[B-Greek] 2 Samuel 6:20 Septuagint
Amos Bender
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Mon Nov 13 16:24:35 EST 2006
Amos Bender
bendersa at earthlink.net
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I was studying ancient Jewish traditions and manners and was sort of surprised at the Greek text of 2 Sam 6:20b. I now am wondering what others would give as a close word for word or literal translation of this text which in the Septuagint reads, "...TI DEDOXASTAI SHMERON hO BASILEUS ISRAHL, hOS OPEKALUFQH SAMERON EN OFQALMOIS PAIDISKWN TWN DOULWN hEAUTOU, KAQWS APOKALUPTETAI APOKALUFQEIS hEIS TWN ORCOUMENWN"
The actual Greek text can be viewed on this web page toward the bottom of the page, http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/c/1163441024-541.html#20
I thought this Greek verse was quite easy to read, yet I cannot find any comment or information about this Septuagint Scripture on the web. Thus I would like to see how others might translate this text.
Further my English translation of this Septuagint text is very different than the Thomson's Septuagint translation which my friend has, while I believe my friends translation is much more correct than my Septuagint's translation. Yet I believe even the Thomson translation does not give all the words and meaning of this verse.
God Bless
Amos Bender
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