2 Chronicles — Introduction
…Chronicles is ONE scroll, Divrei ha-Yamim, 'the events of the days'; the Greek Septuagint split it for length. ⚠ Because…
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2 Kings — Introduction
…Kings — Melakhim — is ONE scroll; the division into two is the Greek Septuagint's, made because a scroll has a…
Ezekiel — Introduction
…Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiel) — The Greek Septuagint of Ezekiel is noticeably shorter than the Hebrew (by some four to five percent) and…
Hosea — Introduction
…the Greek order as in the Hebrew, though the Septuagint arranges the rest of the Twelve differently (Hosea, Amos, Micah…
Job — Introduction
…Ἰώβ (Iob) — ⚠ The Greek Septuagint of Job is about ONE-SIXTH SHORTER than the Hebrew — some four hundred lines missing…
Hebrews — Introduction
…Hebrews quotes the Old Testament almost entirely in its GREEK (Septuagint) form, and several of its arguments turn on the…
Song of Solomon — Introduction
…ᾎσμα ᾈσμάτων (Aisma Aismatôn) — The Septuagint keeps the Hebrew superlative exactly, and Latin followed with Canticum Canticorum — hence the older…
Amos — Introduction
…Ἀμώς (Amōs) — The Septuagint keeps Amos third among the Twelve. ⚠ Its most consequential divergence is at 9:11-12, the…
Zechariah 5
…KJV “their resemblance” and ASV “their appearance.” The Greek Septuagint instead reads avonam, “their INIQUITY” — one Hebrew letter apart from…
Psalms 91
…The Septuagint (Psalm 90:6 in its numbering) rendered the phrase daimoniou mesēmbrinou, and Jerome carried it into the Vulgate…
