Jeremiah 45 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Chapter 45
A word to Baruch
Hebrew source: BHS45 • chapter 45
Greek source: LXX51 • chapter 51
Verse 45:1 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[45:1] The word Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll from Jeremiah's mouth, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[51:31] The word Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words in the scroll from Jeremiah's mouth, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Hebrew45:1–5 corresponds to Greek51:31–35, following the Egypt discourse in the selected Greek chapter. Both retain the earlier regnal setting and dictation relationship.
Verse 45:2 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[45:2] Thus says YHWH, Israel's God, concerning you, Baruch:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[51:32] Thus said the Lord concerning you, Baruch:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks Israel's-God.
Verse 45:3 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[45:3] You said, Woe to me! YHWH has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning and have found no rest.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[51:33] For you said, Woe to me, woe to me! The Lord has added toil to my pain. I lay down amid groanings and found no rest.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek doubles the lament and has lay-down/slept against Hebrew grew-weary. Toil differs from sorrow; no spiritualized explanation is inserted into the complaint.
Verse 45:4 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[45:4] Tell him this: Thus says YHWH: What I have built I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—even the whole land.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[51:34] Tell him, Thus said the Lord: Those I have built up I am tearing down, and those I have planted I am plucking up.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek's masculine plural relatives identify those, against Hebrew's unmarked what; it lacks the difficult concluding whole-land clause. Hebrew's final construction is rendered as an appositional extension, provisionally.
Verse 45:5 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[45:5] Are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them. I am bringing disaster upon all flesh—YHWH's declaration—but I will give you your life as spoil wherever you go.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[51:35] Are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them, for I am bringing calamities upon all flesh, says the Lord. I will give your life as gain wherever you walk.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek gain/thing-found differs from Hebrew spoil, as in the earlier life-preservation assurances. Neither text specifies the exact great-things Baruch desired.