Books of the Septuagint which do not exist in the Hebrew Bible but are included in the Catholic Old Testament (deuterocanonical books) are shown in red and bold colour. Green and italic colour indicate those who do not belong to the Catholic Old Testament. Note that in Catholic Old Testament, Letter of Jeremiah is combined with Baruch (becomes its sixth chapter); Prayer of Azariah and Song of Three Young Men become Daniel 3:24-90 while Susanna and Bel & Dragon become its 13th and 14th chapters. In both Catholic and Protestant's Old Testament, the twelve minor prohets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi) are separated into twelve books. On the other hand Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah are each separated into two books. |
| The Hebrew Bible | The Septuagint |
|---|---|
| 1. The Law (Torah) Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy 2. The Prophets (Nevim) Latter Prophets 3. The Writings Megilloth Historical books The names of the three parts (Torah, Nevim and Ketuvim) form the acronym of the Jewish Bible, the Tanakh. |
1. The Law (Pentateuch) Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy 2. Historical books 3. Poetical & Wisdom books 4. The books of the prophets Appendix |
Note:
Esdras is the Greek name for Ezra. 1 Esdras of the Septuagint is a Greek variant of 2 Chr 35:1-Neh 8:13. 2 Esdras of the Septuagint (which is equal to Ezra - Nehemiah of the Hebrew Bible) is not to be confused with the apochryphal 2 Esdras of the RSV Bible which is also known as 4 Esdras in the Latin Vulgate (refer to the table below) |
| Septuagint | Latin Vulgate | RSV, KJV |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Esdras (Chap. 1-10) | 1 Esdras | Ezra |
| 2 Esdras (Chap. 11-25) | 2 Esdras | Nehemiah |
| 1 Esdras | 3 Esdras | 1 Esdras |
| - | 4 Esdras | 2 Esdras |