What follows are Paul’s Old Testament Quotations from Romans 12:19, 20 (NET).
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Paul (NET) |
Blue Letter Bible (Septuagint) |
NET Bible (Greek parallel text) |
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1 |
Vengeance is mine, I will repay…
Romans 12:19b (NET) |
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐκδικήσεως ἀνταποδώσω | εμοι εκδικησις εγω ανταποδωσω |
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2 |
…if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.
Romans 12:20 (NET) Table |
ἐὰν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου τρέφε αὐτόν ἐὰν διψᾷ πότιζε αὐτόν τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ | εαν πεινα ο εχθρος σου ψωμιζε αυτον εαν διψα ποτιζε αυτον τουτο γαρ ποιων ανθρακας πυρος σωρευσεις επι την κεφαλην αυτου |
Paul apparently did his own translation part from the Hebrew and part from the Greek in Item #1. The Septuagint translates, In the day of vengeance I will recompense, while the Hebrew translates, Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, according to Bill Braun.1
Item #2 is identical in the Septuagint, the parallel Greek text and the Hebrew, except for τρέφε, a form of τρέφω in the Septuagint where the parallel Greek text reads ψωμιζε, a form of ψωμίζω.
Addendum: March 18, 2020
The Elpenor version of the Septuagint had ψωμιζε (Table).