 ESV):<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nAs Moses11<\/sup><\/a><\/em> lifted up the serpent in the wilderness<\/a>, so must the Son of Man be lifted up<\/a>, that whoever believes in him12<\/sup><\/a><\/em> may have eternal life. \u201cFor God so loved the world, that he gave his<\/a> only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his<\/a> Son into the world to condemn (\u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03bd\u1fc3<\/a>, a form of \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>; literally <\/em>judge)<\/em> the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him [Table<\/a>].<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Question 2 (Isaiah 5:4b ESV):<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nWhen I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer 2 (John 3:6, 7; Romans 8:3, 4 ESV):<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nThat which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, \u2018You must be born again\u2019 (\u1f04\u03bd\u03c9\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>; literally <\/em>from above<\/a>).<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nFor God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> sin in the flesh (\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> \u03c3\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u1f77<\/a>; or \u201cby means of the flesh<\/a>\u201d)<\/em>, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>I tend to understand the allegory of the vineyard as a reference to the people of Israel, more specifically to the people of the southern kingdom of Judah<\/a>, or even more specifically to the Jews of Jerusalem<\/a>, at the time of Isaiah. Without denying any of that, Rashi<\/a> understood the vineyard as Adam, perhaps even humanity more generally (See Rashi’s commentary to Isaiah 5:7<\/a>). But despite all his insight, including his recognition that God did more for Israel than for Adam, Rashi still hoped in Torah, in law<\/a>, a millennium after Christ has come, Christ has died, Christ is risen again. And another millennium after Rashi \u201call the little Jewish children look forward to the happy day when they will begin to learn Chumash [Torah (The Pentateuch)] with Rashi…a new milestone on their wonderful and enchanting road to scholarship and wisdom<\/a>.\u201d13<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The only other occurrence<\/a> of a form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> in the Greek translation of Isaiah is more difficult because the Masoretic text and Septuagint diverge significantly (Isaiah 26:16-19 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n

O Lord, in distress they sought you;<\/span><\/span>
\nthey poured out a whispered prayer<\/span><\/span>
\nwhen your discipline was upon them.<\/span><\/span>
\nLike a pregnant woman<\/span><\/span>
\nwho writhes and cries out in her pangs<\/span><\/span>
\nwhen she is near to giving birth,<\/span><\/span>
\nso were we because of you, O Lord;<\/span><\/span>
\nwe were pregnant, we writhed,<\/span><\/span>
\nbut we have given birth to wind.<\/span><\/span>
\nWe have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,<\/span><\/span>
\nand the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.<\/span><\/span>
\nYour dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.<\/span><\/span>
\nYou who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!<\/span><\/span>
\nFor your dew is a dew of light,<\/span><\/span>
\nand the earth will give birth to the dead [Table<\/a>].<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The differences between the Masoretic text<\/a> and the Septuagint<\/a> are reasonably apparent in English translation:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Isaiah 26:16, 17 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:16, 17 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:16, 17 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:16, 17, 18a (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nO Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nO Lord, in affliction I remembered you; with small affliction your chastening was on us.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nLord, in affliction I remembered thee; thy chastening was to us with small affliction.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAs when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd as a woman in travail is about to give birth and cries out in her pangs, so were we to your beloved because of the fear of you, O Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd as a woman in travail draws nigh to be delivered, [and] cries out in her pain; so have we been to thy beloved. (18) We have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear…<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I’ll pause here to consider Isaiah 26:17 (26:17, 18a) in more detail:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Masoretic Text<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Septuagint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Isaiah 26:17 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:17 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:17 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:17, 18a (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so (\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u059b\u05df<\/a>) have we been (\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc<\/a>) in thy sight (\u05de\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u0596\u05d9\u05da\u05b8<\/a>), O LORD (\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAs when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so (k\u0113n<\/i>, \u05db\u05df<\/a>) were we (h\u0101y\u00e2<\/i>, \u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5<\/a>) because of you (p\u0101n\u00eem<\/i>, \u05de\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da<\/a>), O Lord (y\u1d4ah\u014dv\u00e2<\/i>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd as a woman in travail is about to give birth and cries out in her pangs, so (\u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>) were we (\u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>) to your beloved (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>) because of (\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a>) the fear of you (\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> \u03c6\u1f79\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>), O Lord (\u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd as a woman in travail draws nigh to be delivered, [and] cries out in her pain; so (\u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>) have we been (\u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>) to thy beloved (\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>). (18) We have conceived, O Lord (\u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5<\/a>), because of (\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a>) thy fear (\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> \u03c6\u1f79\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>),<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Hebrew word \u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u059b\u05df<\/a> (k\u0113n<\/i>), so<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV, NET), was translated \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> in the Septuagint, so<\/i> (NETS, English Elpenor). Then \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc a form of \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/a> (h\u0101y\u00e2<\/i>), have we been<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), were we<\/i> (NET), was translated \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, were we<\/i> (NETS), have we been<\/i> (English Elpenor). The next word is absent from the Masoretic text: \u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>, to your beloved<\/i> (NETS), to thy beloved<\/i> (English Elpenor), only occurs in the Septuagint; \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> is a form of the adjective \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/a> in the dative case<\/a>. The rabbis apparently translated a Hebrew manuscript that had a form of \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3<\/a> (d\u00f4\u1e0f<\/i>) at this point in the word string (based on Isaiah 5:1). The Masoretes<\/a> either dropped it or favored a manuscript<\/a> from which it was absent. <\/span><\/p>\n

The next word \u05de\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u0596\u05d9\u05da\u05b8, a form of \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/a> (p\u0101n\u00eem<\/i>), in thy sight<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), because of you<\/i> (NET), was translated \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a>, because of<\/i> (NETS, English Elpenor), in the Septuagint. Then again, a word, probably a form of \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0<\/a> (y\u0101r\u0113’<\/i>), is absent from the Masoretic text, but was translated \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> \u03c6\u1f79\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>, the fear of you<\/i> (NETS), thy fear<\/i> (English Elpenor), in the Septuagint. And finally, \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4<\/a> (y\u1d4ah\u014dv\u00e2<\/i>), O LORD<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), O Lord<\/i> (NET), in the Masoretic text was translated \u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5<\/a>, O Lord (NETS, English Elpenor), in the Septuagint.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Greek of the Septuagint there is a point and purpose of this woman in hard labor imagery, a reference to some relationship between that labor and your beloved<\/i>, thy beloved<\/i>: so were we to your beloved because of the fear of you, O Lord<\/i> (NETS), so have we been to thy beloved<\/i>…O Lord, because of thy fear<\/i> (English Elpenor). The point and purpose in the Tanakh and KJV translations of the Masoretic text is thy chastening<\/em>: so have we been in thy sight, O LORD<\/i>. The NET and ESV translations may hint at some other purpose: so were we because of you, O Lord<\/i>. But I suspect that hint owes more to the translators’ consultation of the Septuagint than to any strict adherence to the Hebrew of the Masoretic text.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Matthew and the Holy Spirit chose \u1f41<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> in Matthew 12:18 my beloved<\/i> (ESV) to specify Jesus, who fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah<\/i><\/i><\/a>, rather than Israel (\u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b7\u03bb<\/a> \u1f41<\/a> \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> in Isaiah 42:1 in the Septuagint), I’m primed to recognize the identity of \u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>, to your beloved<\/i> (NETS), to thy beloved<\/i> (English Elpenor) as a prophetic reference to Jesus. And Paul, in his lament, was quite specific about Jesus’ relationship to Israel imagined as a woman in hard labor (Romans 9:1-5 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n

I am speaking the truth in Christ\u2014I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit\u2014that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish<\/a> that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The differences between the Masoretic text and Septuagint continue:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Isaiah 26:18, 19 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18, 19 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18, 19 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18, 19 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; no people are born to populate the world.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe conceived and travailed and gave birth; we produced a wind of your salvation on the earth, but those who dwell on the earth will fall.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall<\/b>, but all<\/b> that dwell upon the land shall fall.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead [Table<\/a>].<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nYour dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThe dead shall rise, and those who are in the tombs shall be raised, and those who are in the earth shall rejoice; for the dew from you is healing to them, but the land of the impious shall fall [Table<\/a>].