Prov 30:4
Jay Adkins
JAdkins264 at aol.com
Thu Dec 2 08:00:37 EST 1999
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 15:26:25 -0500
Author: Jim West <jwest at highland.net>
Subject: Re: Prov 30:4
Body: At 11:45 AM 12/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>Dear friends,
>>
> >Prov 30:4 has "...what is his name, and what is his son's name...."(KJV)
>>The MT has 'BEN' for "son" in the singular whereas the LXX has "hUIOOI"
(I
>>believe this is how it is spelled, I don't have the text before me),
"sons"
>>in the plural. Any ideas as to why the LXX uses the plural in Greek
while
>>the Hebrew MT uses the singular "son"? Many thanks.
>the consonantal text is ambiguous here- it is beth nun waw. now depending
>on how one points this word one ends up with either the singular or the
>plural. i.e., beno - his son; whilst benaw = his sons...
>so- the greek scribe read the plural while the kjv followed the singular.
>best,
>Jim
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Jim West, ThD
Am I missing something here, like another reading? I do not have a
critical text for the LXX. My copy reads:
Prov 30:4 (LXX)...... TI ONOMA AUTW H TI ONOMA TEKNOIS
That is not a nominative plural but it is a dative plural though, plus a
different term. But I would guess that Jim's explanation still works.
Sola Gratia,
Jay
Always Under Grace!
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