"... Proverbs 24:22 ... Virtually every existing translation has a different interpretation of this enigmatic clause. For example, the English renderings that have been proposed are the following: “for he hath received it to good effect”, “for such an one has fully received it” (Brenton), “for he received it willingly” (NETS), “when he receives (a command) he truly absorbs” (Fox), and “receiving it, they receive it indeed” (King). My own translation renders the Greek as it was most likely to have been understood by a Greek speaker, although admittedly it makes little sense in the context. The expression δεχόμενος ἐδέξατο, literally “receiving he received,” looks like one of the standard ways of translating the “emphatic” use of the Hebrew infinitive absolute. This suggests either that this verb had a Hebrew Vorlage (now lost), or that the LXX translator chose to use this un-Greek Septuagintalism for this verse (which has no counterpart in the canonical Hebrew text) in order to give it a biblical flavor ..."