<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThe dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A more detailed table of Isaiah 26:18 follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Isaiah 26:18 (Tanakh\/KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18 (NETS)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18 (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were (\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u0596\u05d5\u05b9<\/a>) brought forth (\u05d9\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05a3\u05d3\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc<\/a>) wind (\u05e8\u0591\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7<\/a>); we have not (\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc<\/a>) wrought (\u05e0\u05b7\u05a3\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c2\u05b6\u05d4<\/a>) any deliverance (\u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b9\u05ea\u0599<\/a>) in the earth (\u05d0\u05b6\u0594\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/a>); neither (\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05bd\u05dc<\/a>) have the inhabitants (\u05d9\u05b9\u05bd\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9<\/a>) of the world (\u05ea\u05b5\u05d1\u05b5\u05bd\u05dc<\/a>) fallen (\u05d9\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u0596\u05d5\u05bc<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth (y\u0101la\u1e0f<\/i>, \u05d9\u05dc\u05d3\u05e0\u05d5<\/a>), as it were (k\u1d4am\u00f4<\/i>, \u05db\u05de\u05d5<\/a>), to wind (r\u00fba\u1e25<\/i>, \u05e8\u05d5\u05d7<\/a>). We cannot (bal<\/i>, \u05d1\u05dc<\/a>) produce (\u02bf\u0101\u015b\u00e2<\/i>, \u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05c1\u05d4<\/a>) deliverance (y\u1d4a\u0161\u00fb\u02bf\u00e2<\/i>, \u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05e2\u05ea<\/a>) on the earth (‘ere\u1e63<\/i>, \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5<\/a>); no people (bal<\/i>, \u05d5\u05d1\u05dc<\/a>) are born (n\u0101p\u0304al<\/i>, \u05d9\u05e4\u05dc\u05d5<\/a>) to populate (y\u0101\u0161a\u1e07<\/i>, \u05d9\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9<\/a>) the world (t\u0113\u1e07\u0113l<\/i>, \u05ea\u05d1\u05dc<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe conceived and travailed and gave birth (\u1f10\u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>); we produced (\u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>) a wind (\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>) of your salvation (\u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>) on the earth (\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a>), but (\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a>) those who dwell (\u03bf\u1f31<\/a> \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a>) on the earth (\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a>) will fall (\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth (\u1f10\u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>) the breath (\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>) of thy salvation (\u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>), which we have wrought (\u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>) upon the earth (\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a>): we shall not (\u03bf\u1f50<\/a>) fall (\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1<\/a>)<\/b>, but (\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a>) all<\/b> that dwell (\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u03bf\u1f31<\/a> \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a>) upon the land (\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a>) shall fall (\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The first word in the Masoretic text to diverge from the Septuagint is \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u0596\u05d5\u05b9<\/a> (k\u1d4am\u00f4<\/i>), as it were<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV, NET). There is no counterpart in the Septuagint. But the next word \u05d9\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05a3\u05d3\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, a form of \u05d9\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d3<\/a> (y\u0101la\u1e0f<\/i>), we have<\/i>…brought forth<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), we gave birth<\/i> (NET), was translated \u1f10\u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, gave birth <\/i>(NETS), have brought forth<\/i> (English Elpenor), in the Septuagint. This was followed by \u05e8\u0591\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7<\/a> (r\u00fba\u1e25<\/i>), wind<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), to wind<\/i> (NET), translated \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>, a wind<\/i> (NETS), the breath<\/i> (English Elpenor). Then came \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b9\u05ea\u0599, a form of \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4<\/a> (y\u1d4a\u0161\u00fb\u02bf\u00e2<\/i>), any deliverance<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), deliverance<\/i> (NET), translated \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>, of your salvation<\/i> (NETS), of thy salvation<\/i> (English Elpenor), in the Septuagint.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next word in the Hebrew word string of the Masoretic text is \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc<\/a> (bal<\/i>), not<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), cannot<\/i> (NET). There is no negative particle in the BLB Septuagint; \u03bf\u1f50<\/a> in the Elpenor Septuagint occurs later in the word string and precedes a different verb. The verb negated in the Hebrew of the Masoretic text is \u05e0\u05b7\u05a3\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c2\u05b6\u05d4, a form of \u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05d4<\/a> (\u02bf\u0101\u015b\u00e2<\/i>), we have<\/i>…wrought<\/i> (Tankah, KJV), We<\/i>…produce<\/i> (NET), and was translated \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> without any hint of negation in the Septuagint, we produced<\/i> (NETS), which we have wrought<\/i> (English Elpenor). And this is followed by \u05d0\u05b6\u0594\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/a> (ere\u1e63<\/i>), in the earth<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), on the earth<\/i> (NET), translated \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a>, on the earth<\/i> (NETS), upon the earth<\/i> (English Elpenor), in the Septuagint.<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, prior to many in Israel rejecting Jesus as Messiah<\/a> there is Greek evidence of a Hebrew manuscript which prophesied something like: we produced a wind of your salvation on the earth<\/i> [e.g.<\/i>, your beloved<\/i>] (NETS); have brought forth the breath of thy salvation <\/i>[e.g.<\/i>, thy beloved<\/i>], which we have wrought upon the earth<\/i> (English Elpenor). And after their rejection<\/a> the Masoretic text reads: we have as it were brought forth wind<\/i> [e.g.<\/i>, a fart]; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV); we gave birth, as it were, to wind<\/i>; We cannot produce deliverance on the earth<\/i> (NET).<\/span><\/p>\n

