The Lexham English Septuagint: Alternate Texts
Overview
The Lexham English Septuagint (LES) is a new translation of the Septuagint (LXX, the Greek version of the Old Testament) based on Henry Barclay Swete’s edition of the Septuagint, The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Based on the work of the popular The Lexham Greek-English Interlinear Septuagint, the LES provides a literal, readable and transparent English edition of the Greek Old Testament, which was the edition of the Old Testament writings most popularly used during New Testament times and in the early church.
Most Highlighted Verses in The Lexham English Septuagint: Alternate Texts
Daniel 2:19–23: Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel praised the God of heaven. And he said, “May the name of God be praised forever and ever, because wisdom and understanding are his. He alters seasons and times; he appoints and deposes kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and prudence to those who know understanding. …
Daniel 2:28–29: But it is God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what is necessary to happen at the last of the days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are this: O king, your reasonings went up on your bed about what is necessary to happen after these things, and the one who reveals mysteries has made clear to you what is necessary to happen.
- Title: The Lexham English Septuagint: Alternate Texts
- Authors: Rick Brannan, Israel Loken, Ken M. Penner, Michael Aubrey, Isaiah Hoogendyk
- Publisher: Logos Bible Software
- Publication Date: 2013