•Cf. also J(f 20*^*, where for 'stood before it' render 'stood bafore him' ; see Moort-, in /«)*•.
t Wellli., Stode, anil (itlnm have iiu(rgested that the ark was thv j/aZ/o^iiurn of thu lril>r of Joseph.
sti etched a.' of God. Similarly the a. of Pharaoh is .said to be broken ; and the doom of Eli's family is called the cutting oil' of his a., and that of his father's house. In the same way, the unwelcome novelty of the spiritual kingdom and its living sacrilice raises the prophetic lament — ' to whom hath the a. of the Lord been revealed'? (Is 53'). Further, the original meaning of power is some- times transcended, and by frequency of special association the motive of holiness is translerred to the a. — 'The Lord hath made bare his holy arm ' ( Is 52'"). On the other hand, utter powerlesa- nessisthea. ' cleandried-up' (Zee 11"). Cf. Job's imprecation on the abuse of power (Job 31*-). So the appeal of the helpless is ' Put on strength, O arm of the Lord!' (Is 51'), Hence, linally, the contrast between the man who makes llesh his arm, and Israel for whose security ' underneath are the Everlasting Arms' (Ut 33-''). See also Hand. G. M. Mackib.
ARMENIA.— See Ararat.
ARMENIAN VERSION OF THE OT. — The
following points need discussion as regards the Armenian OT.
i. The text from which it was translatea.
ii. Its value for critical purposes,
iii. Its date, and where it was made.
iv. Its contents, and order of books.
i. The Arm. OT is a version of the Gr. LXX, the text of which it everywhere fits closely as a
flove the hand that wears it. This statement has een controverted ; * but its truth is apparent if we anywhere open the Peshitta or Massora and, noting their peculiarities, look for them in the Armenian. Let us test it then by a few cases where the Syriac Peshitta varies from the LXX ; but where the LXX is exactly rendered by the Arm., the sense of which I occasionally add within squara brackets.
Qn 11 «s«s ccbII et esse terra. — ^ deserts et inculta [InvisibUia 6t non preparata]. — 6 et fuit divisit^ue (et eit dividere] — o om. Ka,\ iyxtiT* itivmt. — ' ym. « tfi«f after diixw^"i'. — ** (*m. saw i'3i» « fio( erj ««x«r. — 0 in locum unum — ^ om, umi rvt^x^ *s far as
Go 2U> Kacem et Oedar (Cades et Bur)— alt. Gedar (in Oerarlj and so in v.aj. — * populum ijinocenteni (ignorantem et iustuiu]. — fi En ipse (nonne ipse) — ^ oin. niihl ajter dixit-—* on*, sed ego be/ore in siniplicitate. — 8 cohibui te (peperci tibi). — ' om. vix b^'ore propheta. — s om, omnes btj&re homines.
Kx 181 Jetbron [lotbor] — Median (Madian) — Deiis Mod [DoininuB M.) — add. Kilios h^frrt Israel. — - add. flUom suam. — 3 tJt-rson (Uersam) — quoniam dixcrul [dicit],
m^ om. et ascende ad me in niontem. — ^ in manu sua (secum). — ^ stetit ibi cum eo [8tetit<jue coram eo ibij— nomen boo, Dominus [in nomen Domini].
Lv 30> add. ad eum— Dicito fllUs Israel [loquers ad fllios I. dices). — 3 et ex iis (re/ de lis] — proieccrit ex semine suo in alienigenam [dederit semen suum principi, and eo in W^] — 2 add, vir eius modi. — 3 dabo furorem [stuluam faciem] — sanctu* arium [sanctitatc-m]— sanctitatis meat (Hunctillcatorum mcorum).
Nu 3(ii capita patrum familiie (principes tribus flliurum}--- Gelood [GalaodJ — de familia Manasse filii losejih [defaui. til. los.] — ma^-natibus oongregationis, capitibus patrum flliorum (prin* cipibus doraorum patriarcharum til.].
lit ill! Abiens igitur Moees, locutus est [et consummavit H. loqul) — ad nniversum Israelem [ad omnes fUios Israel] — ^ add.
Jos 221 Itubil [Ruben]. — 3 vo« custodlstis fvosmet audistis]. —
■tis fvi
Alius — et Dominus [nam D.l. ten].— >i 3 ecce raultis abbliic diehus [tot dies] — ad pnusentem usque diem, et custoditis (immo plus us^pie hixlie tenii>ori8 cust.]. — * add. nuandtxiuidem — Deus (D. noster] — revtrtunini erk'o et abit« ad civitales veslraa (nunc igitur revertent^^s rc<htc in domus vestros) — quani pooedistls [possesaionis vestnu ]—ati(i. ab oriento.
2 Ch b3> Secundum oper« (de omnibus abominatlonlbus) — Isnuilitarum (fliiorum Israel). — * reawlincavlt enim [et revertJl et aMlincavit)---a]taria idolis (statuas Boalimm). Fabricavit tigres [fecit \ticoa]— add. et adoravit eas — omnes 0(b11 copias (omnem putenliain cmli).
I'H llif am. i> ^Vo.— * Populus tuus laudabllls (-with thee It the beginning}— sanctitatis {sanctorum tuorum]— «b antiquo t«
• E.g. Dr. Ars'ak Ter MIkelian (DU Armmuehe Kirdu, Leipzig. I81I2) writes, p. 35 : ■ Die Hiichcr dcs Allen Testaments* konnen unniuglich aus den LX.X iibursetzt warden sein '
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AEMENIAN VEKSION
AEMENIAN VEKSION
Syrlac Version. Vae diripienti : voa ne dlripiatis, et deceptornequa- quam decipiet vos, cum volueritis diripere, diri- pieuiini. Doinine miserere noatri, quoniam in te est flducia nostra : esto adiutor noBtcr in matutino, et salva ooe In tempore anj^ustiaB.
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fliiura zenui [ante Ludferum genui te].—* non raentietur (non ppnitebit eum)— sicut Melchizedec [ = ' according to the order o( M.').— • implebit cadavera [ = ' be maketb many the blows'] lass- Armenian Version. Woe unto those who distress you. but yourselves no one can distress : and he that despiseth, despiseth not you. For the}' shall be given over unto defeat who despise you, and like the moth upon the garment, so shall they be given over to de- feat. Lord, pity us ; for in thee have we hoped. The seed of the unfaithful hath come to destruction ; but our salvation Is in thee in tune of straits.