The next word in the Hebrew word string of the Masoretic text is another negative particle \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05bd\u05dc, a form of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc<\/a> (bal<\/i>), neither<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), no people<\/i> (NET). Here is where the negative particle \u03bf\u1f50<\/a> occurs in the Elpenor Septuagint only, preceding \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1<\/a> (a form of \u03c0\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9<\/a>), we shall not fall<\/i> (English Elpenor). Frankly, whether this is evidence of yet another Hebrew manuscript or simply an editorial comment identifying The dead<\/i> [who] shall rise<\/i>,14<\/sup><\/a> is of no concern to me at present.\u00a0Both the BLB and Elpenor Septuagint have the conjunction \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> here, but<\/i> (NETS, English Elpenor), rather than a negative particle when \u03bf\u1f50<\/a> \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1<\/a> is bracketed aside.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next word in the Hebrew of the Masoretic text is \u05d9\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u0596\u05d5\u05bc, a form of \u05e0\u05b8\u05e4\u05b7\u05dc<\/a> (n\u0101p\u0304al<\/i>), have<\/i>…fallen<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), are born<\/i> (NET), and was translated \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, will fall<\/i> (NETS), shall fall<\/i> (English Elpenor), in the Septuagint. Then \u05d9\u05b9\u05bd\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9, a form of \u05d9\u05b8\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d1<\/a> (y\u0101\u0161a\u1e07<\/i>), the inhabitants<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), to populate<\/i> (NET), was translated \u03bf\u1f31<\/a> \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a> (BLB Septuagint), those who dwell<\/i> (NETS) and \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a> \u03bf\u1f31<\/a> \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a> (Elpenor Septuagint), all that dwell<\/i> (English Elpenor). Finally, \u05ea\u05b5\u05d1\u05b5\u05bd\u05dc<\/a> (t\u0113\u1e07\u0113l<\/i>), of the world<\/i> (Tanakh, KJV), the world<\/i> (NET), was translated \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a>, on the earth<\/i> (NETS), upon the land<\/i> (English Elpenor).<\/span><\/p>\n

None of this persuades me that \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> in Matthew 12:18 calls the originality of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u0596\u05d9, a form of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8<\/a> (b\u0101\u1e25\u00eer<\/i>) in Isaiah 42:1, into question. On the contrary, \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> seems to be a deliberate choice to bind Isaiah 42 to Isaiah 5 and Isaiah 26 in Matthew 12:18, even as it distinguishes Jesus somewhat from Israel (as translated<\/a> in the Septuagint). Even in the mutilated remains of Isaiah 26:18 in the Masoretic text one finds \u05e8\u0591\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7<\/a> (r\u00fba\u1e25<\/i>) followed by \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b9\u05ea\u0599, a form of \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4<\/a> (y\u1d4a\u0161\u00fb\u02bf\u00e2; <\/i>pronounced yesh-oo’-aw<\/i>), \u201cspirit of salvation.\u201d As Paul wrote: the last Adam became a life-giving spirit<\/i>.15<\/sup><\/a> And Matthew wrote that Jesus fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah<\/i>.16<\/sup><\/a> And the Holy Spirit called Him: my beloved<\/i>17<\/sup><\/a> (\u1f41<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n

Israel<\/i>…pursued a law that would lead to righteousness<\/i>18<\/sup><\/a>…as if it were based on works<\/a><\/i>,19<\/sup><\/a> Paul assessed the failure of his brothers, <\/i>[his] kinsmen according to the flesh.<\/i>20<\/sup><\/a> The Masoretes confirmed his assessment: we were pregnant, we writhed, but we have given birth to wind. We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth<\/i>.21<\/sup><\/a> In other words, they did not pursue it by faith<\/i>22<\/sup><\/a> in the faithfulness of God: Behold my servant, whom I uphold<\/i>.23<\/sup><\/a> And many still reject his \u201cspirit of salvation,\u201d Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved<\/i>.24<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

When Bill Harford (Tom Cruise<\/a>) returned home late on the third night, he found the missing mask he had to purchase from the man who prostituted his own daughter. He found that mask, which he wore in a vain attempt to fit in at a secret orgy hoping in vain to hide his true identity, lying on his pillow in his place in his bed next to his sleeping wife\u2014and he repented<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tables comparing Exodus 17:12<\/a>; 17:11<\/a>; 17:13<\/a>; Psalm 16:1<\/a>; 16:2<\/a>; 16:5<\/a>; Isaiah 5:1<\/a>; 5:2<\/a>; 5:3<\/a>; 5:4<\/a>; 26:16<\/a>; 26:17<\/a> and 26:18<\/a> in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and comparing the Greek of Exodus 17:12<\/a>; 17:11<\/a>; 17:13<\/a>; Psalm 16:1 (15:1)<\/a>; 16:2 (15:2)<\/a>; 16:5 (15:5)<\/a>; Isaiah 5:1<\/a>; 5:2<\/a>; 5:3<\/a>; 5:4<\/a>; 26:16<\/a>; 26:17<\/a> and 26:18<\/a> in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor), and a table comparing John 3:14, 15<\/a> in the KJV and NET follow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Exodus 17:12 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:12 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBut Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhen the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Exodus 17:12 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:12 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03b1\u1f31 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f79\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f77\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1f73\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1fbd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u0391\u03b1\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03a9\u03c1 