[B-Greek] Psalm 11:5 THN hEAUTOU YUCHN

Steven Lo Vullo themelios at charter.net
Tue Jun 14 01:18:50 EDT 2005


On Jun 13, 2005, at 10:29 PM, MAKARIOIOIPRAEIS at aol.com wrote:

> The LXX of Psalm 11:5 (10:5) reads
> KURIOS EXETAZEI TON DIKAION KAI TON ASEBH hO DE AGAPWN ADIKIAN MISEI 
> THN
> hEAUTOU YUCHN.
> Most translations read something like "...but His soul hates the 
> wicked and
> the one who loves violence..." "His soul" being the subject of the 
> last clause,
> but the last phrase in the LXX is THN hEAUTOU YUCHN "the soul (of 
> him)" is in
> the Accusative which sounds like this is referring the the soul of the
> wicked. Is this correct? and is this consistent with the Heb?

Hi Richard:

I suspect the translations you have consulted are based on the Hebrew, 
from which the LXX differs. The substantival participial phrase hO ... 
AGAPWN ADIKIAN functions as the subject of MISEI, and THN hEAUTOU YUCHN 
as direct object, so the sentence means "the person who loves 
unrighteousness hates his own soul." THN hEAUTOU YUCHN indeed refers to 
the soul or life of the one who loves unrighteousness. Brenton's 
translation reads, "The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: he 
that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul."
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
MAR student
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School



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