OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 21:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

οὐ γὰρ ἦσαν μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἀλλὰ ὡς ἀπὸ πηχῶν διακοσίων

not for ˱they˲_were far from the land but about from cubits two_hundred

Here John provides this background information about the location of the boat the disciples were fishing in. Use the natural form in your language for expressing background information. Alternate translation: “for the boat was near the land, only about 200 cubits away”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ἦσαν

˱they˲_were

If you translated “the disciple whom Jesus loved” in the previous verse with a first person form, then you will need to use the first person plural “we” here. You will also need to use first person plural pronouns in all occurrences of third person plural pronouns that refer to the disciples throughout the rest of this chapter. Alternate translation: “we were”

Note 3 topic: translate-bdistance

πηχῶν διακοσίων

cubits two_hundred

A cubit is a measurement of distance equivalent to a little less than half of one meter or about one yard. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in terms of modern measurements, either in the text or a footnote. Alternate translation: “about 90 meters” or “about 100 yards”