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u1f37\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u1f37\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u1f31 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f15\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03c5\u03c3\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f21\u03bb\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b1\u1f31 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03b1\u03b9\u0387 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f79\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f77\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1f73\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1fbf \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbf \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1fbf\u0391\u03b1\u03c1\u1f7c\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1fcd\u03a9\u03c1 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u1f37\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u1f37\u03c2\u0387 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u1f31 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f15\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03c5\u03c3\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f21\u03bb\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Exodus 17:12 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:12 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But Moyses’ hands were heavy. And they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hor kept supporting his hands, here one and there one. And the hands of Moyses were supported until the setting of the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBut the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Or supported his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Exodus 17:11 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:11 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Exodus 17:11 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:11 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f77\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1fc6\u03c1\u03b5\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f77\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03b5\u03bd \u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b7\u03bb \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1fc6\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f77\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03b5\u03bd \u0391\u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03ba<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f77\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1fc7\u03c1\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f77\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03b5\u03bd \u1fbf\u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u1f75\u03bb\u0387 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1fc6\u03ba\u03b5<\/b> \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f77\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03b5\u03bd \u1fbf\u0391\u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u1f75\u03ba<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Exodus 17:11 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:11 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And it happened whenever Moyses held up his hands, Israel was prevailing, and whenever he lowered his hands, Amalek was prevailing.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalec prevailed.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Exodus 17:13 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:13 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSo Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Exodus 17:13 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:13 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c8\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u0391\u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03ba \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u1f78\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c6\u1f79\u03bd\u1ff3 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c8\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u1fbf\u0399\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1fbf\u0391\u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74\u03ba \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u1f78\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c6\u1f79\u03bd\u1ff3 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Exodus 17:13 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Exodus 17:13 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And Iesous routed Amalek and all his people by slaughter of dagger.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Psalm 16:1 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nMichtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nA prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Psalm 16:1 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalm 15:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u1f77\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u0394\u03b1\u03c5\u03b9\u03b4 \u03c6\u1f7b\u03bb\u03b1\u03be\u1f79\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c3\u03bf\u1f76 \u1f24\u03bb\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03a3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u1f77\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u0394\u03b1\u03c5\u1fd3\u03b4. – \u03a6\u03a5\u039b\u0391\u039e\u039f\u039d \u03bc\u03b5, \u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c3\u03bf\u1f76 \u1f24\u03bb\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Psalm 15:1 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalm 15:1 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

A stele inscription. Pertaining to Dauid. Guard me, O Lord, because in you I hoped.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n[A writing of David.] Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in thee.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Psalm 16:2 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalm 16:2 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nO my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nI say to the Lord, \u201cYou are the Lord, my only source of well-being.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Psalm 15:2 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u1f79\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f36 \u03c3\u1f7b \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3\u0387 \u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u1f79\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f36 \u03c3\u1f7b, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Psalm 15:2 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalm 15:2 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

