ROM 2:19 Parallel View

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ULT and you have become confident that you are a guide to blind men, a light to the ones in darkness,

UST You have even convinced yourselves that you Jews are the only ones who can teach those non-Jewish people who do not know about God. You are convinced that only you can enable ignorant people to understand who God is.

BSB if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

BLB and you are persuaded that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness,

AICNT and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,

OEB Perhaps you are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in the dark, an instructor of the unintelligent,

WEB and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

NET and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

LSV and have confidence that you yourself are a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

FBV You're absolutely sure that you can guide the blind, and that you are a light to those in the dark.

TCNT And yoʋ have confidence that yoʋ yoʋrself are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,

T4T You are certain that you are able to show God’s truth to non-Jews, as guides show the road to those who are blind [MET]. You are certain that by what you say you can show God’s way to the non-Jews who do not understand it, as a light shows the way to those who walk in the darkness [MET, DOU].

LEB and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,

BBE In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,

MOF No MOF ROM book available

ASV and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

DRA Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

YLT and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

DBY and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who [are] in darkness,

RV and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

WBS And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in darkness,

KJB And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
(And art confident that thou/you thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, )

BB And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde, a lyght of them which are in darknesse,
(And believest that thou/you thyself/yourself art a guyde of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,)

GNV And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse,
(And persuadest thyself/yourself that thou/you art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, )

CB thou prouest what is best to do, and presumest to be a leader of the blynde: a lighte of them yt are in darcknes:
(thou prouest what is best to do, and presumest to be a leader of the blind: a lighte of them it are in darkness:)

TNT and belevest that thou thy silfe arte a gyde vnto the blynde a lyght to them which are in darcknes
(and believest that thou/you thy/your self art a gyde unto the blind a light to them which are in darkness )

WYC and tristist thi silf to be a ledere of blynde men, the liyt of hem that ben in derknessis,
(and tristist thyself/yourself to be a ledere of blind men, the light of them that been in darkness,)

LUT und vermissest dich, zu sein ein Leiter der Blinden ein Licht derer, die in Finsternis sind,
(and vermissest dich, to his a Leiter the Blinden a light derer, the in darkness are,)

CLV confidis teipsum esse ducem cæcorum, lumen eorum qui in tenebris sunt,[fn]
(confidis teipsum esse ducem cæcorum, lumen eorum who in darkness are,)

2.19 Decem esse. Cæcos et in tenebris existentes dicit gentiles, qui et ratione privati cæci sunt; et si quid sciunt, tamen in tenebris sunt.

2.19 Decem esse. Cæcos and in darkness existentes dicit gentiles, who and ratione privati cæci sunt; and when/but_if quid sciunt, tamen in darkness are.

UGNT πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
(pepoithas te seauton hodaʸgon einai tuflōn, fōs tōn en skotei,)

SBL-GNT πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
(pepoithas te seauton hodaʸgon einai tuflōn, fōs tōn en skotei, )

TC-GNT πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
(pepoithas te seauton hodaʸgon einai tuflōn, fōs tōn en skotei, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι

˱you˲_/have/_persuaded and yourself /a/_guide to_be

Paul uses the word yourself to emphasize how convinced the Jews are that they are the only ones who can spiritually guide others. Use a way that is natural in your language to express this emphasis. Alternate translation: “and you have convinced yourself that you alone are a guide”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν

/a/_guide to_be ˱of˲_/the/_blind

Paul uses guide to refer to the Jews as if they were the only people who could clearly see. He also uses blind to refer to non-Jews as if they were unable to see. He means that the Jews think they are the only ones who can teach others God’s truth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “that you are a helper to those separated from God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν

/a/_guide to_be ˱of˲_/the/_blind

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of guide, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “that you can serve as a guide to blind men”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τυφλῶν

˱of˲_/the/_blind

Although the term men is masculine, Paul is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “to blind people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ὁδηγὸν & τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει

/a/_guide & ˱of˲_/the/_blind /a/_light ˱to˲_the_‹ones› in darkness

These two phrases mean the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize how strongly the Jews believed that non-Jews were ignorant about God’s truth. If saying the same thing twice might be confusing for your readers, you can combine the two ideas into one. Alternate translation: “the only ones who can guide those who are unaware of what is true about God”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει

/a/_light ˱to˲_the_‹ones› in darkness

Here Paul uses light to refer to a Jewish person, and he uses those in darkness figuratively to refer to non-Jews. He means that the Jews think they can teach non-Jews about God the way that a light shines on people who are in a dark place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “someone who can reveal what is true about God to those who do not know about God”

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