[B-Greek] Translating Romans 3:20

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 9 21:32:31 EDT 2006


This list isn't really about how to translate, but this seems to warrant a comment since there happens to be a glaring error.  I see nothing in the Greek specifically regarding circumcision.  The word does not appear.  "Works of the law" may be construed to include circumcision, but cannot be limited thereto.  Incidentally, the word for circumcision is PERITOMH not ERGON NOMOU.
   
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gabe coia <pinelandspaddler at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Greetings, B-Greekers.

In a recent discussion with a certain student of Biblical Greek, he offered a rather peculiar rendition of Romans 3:20:

äéïôé åî åñãïí íïìïõ ïõ äéêáéïóõíç ðáóá óáñî åíùðéïí áõôïõ äéá ãáñ íïìïõ åðéãíùóéò áìáñôéáéò 

“Because no one by any legal work of circumcision will be justified before him
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Does this translation hold any water?


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