I said to the Lord, \u201cMy Lord you are, because you have no need of my goods.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nI said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou hast no need of my goodness.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Psalm 16:5 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalm 16:5 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThe LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nLord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Psalm 16:5 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalm 15:5 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f21<\/b><\/a> \u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u1f7a \u03b5\u1f36 \u1f41 \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1f77<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u0387 \u03c3\u1f7a \u03b5\u1f36 \u1f41 \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1f77<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Psalm 15:5 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalm 15:5 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; you are the one who restores to me my inheritance.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThe Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:1 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (KJV)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNow will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nI will sing to my love\u2014a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:1 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f84\u03c3\u03c9 \u03b4\u1f74 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3 \u1f86\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd\u1f77 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1f79\u03c0\u1ff3 \u03c0\u1f77\u03bf\u03bd\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u0391\u03a3\u03a9 \u03b4\u1f74 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3 \u1f06\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd\u1f77 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5. \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f20\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9, \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1f79\u03c0\u1ff3 \u03c0\u1f77\u03bf\u03bd\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 5:1 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:1 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

I will now sing for the beloved a song of the loved one concerning my vineyard: The beloved had a vineyard on a hill, on a fertile place.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNow I will sing to [my] beloved a song of my beloved concerning my vineyard. [My] beloved had a vineyard on a high hill in a fertile place.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:2 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:2 (KJV)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:2 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nHe built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:2 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:2 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u1f73\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71\u03ba\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c6\u1f7b\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f04\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03c9\u03c1\u03b7\u03c7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1fa0\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u1f79\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c0\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03bc\u1f73\u03c3\u1ff3 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f64\u03c1\u03c5\u03be\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f00\u03ba\u1f71\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u1f73\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71\u03ba\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c6\u1f7b\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f04\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u03a3\u03c9\u03c1\u1f74\u03c7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f60\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u1f79\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c0\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03bc\u1f73\u03c3\u1ff3 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f64\u03c1\u03c5\u03be\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7\u0387 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd, \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f00\u03ba\u1f71\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 5:2 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:2 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And I put a hedge around it and fenced it in and planted a Sorech vine, and I built a tower in the midst of it and dug out a wine vat in it, and I waited for it to produce a cluster of grapes, but it produced thorns.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited [for it] to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:3 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:3 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSo now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:3 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u0399\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u0399\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03bc \u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bd\u1f70<\/a> \u03bc\u1f73\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd\u1f79\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd, \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u1ffe\u0399\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74\u03bc \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1fbf\u0399\u03bf\u1f7b\u03b4\u03b1, \u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u1f73\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd\u1f79\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 5:3 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:3 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And now, man of Ioudas and those who dwell in Ierousalem, judge between me and my vineyard.