`They ... slew him there with the sword'.

Job 12:14

`Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again'.

Job 16:9

`He teareth me in His wrath, who hateth me'

(LXX 16:10).

Job 16:14

`He breaketh me with breach upon breach'

(LXX 16:15).

Psa. 37:14

`To cast down the poor and needy' (LXX 36:14).

Psa. 73:18

`Thou castedst them down into destruction'

(LXX 72:18).

Psa. 106:26

`To overthrow them in the wilderness'

(LXX 105:26).

Psa. 106:27

`To overthrow their seed' (LXX 105:27).

Prov. 7:26

`She hath cast down many wounded'.

Prov. 18:8

`Fear casts down the slothful' (LXX translation).

Prov. 25:28

`Like a city that is broken down, and without walls'.

Isa. 16:9

`I will water thee with my tears'

Isa. 26:5

`The lofty city, He layeth it low'.

Jer. 19:7

`I will cause them to fall ... before their enemies'.

Ezek. 6:4

`I will cast down your slain men before your idols'.

Ezek. 23:25

`Thy remnant shall fall by the sword'.

Ezek. 26.4

`They shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her

Ezek. 26:9

`He shall cast down with his swords'

(LXX translation).

`He ... shall cast down thy walls' (LXX translation).

`I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness'.

`I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand'.

`Have cast him down upon the mountains'

(LXX translation).

Ezek. 32:12

`... will I cause thy multitude to fall'.

Ezek. 39:4

`Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel'.

Dan. 11:12

`He shall cast down many ten thousands'.

This is rather a formidable list, and the verification of each reference

is no light task, as in one or two passages there is no obvious Hebrew

equivalent, yet we believe it is impossible for any reader not to be impressed

with the solidarity of its witness.  Every single reference is for the

translation `overthrow', not one is for the translation found in the A.V. of

Ephesians 1:4.

This, however, is not all.  If each reference be read in its context, the

references will be found to be those of battle, of siege, of destruction, of

judgment, which tilt the beam of the balances still further.  If in addition we

discover what Hebrew words have been translated by kataballo in the LXX our

evidence will be complete.  These we will supply, for the benefit of any who may

not have the facilities to discover them.

`Tears' (LXX Isa. 16:9).

`To cast down, to fall' (LXX 2 Kings 20:15 [2 Sam. 20:15 A.V.]

and sixteen

other references).

`To cast down' (LXX Job 12:14; Ezek. 26:4,12).

`To lay low' (LXX Isa. 26:5).

`To leave, spread out' (LXX Ezek. 29:5; 31:12).

`To break down' (LXX Ezek. 26:9).

`To break forth' (LXX Job 16:15).