Isaiah 9:9

Pride and stoutness of heart "Carry themselves haughtily" - וידעו veyadeu , "and they shall know;" so ours and the Versions in general. But what is it that they shall know? The verb stands destitute of its object; and the sense is imperfect. The Chaldee is the only one, as far as I can find, that expresses it otherwise. He renders the verb in this place by ואתרברבו veithrabrabu , "they exalt themselves, or carry themselves haughtily; the same word by which he renders גבהו gabehu , Isaiah 3:16 . He seems, therefore, in this place to have read ויגבהו vaiyigbehu , which agrees perfectly well with what follows, and clears up the difficulty. Archbishop Secker conjectured וידברו vayedabberu , referring it to לאמר lemor , in the next verse, which shows that he was not satisfied with the present reading. Houbigant reads וירעו vaiyereu , et pravi facti sunt , they are become wicked, which is found in a MS.; but I prefer the reading of the Chaldee, which suits much better with the context.

Houbigant approves of this reading; but it is utterly unsupported by any evidence from antiquity: it is a mere mistake of ר resh for ד daleth ; and I am surprised that it should be favored by Houbigant.