Isaiah 59:13

Hebrew Bible

12 For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well. 13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds. 14 Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

LXX Isaiah 59:13

Septuagint

12 For our lawlessness was great before you and our sins have risen up against us; for our acts of lawlessness are in us, and we realized our wrongs; 13 we were impious and lied and turned away from behind our God; we spoke unrighteous things and disobeyed; we conceived and rehearsed unrighteous words from our heart. 14 And we put away our judgment behind us, and righteousness withdrew far away, because truth was consumed in their ways, and they could not travel through a straight path.

 Notes and References
"... Baer thinks he can detect in the Greek Isaiah the translator’s inclination towards downgrading idolatrous practices and avoiding mythological language. In his monograph Baer offers several illustrations of this kind, but here I shall just very briefly mention the ones that entail a plus or a minus ... Isaiah 59:13: Possibly the translator regarded the idea of lying to God himself as verging on blasphemy, and therefore removed it ..."

Vorm-Croughs, Mirjam van der The Old Greek of Isaiah: An Analysis of its Pluses and Minuses (p. 468) Society of Biblical Literature, 2014

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