A New English Translation of the Septuagint, Oxford: Oxford UP (International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Inc.), 2007.
For “chosen people,” see 1 Peter 2:9.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates into English as “chosen race.” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)
For “a priestly kingdom and a holy nation,” see 1 Peter 2:9.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates into English as “a royal priesthood and a holy nation.” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)
For “Which of you desires life, and covets many days to enjoy good? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.” see 1 Peter 3:10, 1 Peter 3:11, and 1 Peter 3:12.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates into English as ” What person is he who wants life, coveting to see good days? Stop your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The Lord’s eyes are on the righteous, and his ears are toward their petition. But the Lord’s face is against evildoers, to destroy the remembrance of them from earth.” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)
For “If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!” see 1 Peter 4:18.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates into English as “If the righteous is scarcely saved, where will the impious and the sinner appear.” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)
For the phrases “If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah,” see Romans 9:29.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates into English as “And if the Lord Sabaoth had not left us offspring, we would have become like Sodoma and been made similar to Gomorra.'” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)
For the phrases “A voice cries out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together.'” see Luke 3:4ff.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates to English as “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight the paths of our God. Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and all the crooked ways shall become straight and the rough place shall become plains. Then the glory of the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)
For the phrase “Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights” see Matthew 12:40.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates to English as “Jonah was in the belly of the sea monster three days and three nights.'” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)
For the verses that say “Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand. Make the mind of this people dull, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so that they may not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and comprehend with their minds, and turn and be healed.” or similar, see Matthew 13:14 and Matthew 13:15 et al.
Note that this quote in the New Testament is not taken from the Hebrew Bible but from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) which translates to English as “Go, and say to this people: ‘You will listen by listening, but you will not understand, and looking you will look, but you will not perceive.’ For this people’s heart has grown fat, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and they have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn — and I would heal them.'” (Translation by NETS — for the Greek version see the title’s tooltip)