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OET (OET-RV) And further: ‘The master knows that the thoughts of wise people are useless.’
OET-LV And again:
The_master is_knowing the speculations of_the wise, that they_are useless.
SR-GNT Καὶ πάλιν, “˚Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι.” ‡
(Kai palin, “˚Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn sofōn, hoti eisin mataioi.”)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 And again,
⇔ “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.”
UST Further, the author of a psalm wrote,
⇔ “The Lord is aware of everything that wise people plan, and he knows that these plans will not succeed.”
BSB And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[fn]
3:20 Psalm 94:11
BLB and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
AICNT and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”[fn]
3:20, Psalms 94:11
OEB And it says again –
⇔ “The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.”
WEB And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”
NET And again, “ The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
LSV and again, “The LORD knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.”
FBV and “The Lord knows the arguments of the wise are pointless.”[fn]
3:20 Quoting Psalms 94:11.
TCNT and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
T4T And we can learn from these words of Scripture,
⇔ The Lord considers as useless the thoughts of humans who think that they are [IRO] wise.
LEB and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”[fn]
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BBE And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
MOF No MOF 1COR book available
ASV and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
DRA And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
YLT and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'
DBY And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
RV and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
WBS And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
KJB And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
(And again, The Lord knowth/knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. )
BB And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne.
(And again The Lord knowth/knows the thoughts of the wyse, that they be vayne.)
GNV And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.
(And again, The Lord knowth/knows that the thoughts of the wise be vaine. )
CB And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.
(And again: The LORD knowth/knows the thoughts of the wyse, that they are vayne.)
TNT And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.
(And again God knowth/knows the thoughts of the wise that they be vayne. )
WYC and eft, The Lord knowith the thouytis of wise men, for tho ben veyn.
(and eft, The Lord knowth/knows the thoughts of wise men, for tho been veyn.)
LUT Und abermal: Der HErr weiß der Weisen Gedanken, daß sie eitel sind.
(And butmal: The LORD weiß the Weisen Gedanken, that they/she/them eitel sind.)
CLV Et iterum: Dominus novit cogitationes sapientium quoniam vanæ sunt.
(And iterum: Master novit cogitationes sapientium quoniam vanæ are. )
UGNT καὶ πάλιν, Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι.
(kai palin, Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn sofōn, hoti eisin mataioi.)
SBL-GNT καὶ πάλιν· Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι.
(kai palin; Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn sofōn hoti eisin mataioi. )
TC-GNT Καὶ πάλιν, Κύριος [fn]γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶ μάταιοι.
(Kai palin, Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn sofōn, hoti eisi mataioi.)
3:20 γινωσκει ¦ γεινωσκει TH
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
3:18-20 Here Paul returns to the contrast between human wisdom and divine wisdom (see 1:18-25). Using Old Testament quotations, Paul encourages the Corinthians to be willing to appear foolish in the eyes of the world so that they may be truly wise in God’s eyes.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
καὶ πάλιν
and again
In Paul’s culture, And again is a normal way to introduce another quotation from an important text that supports the same point. In this case, Paul quotes from the Old Testament book titled “Psalms” (See: Psalm 94:11). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express And again with a comparable phrase that indicates that Paul is introducing another quotation from an important text. Alternate translation: “In another place in the Old Testament it can be read” or “And the book of Psalms also says”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι
/the/_Lord /is/_knowing the speculations ˱of˲_the wise that ˱they˲_are useless
If you cannot use this form in your language, you could translate these statements as indirect quotes instead of as direct quotes. Alternate translation: “that the Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι
/is/_knowing the speculations ˱of˲_the wise that ˱they˲_are useless
If the form the reasonings of the wise, that they would be redundant in your language, you could express the idea without the redundant words. Alternate translation: “knows that the reasonings of the wise are futile”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν
the speculations ˱of˲_the wise
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind reasonings, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “reason” or “plan.” Alternate translation: “the things that the wise reason” or “the things that the wise plan”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
τῶν σοφῶν
˱of˲_the wise
Paul is using the adjective wise as a noun in order to describe a group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this adjective with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “of wise people” or “of those who are wise”
εἰσὶν μάταιοι
˱they˲_are useless
Alternate translation: “they will come to nothing” or “they are worthless”