ὅτι ἐδόλωσεν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τοῦ εὑρεῖν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ μισῆσαι.
NETS translates this into English as “because he practiced deceipt before him, that he might find lawlessness in him and hate” but that’s a literal translation that IMO makes no sense.
I’m wondering if what the LXX author/translator is actually saying here is something like this:
“For he changes his countenance to mask his lawless intention and hatred”
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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