The Septuagint (LXX) provides us with some wonderful insights into the Old Testament, especially regarding Jesus. The Old Testament points to Jesus (John 5:39). Since the LXX was translated from the paleo-Hebrew in 285 BC, there was no animosity toward Christ or Christianity. As a result, the verses and passages from the Old Testament were not tampered with in an effort to blunt their obvious reference to Christ, as took place when the Masoretic Text was translated into modern Hebrew between 600 and 1000 AD. This becomes obvious when texts and passages are compared side by side, which I have attempted to do in the articles below. I hope that reading and studying the Septuagint causes the Old Testament scriptures to come alive in a fresh new way for you, just as happened to me.
Pete Beck III
I am in process of building this page. Some of the links are listed in a chart below.
When I put MT or LXX in parenthesis, it means the quote most closely matches that version. If there is an asterisk, it means I consider that this is a clear example of the superiority of the LXX.
New Testament Examples from Romans
- Romans 1:17 (LXX)
- Romans 2:24 (LXX)
- Romans 3:4 (LXX)
- Romans 3:10-18 (LXX) *
- Romans 4:3 (LXX)
- Romans 4:17 (LXX) *
- Romans 8:36 (LXX)
- Romans 9:12-13 (LXX-MT tie)
- Romans 9:15 (LXX)
- Romans 9:17 (MT)
For Genesis, More Psalms, Isaiah, and More New Testament Quotes – see chart below
- Psalm 68
- Psalm 71
- Psalm 90
- Psalm 91
- Psalm 110
- Psalm 138
- Psalm 141
- Psalm 142
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Joel 2
- Amos 5
- Amos 9
- Haggai 2
- Zechariah 6:11-12
| Pentateuch | Historical | Psalms | Wisdom | Prophets | New Testament (parenthesis indicates if is supports the LXX or MT) (asterisk indicates it is a great example) |
| Genesis 1 | Psalm 1 | Isaiah 1 – Part 1 | New Testament Quotes | ||
| Genesis 2 – The Garden and the Woman | Psalm 2 | Isaiah 1 – Part 2 |
Matthew 1:1 (LXX) |
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| Genesis 3 – The Fall | Psalm 3 | Isaiah 2 – Part 1 | Matthew 1:18-23 (LXX) | ||
| Genesis 3 – The Curse and Aftermath | Psalm 4 | Isaiah 2 – Part 2 | Matthew 2:6 | ||
| Genesis 4: Cain, Abel, and Seth | Psalm 5 | Isaiah 4 | Matthew 2:13-15 (MT) | ||
| Psalm 6 | Isaiah 6 | Matthew 2:17-18 (MT) | |||
| Psalm 7 | Isaiah 7 | Matthew 2:23 | |||
| Genesis 7 – The Great Flood | Psalm 8 | Isaiah 8 | Matthew 3:1-3 (LXX) | ||
| Psalm 9 | Isaiah 9 | Matthew 4:4 (LXX) | |||
| Genesis 10 – Noah’s Descendants | Psalm 10 | Isaiah 10 – Skipped | Matthew 4:5-7 (LXX) | ||
| Genesis 11 – Tower of Babel | Psalm 11 | Isaiah 11 | Matthew 4:10 | ||
| Genesis 11 – The Genealogies of Shem and Terah | Psalm 12 | Isaiah 12 | Matthew 4:14-16 (MT) | ||
