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The Septuagint is the Greek Old Testament: the Scripture translated in Alexandria from the third century BC onward, quoted by the Apostles, preached by the Fathers, and still read by the Orthodox Church today. Orthodox Christian Prayer Book puts it online in Sir Lancelot Brenton's English translation — made directly from the Greek, not from the Hebrew — on iPhone and Android, including Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, the Maccabees, and the Greek additions to Daniel and Esther. The entire Scripture text is free to read, it works with no signal, and there is no account to create.
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Every book most English Bibles leave out is here: Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, 1, 2 and 3 Maccabees, and the Greek portions of Daniel and Esther.
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What the Septuagint is
The Septuagint is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, begun in Alexandria under Ptolemy II Philadelphus in the third century BC and finished over the two centuries that followed. The Letter of Aristeas records that seventy-two Jewish elders — six from each of the twelve tribes — were sent to render the Law into Greek, and it is from that number that the work takes its name: Septuaginta, the Seventy, abbreviated LXX.
The Bible the Apostles quoted
By the first century, Greek was the common language of the Jewish diaspora, and the Septuagint was the Scripture that Greek-speaking Jews and the first Christians actually read. Most of the Old Testament quotations in the New Testament follow the Greek of the Septuagint rather than the Hebrew — including Isaiah 7:14, where the Septuagint reads parthenos, virgin, the wording Saint Matthew cites in the first chapter of his Gospel.
The Old Testament of the Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church never set the Septuagint aside. The Old Testament readings at Vespers, the prophecies chanted at Nativity and at Pascha, and the Psalter used through the daily cycle all follow the Septuagint's text and its order of books. When Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Basil the Great, or Saint Athanasius preach on the Old Testament, the Septuagint is the text in front of them.
The books the Septuagint includes
The Septuagint carries books that later Hebrew and Protestant canons leave out — known in Orthodoxy as the anagignoskomena, the books worthy to be read: Tobit, Judith, the Wisdom of Solomon, the Wisdom of Sirach, Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, 1 Esdras, 1, 2 and 3 Maccabees, the Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, and the Greek portions of Daniel and Esther — Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, and the Song of the Three Holy Children. Every one of them is in the app, free to read.
How the Septuagint differs from the Masoretic Text
Beyond the extra books, the Septuagint often differs from the later Hebrew Masoretic Text in wording, length, and arrangement. Its Psalter joins Hebrew Psalms 9 and 10 into one, so for most of the book the Septuagint numbering runs one behind the Hebrew — which is why Orthodox service books speak of Psalm 50 where other Bibles print Psalm 51. Jeremiah is noticeably shorter in Greek and arranges the oracles against the nations differently, and the genealogies of Genesis give different figures.
Which English Septuagint you are reading
The app uses the translation of Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, first published by Samuel Bagster & Sons in 1844 and still the standard English rendering of the Septuagint. Brenton worked directly from the Greek rather than from the Hebrew, so what you read follows the Septuagint's own wording and its order of books. The whole text is free to read, offline and without an account — the optional Premium subscription adds narrated audio and study tools, but never gates the Scripture itself. If you are opening it for the first time, begin with the Psalter, then Genesis and Isaiah, which shape the readings of Great Lent and Holy Week.
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FAQ
Common questions about Septuagint online
Where can I read the Septuagint online for free?
You can read the Septuagint Old Testament for free in the Orthodox Christian Prayer Book app on iPhone and Android. It uses Brenton’s English translation, the standard English version of the Septuagint, and every book and chapter of the Scripture text is free — no subscription, no in-app purchase, and no account needed to read it. Once installed it reads offline as well as online.
What is the Septuagint?
The Septuagint is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, made in Alexandria between roughly the third and first centuries BC. It is the Old Testament used by the Apostles and the Church Fathers, and it remains the Old Testament of the Orthodox Church.
Why is the Septuagint called LXX?
LXX is the Roman numeral for seventy. According to the Letter of Aristeas, seventy-two elders were sent from Jerusalem to Alexandria to translate the Law into Greek, and the translation became known as the work of the Seventy — Septuaginta in Latin, abbreviated LXX.
Is the Septuagint the same as the Orthodox Old Testament?
Yes. The Orthodox Old Testament follows the Septuagint canon, including the anagignoskomena that Protestant Bibles omit, and Orthodox liturgical texts follow the Septuagint's wording and Psalm numbering.
Which books does the Septuagint have that other Bibles do not?
Tobit, Judith, the Wisdom of Solomon, the Wisdom of Sirach, Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, 1 Esdras, 1, 2 and 3 Maccabees, the Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, and the Greek portions of Daniel and Esther — Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, and the Song of the Three Holy Children.
How is the Septuagint different from the Hebrew Masoretic Text?
The Septuagint contains additional books, and it also differs in wording, length, and arrangement. Its Psalm numbering runs one behind the Hebrew for most of the Psalter, Jeremiah is shorter and ordered differently, and several chronologies in Genesis give different figures.
Did Jesus and the Apostles use the Septuagint?
Most of the Old Testament quotations in the New Testament follow the Greek wording of the Septuagint rather than the Hebrew, which is why the Church has always read the Septuagint as the Scripture of the Apostles.
Which translation of the Septuagint does the app use?
The app uses Sir Lancelot Brenton’s English translation of the Septuagint, first published in 1844. It is presented in English, so you can read it without knowing Greek, while the wording and the order of books follow the Greek text Brenton translated from.
Who was Sir Lancelot Brenton?
Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1807–1862) was an English scholar who produced the first widely used complete English translation of the Septuagint, published by Samuel Bagster & Sons in 1844 and issued in a parallel Greek and English edition in 1851. His translation is still the one most often quoted when the Septuagint is cited in English.
Is Brenton’s Septuagint free to use?
Yes. Brenton’s translation dates from 1844 and has long been in the public domain, which is why it can be read, quoted, and shared freely. In the app the complete text is free to read, with nothing to unlock first.
Can I read the Septuagint offline?
Yes. The full text is stored on your device, so you can read the Septuagint with no internet connection — in church, while travelling, or anywhere with poor signal.
Is there a paywall on the Septuagint text?
No. The app does offer an optional Premium subscription, but it never gates the Scripture. Every book and chapter of the Septuagint Old Testament is free to read in full. Premium adds extras around the text — the full narrated audio library, Bible search, additional reading plans, offline audio downloads, and cloud sync.
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