Deut 32:43

Here's a possibility:

Just as the God might have used the Vulgate to preserve a few NT verses of the Word of God (e.g. 1 John 5:7) He might have used the LXX in the same way to preserve a few from the OT Word of God.

HankD

 

It's a definite possibility especially if it was "lost" in the copying of the Masora.

HankD

 

Here is what the Bible says,
Deutermony 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

What's wrong with this?

 

Nothing wrong

But

Hebrews 1:6
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

The only place in the entire OT (that I and presumably Pator Larry can find) where this verse can be found is in the Septuagint version at Deuteronomy 32:43, but NOT in the Masoretic text at Deuteronomy 32:43 upon which the King James is based.

So we have KJV NT Hebrews 1:6 quoting this verse from Deuteronomy 32:43 but it is missing from the KJV OT text in Deuteronomy 32:43.

HankD

 

Evidently, there is a slight possibility that the author of Hebrews is quoting or alluding to Ps 97:7, but the wording is hardly exact in either the MT or LXX. It is much more likely to be a quote from Deut 32:43 LXX. There is also a Dead Sea scrolls version of Deut 32:43 that attests to the longer reading found in the LXX (from Qumran Cave 4). My guess is that there is some corruption in all the witnesses at this verse, so we have to do the best we can with the available data. I would certainly entertain the idea of adding the Hebrews, LXX, and 4QD reading to our English versions.

I don't consider this, however, to be the same as using the Latin to correct the Greek at 1 John 5:7. First John is well attested in the extant manuscripts without the Comma. There is nothing other than tradition that would make us suspect a deficiency at 1 John 5:7. With Deut 32:43, on the other hand, we have a clear reference in inspiried Scripture that points to an ommision.


Andy

 

That's because the NT points BACK to it.

HankD

 

Right, that's exactly what I was trying to say.

Andy

 

The comma is in the NT and has nothing to point to it.

But it is true that the only early witnesses of the Comma are Latin and Latin fathers. There are 6 late Greek witnesses.

HankD