YAC 2:15 Parallel View

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UST To illustrate, suppose that a fellow believer, whether a man or a woman, is continually lacking clothes and food for each day.

BSB Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

BLB Now if a brother or a sister is without clothes and lacking of daily food,

AICNT [[But]][fn] If a brother or sister is naked and lacking daily food,

2:15, But: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

OEB Suppose some brother or sister should be in need of clothes and of daily bread,

WEB And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

MSG ^(14-17)Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

NET If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

LSV And if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food,

FBV If a brother or sister doesn't have clothes, or food for the day,

TCNT If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

T4T To illustrate, suppose that fellow believers, either men or women, don’t have enough clothing or food for each day.

LEB If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,

BBE If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

MOF No MOF YAC (JAM) book available

ASV If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

DRA And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food:

YLT and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

DBY Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

RV If a brother or sister be naked, and in lack of daily food,

WBS If a brother or sister is naked, and destitute of daily food,

KJB If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

BB If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode,
(If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily foode,)

GNV For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
(For if a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of daily foode, )

CB If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode,
(If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily fode,)

TNT If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode
(If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily fode )

WYC And if a brother ethir sister be nakid, and han nede of ech daies lyuelode,
(And if a brother ethir sister be nakid, and have need of each days lyuelode,)

LUT So aber ein Bruder oder Schwester bloß wäre und Mangel hätte der täglichen Nahrung,
(So but a brother or Schwester bloß wäre and Mangel hätte the dailyen Nahrung,)

CLV Si autem frater et soror nudi sint, et indigeant victu quotidiano,
(When/But_if however frater and soror nudi sint, and indigeant victu quotidiano, )

UGNT ἐὰν ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ ὑπάρχωσιν, καὶ λειπόμενοι τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς,
(ean adelfos aʸ adelfaʸ gumnoi huparⱪōsin, kai leipomenoi taʸs efaʸmerou trofaʸs,)

SBL-GNT ⸀ἐὰν ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ ὑπάρχωσιν καὶ ⸀λειπόμενοι τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς,
(⸀ean adelfos aʸ adelfaʸ gumnoi huparⱪōsin kai ⸀leipomenoi taʸs efaʸmerou trofaʸs, )

TC-GNT Ἐὰν [fn]δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ ὑπάρχωσι καὶ λειπόμενοι [fn]ὦσι τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς,
(Ean de adelfos aʸ adelfaʸ gumnoi huparⱪōsi kai leipomenoi ōsi taʸs efaʸmerou trofaʸs,)

2:15 δε ¦ — CT

2:15 ωσι ¦ — NA²⁷ SBL TH WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἐὰν

James is using a hypothetical situation to teach. He begins to describe the condition in this verse. He describes the rest of the condition and the result in the next verse. Alternate translation: “Suppose”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ

/a/_brother or /a/_sister

As everywhere else in the book, the term brother refers to a fellow believer. In every other instance, the term can mean either a man or a woman. But in this verse James uses brother to mean a believer who is a man and sister to mean a believer who is a woman. If your language has both masculine and the feminine forms of the word you have been using to translate “brother,” you can use them both here. Otherwise, you could use an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “another man or woman who believes in Jesus”

γυμνοὶ

naked

The word unclothed can mean “naked,” and if a Bible translation already exists in your area, it may say that. But in this context, the word actually refers to lacking adequate clothes. Alternate translation: “badly clothed”

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