MAT 24:22 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) in fact if those days weren’t shortened, nobody would survive, however because of the chosen, those days will be shortened.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, red:negative.
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 if those days had not been shortened, no flesh would be saved. But because of the elect, those days will be shortened.

UST Suppose that God were to allow what I have described to continue. In that case, nobody would survive. However, because of the people whom he has chosen to belong to him, God will not allow what I have described to continue.

BSB If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

BLB And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the elect, those days will be shortened.

AICNT And if those days had not been cut short, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

OEB Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of God’s people a limit will be put to them.

WEB Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

NET And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

LSV And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen will those days be shortened.

FBV Unless those days are cut short, nobody will be saved, but for the sake of the chosen those days will be cut short.

TCNT If those days had not been cut short, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the chosen those days will be cut short.

T4T If God had not decided to shorten that time [MTY] when people will suffer so much, everyone [LIT] would die. But he has decided to shorten it because he is concerned about the people whom he has chosen.”

LEB And unless those days had been shortened, no human being would be saved.[fn] But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

?:? Literally “every flesh would not be saved”

BBE And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

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ASV And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

DRA And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

YLT And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

DBY and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

RV And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

WBS And except those days should be shortened, there would no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

KJB And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

BB Yea, and except those dayes shoulde be shortened, there shoulde no fleshe be saued: but for the chosens sake, those dayes shalbe shortened.
(Yea, and except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the chosens sake, those days shall be shortened.)

GNV And except those dayes should be shortened, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake those dayes shalbe shortened.
(And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened. )

CB Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened, there shulde no flesh be saued: but for ye chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.
(Yee and except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for ye/you_all chosens sake those days shall be shortened.)

TNT Ye and except those dayes shuld be shortened there shuld no fleshe be saved: but for the chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.
(Ye/You_all and except those days should be shortened there should no flesh be saved: but for the chosens sake those days shall be shortened. )

WYC And but tho daies hadden be abreggide, ech flesch schulde not be maad saaf; but tho daies schulen be maad schort, for the chosun men.
(And but tho days had be abreggide, each flesch should not be made safe; but tho days should be made schort, for the chosen men.)

LUT Und wo diese Tage nicht würden verkürzt, so würde kein Mensch selig; aber um der Auserwählten willen werden die Tage verkürzt.
(And wo diese days not würden verkürzt, so würde kein person selig; but around/by/for the Auserwählten willen become the days verkürzt.)

CLV Et nisi breviati fuissent dies illi, non fieret salva omnis caro: sed propter electos breviabuntur dies illi.[fn]
(And nisi breviati fuissent dies illi, not/no fieret salva everyone caro: but propter electos breviabuntur dies illi.)

24.22 Et nisi. Quæ ergo spes electis, nisi gratia Dei, quæ dat patientiam piis, ut citius demat potentiam impiis? Quanto enim erit hæc tribulatio gravior, tanto erit brevitate moderatior. Vel dierum nomine, ipsa mala significantur. Breviati fuissent. Non mensura, sed numero, ne mora temporum fides concutiatur credentium. Erunt enim hæc mala tribus annis, et dimidio tantum. Ecce hic Christus. Habet unaquæque hæresis, vel certas mundi partes, unde dicitur: Ecce hic et ecce illic. Vel in occultis aut in obscuris conventiculis curiositatem hominum decipit, unde dicitur: Ecce in cubilibus, ecce in deserto. Multi erunt qui non credent Christum esse communem salutem omnium, sed quorumdam, unde dicitur: hic aut illic.

24.22 And nisi. Quæ ergo spes electis, nisi gratia Dei, which dat patientiam piis, as citius demat potentiam impiis? Quanto because will_be this tribulatio gravior, tanto will_be brevitate moderatior. Vel dierum nomine, ipsa mala significantur. Breviati fuissent. Non mensura, but numero, ne mora temporum fides concutiatur credentium. Erunt because this mala tribus annis, and dimidio tantum. Behold this Christus. Habet unaquæque hæresis, or certas mundi partes, whence dicitur: Behold this and ecce illic. Vel in occultis aut in obscuris conventiculis curiositatem hominum decipit, whence dicitur: Behold in cubilibus, ecce in deserto. Multi erunt who not/no credent Christum esse communem salutem omnium, but quorumdam, whence dicitur: hic aut illic.

UGNT καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ, διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς, κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.
(kai ei maʸ ekolobōthaʸsan hai haʸmerai ekeinai, ouk an esōthaʸ pasa sarx, dia de tous eklektous, kolobōthaʸsontai hai haʸmerai ekeinai.)

SBL-GNT καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ· διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.
(kai ei maʸ ekolobōthaʸsan hai haʸmerai ekeinai, ouk an esōthaʸ pasa sarx; dia de tous eklektous kolobōthaʸsontai hai haʸmerai ekeinai. )

TC-GNT Καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ· διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.
(Kai ei maʸ ekolobōthaʸsan hai haʸmerai ekeinai, ouk an esōthaʸ pasa sarx; dia de tous eklektous kolobōthaʸsontai hai haʸmerai ekeinai. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ

except ¬not/lest /were/_shortened ¬the days those not would /was/_saved any flesh

Jesus is making a conditional statement that sounds hypothetical, but he is already convinced that the condition is not true. He knows that those days really have been shortened. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: “were those days not to have been shortened, no flesh would have been saved” or “image that those days had not been shortened. Then, no flesh would have been saved”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ

¬not/lest /were/_shortened ¬the days those not would /was/_saved any flesh

Jesus is using the past tense in order to refer to something that will happen in the future. He is doing this because he knows that God has already decided to shorten those days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the future tense, or you could refer to God’s decision. Alternate translation: “those days were not going to be shortened, no flesh would be saved” or “the decision had not already been made to shorten those days, no flesh would have been saved”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι & κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι

¬not/lest /were/_shortened ¬the days those & /will_be_being/_shortened ¬the days those

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who will do the action, Jesus implies that God will do it. Alternate translation: “God had not shortened those days … God will shorten those days”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence -1) αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι)

Here, the phrase those days refers to the time period that Jesus has been describing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “that time period … that time period”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ

not would /was/_saved any flesh

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “no flesh would remain” or “no flesh would continue to live”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

σάρξ

flesh

Jesus is using flesh to represent humans. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “humans”

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

but

Here, the word But introduces what will actually happen in contrast to what might have happened if God had not shortened the days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces that kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “In reality, though,”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς

the chosen

Jesus is using the adjective elect as a noun to mean elect people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “the elect people” or “the people whom God has elected”

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