MARK 1:3 Parallel View

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Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT a voice crying out in the wilderness,
 ⇔  ‘Make ready the way of the Lord;
 ⇔  make his paths straight.’”

UST He will be a voice calling out in the desolate place to anyone who hears him, saying,
 ⇔ ‘Make yourselves ready to welcome the Lord. Get everything organized for his coming.’”

BSB “A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
⇔ ‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
⇔ make straight paths for Him.’”

BLB "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.'"

AICNT “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

OEB The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness:
⇔ ‘Prepare the road for the Lord,
⇔ make a straight path for him.’”

WEB the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
⇔ ‘Make ready the way of the Lord!
⇔ Make his paths straight!’”

NET the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
 ⇔ ‘ Prepare the way for the Lord,
 ⇔  make his paths straight.’”

LSV A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD,
Make His paths straight.”

FBV A voice is calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the Lord's way! Make his paths straight.’”

TCNT the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,
 ⇔ ‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
 ⇔ make his paths straight,’ ”

T4T He will call out to people who pass by where he is in the desolate area, “As people improve and straighten out pathways before an important official arrives [MET], make yourselves ready [DOU] in order that you will be prepared when the Lord comes.”

LEB • ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, • make straight his paths!’ ”

BBE The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

MOF No MOF MARK book available

ASV The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
 ⇔ Make ye ready the way of the Lord,
 ⇔ Make his paths straight;

DRA A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

YLT 'A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' —

DBY Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of [the] Lord, make his paths straight.

RV The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;

WBS The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;

KJB The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
(The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye/you_all the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.)

BB A voyce of hym that crieth in the wyldernesse: Prepare ye the waye of the Lorde, and make his pathes strayght.
(A voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: Prepare ye/you_all the way of the Lord, and make his pathes straight.)

GNV The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
(The voice of him that cryeth in the wilderness is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.)

CB The voyce of a cryer is in the wyldernes: Prepare the waye of the LORDE, make his pathes straight.
(The voice of a cryer is in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make his pathes straight.)

TNT The voyce of a cryer in the wildernes: prepare ye the waye of the Lorde make his paches streyght.
(The voice of a cryer in the wilderness: prepare ye/you_all the way of the Lord make his paches streyght.)

WYC The vois of a crier in desert, Make ye redi the weie of the Lord, make ye hise paththis riyt.
(The voice of a crier in desert, Make ye/you_all ready the way of the Lord, make ye/you_all his paththis riyt.)

LUT Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüste: Bereitet den Weg des HErrn, machet seine Steige richtig!
(It is one Stimme eines Predigers in the Wüste: Bereitet the path the HErrn, machet his Steige richtig!)

CLV Vox clamantis in deserto: Parate viam Domini, rectas facite semitas ejus.]
(Vox clamantis in deserto: Parate viam Domini, rectas facite semitas eyus.])

UGNT φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ.
(fōnaʸ boōntos en taʸ eraʸmōi, hetoimasate taʸn hodon Kuriou, eutheias poieite tas tribous autou.)

SBL-GNT φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· Ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ,
(fōnaʸ boōntos en taʸ eraʸmōi; Hetoimasate taʸn hodon kuriou, eutheias poieite tas tribous autou,)

TC-GNT Φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,
 ⇔ Ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου·
 ⇔ εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ,
(Fōnaʸ boōntos en taʸ eraʸmōi,
 ⇔ Hetoimasate taʸn hodon Kuriou;
 ⇔ eutheias poieite tas tribous autou,)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

φωνὴ βοῶντος

/the/_voice ˱of˲_/a/_shouting_‹one›

The author of the quotation is using voice to represent a person speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a person calling out” or “someone calling out”

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,

˱of˲_/a/_shouting_‹one› in the desert

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “of one calling out in the wilderness and saying” or “of one calling out in the wilderness, declaring”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ

in the desert prepare the way ˱of˲_/the/_Lord straight /be/_making the paths ˱of˲_him

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. If you do, you will need to delete the single quotation mark at the end of this quotation. Alternate translation: “the wilderness that people must make ready the way of the Lord, that they must make his paths straight”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ

prepare the way ˱of˲_/the/_Lord straight /be/_making the paths ˱of˲_him

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and it would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a connecting word in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Make ready the way of the Lord, yes, make his paths straight”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ

prepare the way ˱of˲_/the/_Lord straight /be/_making the paths ˱of˲_him

Here the author of the quotation speaks as if people should build or maintain roads for the Lord to travel on as he comes to visit his people. He means that people need to be living and acting in proper ways when the Lord appears to his people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the metaphor in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Live and behave in a way that pleases God, as if you were making a road ready for him to travel on”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

ἑτοιμάσατε & ποιεῖτε

prepare & /be/_making

Because the person who is crying out is speaking to many people, the commands Make ready and make are plural.

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