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd now, ye dwellers in Jerusalem, and [every] man of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:4 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:4 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhat could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhat more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 5:4 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:4 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03c4\u1f77 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03c9 \u1f14\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd\u1f77 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f79\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f14\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f00\u03ba\u1f71\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03c4\u1f77 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03c9 \u1f14\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u1f7d\u03bd\u1f77 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7; \u03b4\u03b9\u1f79\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f14\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd, \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f00\u03ba\u1f71\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 5:4 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 5:4 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

What more might I do for my vineyard, and I have not done for it? Because I waited for it to produce a cluster of grapes, but it produced thorns,<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhat shall I do any more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Whereas I expected [it] to bring forth grapes, but it has brought forth thorns.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 26:16 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:16 (KJV)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:16 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nLORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nO Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 26:16 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:16 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u1fb7 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f21\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5, \u1f10\u03bd \u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5, \u1f10\u03bd \u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u1fb7 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f21\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 26:16 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:16 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

O Lord, in affliction I remembered you; with small affliction your chastening was on us.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nLord, in affliction I remembered thee; thy chastening was to us with small affliction.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 26:17 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:17 (KJV)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:17 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nLike as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAs when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 26:17 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:17 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f21 \u1f60\u03b4\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b3\u1f77\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f60\u03b4\u1fd6\u03bd\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba\u1f73\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c6\u1f79\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f21 \u1f60\u03b4\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b3\u1f77\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f60\u03b4\u1fd6\u03bd\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba\u1f73\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03b5\u03bd, \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c6\u1f79\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5, \u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 26:17 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:17 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And as a woman in travail is about to give birth and cries out in her pangs, so were we to your beloved because of the fear of you, O Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd as a woman in travail draws nigh to be delivered, [and] cries out in her pain; so have we been to thy beloved.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 26:18 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18 (KJV)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18 (NET)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; no people are born to populate the world.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Isaiah 26:18 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f10\u03bd \u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f60\u03b4\u03b9\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u1f10\u03bd \u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f60\u03b4\u03b9\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u0387 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2, \u03bf\u1f50<\/a> \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1<\/a><\/b>, \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 26:18 (NETS)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Isaiah 26:18 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

