EPH 5:8 Parallel View

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. This view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on the version abbreviation to see the verse in more of its context.

The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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 because formerly you were darkness, but now are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

UST Remember that before you believed in the Lord Jesus, you did not know what was true, just as people who are in a dark place do not know what is around them. But now it is as though you have come out into the light, because the Lord has shown to you what is true. So live in the way that the Lord has shown to you.

BSB § For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

BLB For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light--

AICNT for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
¶  Walk as children of light

OEB For, although you were once in darkness, now, by your union with the Lord, you are in the light. Live as children of light –

WEB For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

NET for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

LSV for you were once darkness, and now light in the LORD; walk as children of light,

FBV At one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. You are to live as children of light

TCNT For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

T4T because formerly you did not know God’s truth [MET], as those who are in darkness do not know what is around them. But now it is as though you are in the light [MET] because you know God’s truth because of your relationship with the Lord Jesus. So do those things that those who know God’s truth [MET] should do.

LEB for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light

BBE For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

MOF No MOF EPH book available

ASV for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

DRA For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.

YLT for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

DBY for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light,

RV For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

WBS For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;

KJB For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(For ye/you_all were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: )

BB For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of lyght.
(For ye/you_all were sometimes darkness: but now are ye/you_all light in the Lord. Walke as children of light.)

GNV For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,
(For ye/you_all were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light, )

CB For sometyme ye were darknesse, but now are ye lighte in the LORDE. Walke as the children of lighte.
(For sometyme ye/you_all were darkness, but now are ye/you_all lighte in the LORD. Walke as the children of lighte.)

TNT Ye were once dercknes but are now light in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of light.
(Ye/You_all were once dercknes but are now light in the Lord. Walke as children of light. )

WYC For ye weren sum tyme derknessis, but now `ye ben liyt in the Lord. Walke ye as the sones of liyt.
(For ye/you_all were sum time darkness, but now `ye been light in the Lord. Walke ye/you_all as the sons of light.)

LUT Denn ihr waret weiland Finsternis; nun aber seid ihr ein Licht in, dem HErrn.
(Because her waret weiland darkness; now but seid her a light in, to_him HErrn.)

CLV Eratis enim aliquando tenebræ: nunc autem lux in Domino. Ut filii lucis ambulate:
(Eratis because aliquando tenebræ: now however light in Domino. Ut children lucis ambulate: )

UGNT ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ; ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
(aʸte gar pote skotos, nun de fōs en Kuriōi? hōs tekna fōtos peripateite)

SBL-GNT ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε,
(aʸte gar pote skotos, nun de fōs en kuriōi; hōs tekna fōtos peripateite, )

TC-GNT ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε—
(aʸte gar pote skotos, nun de fōs en Kuriōi; hōs tekna fōtos peripateite— )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος

˱you_all˲_were for once darkness

Just as one cannot see in the dark, so people who love to sin cannot see or understand the things of God. Alternate translation: “because formerly you did not understand anything about God” See the UST.

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γάρ

for

The connecting word because introduces a reason-result relationship. The result is stated first (v.7): that the Ephesian believers should not become partners with evil men. The reason is stated second (v. 8): that the Ephesian believers are no longer darkness, but are now light. Use a phrase in your language that connects a reason to a result, using the order that is most natural for your language.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ

now but light in /the/_Lord

Just as one can see in the light, so people whom God has saved understand how to please God. Alternate translation: “but now you know God and can live for him” See the UST.

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

but

The connecting word but introduces a contrast relationship. The fact that the Ephesian believers were formerly darkness is in contrast to the fact that they are now light.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε

as children ˱of˲_light /be/_walking

To Walk on a path is a metaphor for how a person lives his life. Alternate translation: “Live as people who understand what the Lord wants them to do”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς

as children ˱of˲_light

God desires us to imitate or follow him since we are his spiritual children. Alternate translation: “as God’s children who know the truth” or “because you are God’s children and see the truth”

Parallel EPH 5:8