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Parallel YHN 3:4

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BI Yhn 3:4 ©

OET (OET-RV) Nicodemus questioned, “How can an adult be reborn? A person can’t just return to their mother’s womb and then get born a second time!”

OET-LVNikodaʸmos is_saying to him:
How is_ a_person _able to_be_born, being old?
He_is_ not _able to_come_in into the womb of_the mother of_him secondly and to_be_born?

SR-GNTΛέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν Νικόδημος, “Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι, γέρων ὤν; Μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι;” 
   (Legei pros auton Nikodaʸmos, “Pōs dunatai anthrōpos gennaʸthaʸnai, gerōn ōn? Maʸ dunatai eis taʸn koilian taʸs maʸtros autou deuteron eiselthein kai gennaʸthaʸnai?”)

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 Nicodemus says to him, “How is a man able to be born, being an old man? He is not able to enter a second time into the womb of his mother and to be born, is he?”

UST Then Nicodemus said to him, “How can a person be born again when he is old? No one can enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time!”


BSB § “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

BLB Nicodemus says to Him, "How is a man able to be born, being old? Is he able to enter into the womb of his mother a second time, and to be born?"

AICNT Nicodemus says to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”

OEB ‘How can a person,’ asked Nicodemus, ‘be born when they are old? Can they be born a second time?’

LSB Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

WEB Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

NET Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?”

LSV Nicodemus says to Him, “How is a man able to be born, being old? Is he able to enter into the womb of his mother a second time, and to be born?”

FBV “How can you be reborn when you're old?” Nicodemus asked. “You can't go back into your mother's womb and be born a second time!”

TCNT Nicodemus said to him, “How can a person be born when he is old? Can he enter the womb of his mother a second time and be born?”

T4T Then Nicodemus said to him, “No one can be born when he is old!/How can anyone be born when he is old?► [RHQ] There is no way he can enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time!/How can he enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time?► [RHQ]

LEB Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb for the second time and be born, can he?”

BBE Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

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ASV Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

DRA Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born again?

YLT Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

DBY Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?

RV Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

WBS Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

KJB Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

BB Nicodemus sayth vnto hym: Howe can a man be borne when he is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne?
  (Nicodemus saith/says unto him: How can a man be born when he is olde? can he enter into his mothers womb, and be born again?)

GNV Nicodemus sayde vnto him, Howe can a man be borne which is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe againe, and be borne?
  (Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man be born which is olde? can he enter into his mothers womb again, and be borne?)

CB Nicodemus sayde vnto him: How can a man be borne, whan he is olde? Can he entre into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne?
  (Nicodemus said unto him: How can a man be born, when he is olde? Can he enter into his mothers womb, and be born again?)

TNT Nicodemus sayde vnto him: how can a man be boren when he is olde? can he enter into his moders wombe and be boren agayne?
  (Nicodemus said unto him: how can a man be boren when he is olde? can he enter into his moders womb and be boren again?)

WYC Nychodeme seide to hym, Hou may a man be borun, whanne he is eeld? whether he may entre ayen in to his modris wombe, and be borun ayen?
  (Nychodeme said to him, How may a man be born, when he is eeld? whether he may enter ayen in to his modris womb, and be born ayen?)

LUT Nikodemus spricht zu ihm: Wie kann ein Mensch geboren werden, wenn er alt ist? Kann er auch wiederum in seiner Mutter Leib gehen und geboren werden?
  (Nikodemus spricht to ihm: How kann a person geboren become, when he alt ist? Kann he also againum in his Mutter body gehen and geboren become?)

CLV Dicit ad eum Nicodemus: Quomodo potest homo nasci, cum sit senex? numquid potest in ventrem matris suæ iterato introire et renasci?
  (Dicit to him Nicodemus: Quomodo potest human nasci, cum sit senex? numquid potest in ventrem matris suæ iterato introire and renasci?)

UGNT λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν Νικόδημος, πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι, γέρων ὤν? μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι?
  (legei pros auton Nikodaʸmos, pōs dunatai anthrōpos gennaʸthaʸnai, gerōn ōn? maʸ dunatai eis taʸn koilian taʸs maʸtros autou deuteron eiselthein kai gennaʸthaʸnai?)

SBL-GNT λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ⸀ὁ Νικόδημος· Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὤν; μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι;
  (legei pros auton ⸀ho Nikodaʸmos; Pōs dunatai anthrōpos gennaʸthaʸnai gerōn ōn? maʸ dunatai eis taʸn koilian taʸs maʸtros autou deuteron eiselthein kai gennaʸthaʸnai?)

TC-GNT Λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Νικόδημος, Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὤν; Μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι;
  (Legei pros auton ho Nikodaʸmos, Pōs dunatai anthrōpos gennaʸthaʸnai gerōn ōn? Maʸ dunatai eis taʸn koilian taʸs maʸtros autou deuteron eiselthein kai gennaʸthaʸnai?)

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


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

λέγει

/is/_saying

Here John uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι, γέρων ὤν?

how /is/_able /a/_person /to_be/_born old being

Nicodemus uses this question to emphasize that this cannot happen. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “A man certainly cannot be born again when he is old!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι?

not ˱he˲_/is/_able into the womb ˱of˲_the mother ˱of˲_him secondly /to/_come_in and /to_be/_born

Nicodemus uses this question to emphasize his belief that a second birth is impossible. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “He surely cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb!”

BI Yhn 3:4 ©