Whence, Heb. x. 7, 9, Jjxw is used for the preterite TIK2, Ps. xl. 7 ; and thus the Septuagint everywhere : Num. xxiii. 1 (or ch. xxii. 36) ; Deut. xxxiii. 2 ; Jos. xxiii. 14, 15 ; Judg. xvi. 2 ; 1 Sam. xvi. 2, xxix. 6, 10; 2 Sam. iii. 23. There is a remarkable instance in Eccl. v. 14, kncrpt-^tiy ug qxei.
26. 'Ovixui — duffu a vrp) The things which you may suppose not to sound so well in Greek, will sound well when cast in Hebrew mould of thought. See instances, ch. vi. 8, vii. 2, ix. 12 (where the feminine is put for the neuter), 14, xx. 8. There is a very similar construction, K vpiog, h ovpavti 6 dpovog auroD, Ps. xi. 4 ; and so Ps. lvii. 5 (4), ciii. 15. — ew) ruv sdvuv) Ps. ii. 8, 9, a ’/rvjacu nap' speou, xa/' duufu aoi
sdvri rr\v xXripovo/Jjiotv ecu, xa/' rrjv xctrcLGyzoiv tfov ra rrspura rqg yrjg- voi/xavsTg ctvroijg sv peefidw G/dripa, ug <rxsu?j zepu/xeug avvrpi-^/eig a vrovg.
27. n oi/molvsT) In the Hebrew it is CDynn, Thou shalt break them in pieces , Ps. ii. 9, from yjn he broke in pieces , the verb of cognate mean- ing following, DVSJD Thou shalt scatter them , truvrp/'-^e/g aurovg. The Septuagint, as though they had read in the former passage Cjnn from njn he fed , have rendered it noipanTg ( Thou shalt feed). The Apocalypse, not through imitation of the Septuagint translators, but on its own authority, uses that word, which is peculiarly appropriate. And in other places, when it refers to ancient prophecy, it most be- fittingly preserves the peculiarity of the Hebrew text : ch. vi. 16, vii. 17, xi. 4.1 * 3