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

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Tue Jun 14 10:26:39 EDT 2005


On Jun 13, 2005, at 11:29 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..."
I know of no translation that so renders the Greek. If what you state 
applies to translations of MT (cf. NRSV), what we have is a clear 
difference between  MT and LXX.  Is the LXX interpretation correct? In 
isolation, Yes. I don't see anything in the grammar of the MT clause 
that precludes such a reading. In context, No. The context portrays the 
Lord sitting up high surveying mankind, and reacting to (1) the 
righteous and (2) the impious.
Yet another example of the fact that the Greek translator typically 
works  on the lower constituent levels (phrase/clause) rather than on 
the level of discourse.
Al
> "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?
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> Richard Windisch
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