Deut 32:21 in the LXX: παραζηλώσω … ἐπ’ οὐκ ἔθνει
Says Swete prints αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ’ οὐ θεῷ, παρώξυνάν με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν· κἀγὼ παραζηλώσω αὐτοὺς ἐπ’ οὐκ ἔθνει, ἐπ’ ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ αὐτούς (vol. 1, p. 412). The logged apparatus gives παρώργισαν for παρώξυναν in A.
Says The Greek keeps the Hebrew's measure for measure: παρεζήλωσαν … παραζηλώσω (parezēlōsan … parazēlōsō, "made jealous … will make jealous") for קִנְאוּנִי … אַקְנִיאֵם, and "not-god" against "not-nation," ἐπ’ οὐ θεῷ … ἐπ’ οὐκ ἔθνει for בְלֹא־אֵל … בְּלֹא־עָם. εἰδώλοις (eidōlois, "idols") renders הַבְלֵיהֶם (havlehem, "their worthless things").
Says ἔθνος (ethnos, "nation") stands for עָם ('am, "people") in "not a nation," and ἀσυνέτῳ (asynetō, "without understanding") for נָבָל (naval, "foolish").
Who the "no-people" are is treated in note.language.Deut.32.19-Deut.32.25.no-people. For Paul's use see note.cross-reference.Deut.32.21.rom-10-19-form.
Claims
- SaysLXX 32:21 reads κἀγὼ παραζηλώσω αὐτοὺς ἐπ’ οὐκ ἔθνει, ἐπ’ ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ αὐτούς (A παρώργισαν for παρώξυναν).
- SaysThe Greek keeps the Hebrew's measure for measure (jealousy verbs; not-god against not-nation).
- Saysἔθνος renders עָם and ἀσυνέτῳ renders נָבָל.
Citations
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Deut 32:21 (vol. 1 p. 412, leaf n443); apparatus as logged in library/KNOWN_ISSUES.md; read on the page image (frozen input inputs/lxx/Deut.32.lxx-swete.overlay.jsonl, page_checked)
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Deut 32:21 (frozen input inputs/wlc/Deut.32.wlc.jsonl)
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