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The Septuagint 6.13 · 6.13

The time of every man has come before me

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Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Νῶε Καιρὸς παντὸς ἀνθρώπου ἥκει ἐναντίον μου, ὅτι ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ ἀδικίας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καταφθείρω αὐτοὺς καὶ τὴν γῆν.

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ΚαὶKaìAndεἶπενeîpensaidhotheθεὸςtheòsGodπρὸςpròstoΝῶεNôeNoahΚαιρὸςKairòsThe timeπαντὸςpantòsof everyἀνθρώπουanthrópoumanἥκειhḗkeihas comeἐναντίονenantíonbeforeμουmoume,ὅτιhótibecauseἐπλήσθηeplēsthēwas filledtheγῆearthἀδικίαςadikíaswith unrighteousnessἀπ᾽ap’because ofαὐτῶνautônthem·καὶkaìandἰδοὺidoúbeholdἐγὼegòIκαταφθείρωkataphtheírōam destroyingαὐτοὺςautoústhemκαὶkaìandτὴνtèntheγῆνgênearth.

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Sentence formally pronounced to Noah. ἥκει, “has come/is come”, gives it urgency: the appointed time itself has now arrived, not merely been decided somewhere off-stage. καταφθείρω recurs a third time in three verses (11, 12, 13), a drumbeat of the same verb for the same coming devastation.

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