| Genesis 12 – Promises to Abram | Psalm 13 | Isaiah 13 | Matthew 8:17 (Neither) | ||
| Genesis 12 – Abram in Egypt | Psalm 14 | Isaiah 14 | Matthew 11:2-6 (Neither) | ||
| Genesis 13 – Abram and Lot | Psalm 15 | Isaiah 15 – Skipped | Matthew 11:10 (LXX) | ||
| Genesis 14 – Rescue of Lot | Psalm 16 | Isaiah 16 – Skipped | Matthew 12:18-21 (Neither) | ||
| Genesis 14 – Melchizedek | Psalm 17 | Isaiah 17 | |||
| Genesis 15 – God’s Covenant | Psalm 18 | Isaiah 18 – Skipped | |||
| Genesis 16 – Hagar and Ishmael | Psalm 19 | Isaiah 19 | |||
| Genesis 17 – Circumcision | Psalm 20 | Isaiah 22 – Skipped | |||
| Genesis 18 – Son of Promise | Psalm 21 | Isaiah 24 | |||
| Genesis 18-19 – Sodom and Gomorrah | Psalm 22 | Isaiah 25 | |||
| Genesis 20 – Abimelech | Psalm 23 | Isaiah 26 | |||
| Genesis 21 – Isaac | Psalm 24 | Isaiah 27 | |||
| Genesis 21 – Hagar and Ishmael | Psalm 25 | Isaiah 28 | |||
| Genesis 22 – Abraham’s Test | Psalm 26 | Isaiah 29 | |||
| Genesis 24 – Rebecca | Psalm 27 | Isaiah 30 | |||
| Genesis 25 – Jacob and Esau | Psalm 28 | Isaiah 32 | |||
| Genesis 27 – Isaac Blesses Jacob | Psalm 29 | Isaiah 33 | |||
| Genesis 27 – Esau’s Anger | Psalm 30 | Isaiah 35 | |||
| Genesis 28 – Jacob’s Departure | Psalm 31 | Isaiah 38 | |||
| Genesis 29 – Rachel | Psalm 32 | Isaiah 40 | |||
| Genesis 29 – 30 – Jacob’s Wives and Children | Psalm 33 | Isaiah 41 | |||
| Genesis 31 – Jacob’s Flight | Psalm 34 | Isaiah 42 | |||
| Genesis 32 – 33 – Jacob Meets Esau | Psalm 35 | Isaiah 43 | |||
| Genesis 37 – Joseph | Psalm 36 | Isaiah 44 | |||
| Genesis 38 – Judah and Tamar | Psalm 37 | Isaiah 45 | |||
| Genesis 39 – Joseph in Egypt | Psalm 38 | Isaiah 46 | |||
| Genesis 40 – Prisoners’ Dreams | Psalm 39 | Isaiah 47 | |||
| Genesis 41 – Pharaoh’s Dreams | Psalm 40 | Isaiah 48 | |||
| Genesis 42 – Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt | Isaiah 49 | ||||
| Genesis 42 – Return to Canaan | Isaiah 50 | ||||
| Genesis 43 – Benjamin in Egypt | Isaiah 51 | ||||
| Genesis 44 – Joseph’s Cup | |||||
| Genesis 45 – Joseph’s Reveal | |||||
| Genesis 46 – Jacob’s Journey to Egypt | Isaiah 54 | ||||
| Genesis 48 – Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons | |||||
| Genesis 49 – Jacob Prophesies to His Sons | Isaiah 56 | ||||
| Genesis 50 – Joseph Assures His Brothers | Isaiah 57 | ||||
| Exodus 19 | Isaiah 58 | ||||
| Exodus 20 | Isaiah 59 | ||||
| Numbers 12 | Isaiah 60 | ||||
| Numbers 13 | Isaiah 61 | ||||
| Deut. 32 | Isaiah 62 | ||||
| Isaiah 63 | |||||
| Isaiah 64 | |||||
| Isaiah 66 | |||||
| Jeremiah 1 | |||||
| Jeremiah 7 | |||||
| Jeremiah 9 | |||||
| Jeremiah 10 | |||||
| Jeremiah 15 | |||||
| Jeremiah 16 | |||||
| Jeremiah 17 | |||||
| Jeremiah 23 | |||||
| Jeremiah 25 | |||||
| Jeremiah 29 | |||||
| Jeremiah 32 | |||||
| Jeremiah 33 | |||||