[B-Greek] Translation of Gen 9:6 ANTI

mrt mrt at hisurfer.net
Wed Dec 24 05:10:24 EST 2003


For a while now I've had this translation of Gen 9:6, taking the prep. anti for "in the place of." 

 

Whoever sheds the blood of man, 

in the place of that man his blood shall be shed, 

 

At this place I'm following the LXX rather than the HB being persuaded by LXX "anti" with it's previous uses (2:21, 4:25), as well as the poetic form of the passage (here as an antithetic parallelism or chiasm).

 

I want some critical feedback whether or not you think this is the best rendering.  

 

And secondly, is there any variant reading to this text?  I've looked at Rahlfs and the latest BHS and found nil.

 

Michael Tarver

Oregon, USA

<'\\><  laus Deo


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