[B-Greek] Micah 6:8b

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Nov 3 15:12:52 EST 2009


On Nov 3, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Cornell Machiavelli wrote:

>
> Micah 6:8b
>
> ALL’  H TOU
> POIEIN KRIMA KAI AGAPAN ELEON KAI ETOIMON EINAI TOU POREUERSQAI META  
> QEOU SOU
>
> I'm trying to see where some translations see in the third behavior  
> (KAI ETOIMON EINAI TOU POREUERSQAI META QEOU SOU) God seeks those  
> who "walk humbly." Where is that idea of "humbly" coming from? All I  
> can see is "and to be prepared to go with your God." (Perhaps one  
> need be humble to walk with God but that does not appear to be what  
> the Greek text is saying here.) Is this some kind of idiom?

You really MUST bear in mind, whenever you talk about translations of  
the Greek OT or LXX that the standard English translations are NOT  
translations of the LXX Greek text but rather are translations of the  
Hebrew Masoretic Text. The Greek LXX text is often enough not quite  
equivalent to the Hebrew Masoretic Text.


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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