We conceived and travailed and gave birth; we produced a wind of your salvation on the earth, but those who dwell on the earth will fall.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWe have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall<\/b>, but all<\/b> that dwell upon the land shall fall.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>John 3:14, 15 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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John 3:14, 15 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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John 3:14 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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John 3:14 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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John 3:14 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2 \u039c\u03c9\u03cb\u03c3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u1f55\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f44\u03c6\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f10\u03c1\u1f75\u03bc\u1ff3, \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f51\u03c8\u03c9\u03b8\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03c9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> \u03c5\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u03c6\u03b9\u03bd \u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b5\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03c9 \u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c5\u03c8\u03c9\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c5\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03c9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c5\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u03c6\u03b9\u03bd \u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b5\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03c9 \u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c5\u03c8\u03c9\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c5\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThat whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but<\/b> have eternal life.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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John 3:15 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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John 3:15 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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John 3:15 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a><\/b> \u1f14\u03c7\u1fc3 \u03b6\u03c9\u1f74\u03bd \u03b1\u1f30\u1f7d\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u03bc\u03b7<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a><\/b> \u03b5\u03c7\u03b7 \u03b6\u03c9\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/b> \u03b5\u03c7\u03b7 \u03b6\u03c9\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Justice and Mercy Revisited, Part 4<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Balaam, Balak and the 24,000, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Balaam, Balak and the 24,000, Part 5<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Antichrist, Part 6<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> Justice and Mercy<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> Matthew 12:18a (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> Isaiah 42:1a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> Isaiah 42:1a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> Matthew 12:18a (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cEyes Wide Shut: Adaptation<\/a>\u201d on Wikipedia<\/a> online: Kubrick adapted Eyes Wide Shut<\/i> with co-writer Frederic Raphael from Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella Dream Story<\/i>…For the film, Kubrick transposed the events to 1990s Greenwich Village in New York City, instead featuring an American doctor, Bill, and his wife, Alice.[19<\/a>]<\/sup> In an introduction to a Penguin Classics edition of Dream Story<\/i>, Raphael wrote that, “Fridolin is not declared to be a Jew, but his feelings of cowardice, for failing to challenge his aggressor, echo the uneasiness of Austrian Jews in the face of Gentile provocation.”[20<\/a>]<\/sup> Kubrick, who frequently removed references to Jewishness of characters in the novels he adapted,[21<\/a>][22<\/a>]<\/sup> felt that the character of Bill should be a “Harrison Ford-ish goy” and created the surname of Harford as an allusion to the actor.[23<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/sup><\/a> Philippians 3:9b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/sup><\/a> Philippians 3:9c (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/sup><\/a> Philippians 3:9c (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10<\/sup><\/a> See A Monotonous Cycle Revisited, Part 4<\/i><\/a> for a table comparing the Greek of Paul’s quotation to Genesis 2:7b in the Septuagint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11<\/sup><\/a> In the NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> Moses<\/i> was spelled \u039c\u03c9\u03cb\u03c3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a>, and \u03bc\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> in the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u1f10\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u03bc\u03b7<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a> (KJV: in him should not perish, but<\/i>). The implicit argument of the critical text, NA28<\/sup><\/a>, is that \u1f10\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> is the older and, therefore, more original text. Currently, I would understand \u1f10\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> in the dative case<\/a> as by means of Him<\/i> rather than as an indirect object.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cWho Was Rashi?<\/a>\u201d on chabad.org<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14<\/sup><\/a> Isaiah 26:19a (English Elpenor) Paul used another form of \u03c0\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9<\/a> in his rhetorical question regarding Israel’s stumble<\/i>: So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall<\/a> <\/i>[\u03c0\u03ad\u03c3\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>]?<\/i> (Romans 11:11 ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 15:45b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16<\/sup><\/a> Matthew 12:17b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17<\/sup><\/a> Matthew 12:18 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18<\/sup><\/a> Romans 9:31a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19<\/sup><\/a> Romans 9:32b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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20<\/sup><\/a> Romans 9:3b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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21<\/sup><\/a> Isaiah 26:18a (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22<\/sup><\/a> Romans 9:32a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23<\/sup><\/a> Isaiah 42:1a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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24<\/sup><\/a> Matthew 12:18a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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