ROM 3:13 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) ‘Their words lead to death,
⇔ their tongues are deceptive.’
 ⇔ ‘Their lips spray out poison.’

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, 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  ⇔ “Their throat is an opened grave.
 ⇔  They keep deceiving with their tongues.
 ⇔  The poison of asps is under their lips,”

UST “What people say is morally corrupt like the smell of rotten corpses in a grave! They constantly deceive people by what they say!” “What they say hurts people, like the venom of venomous snakes!”

BSB “Their throats are open graves;
⇔ their tongues practice deceit.”[fn]
⇔ “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”[fn]

3:13 Psalm 5:9

3:13 Psalm 140:3

BLB Their throat is a grave having been opened; they keep practicing deceit with their tongues; the venom of vipers is under their lips,

AICNT Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps is under their lips;[fn]

3:13, Psalms 5:9 LXX

OEB “Their throats are like opened graves;
⇔ they deceive with their tongues.”
 ⇔ “The venom of snakes lies behind their lips,”

WEB “Their throat is an open tomb.
⇔ With their tongues they have used deceit.”
 ⇔ “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

NET “ Their throats are open graves,
 ⇔  they deceive with their tongues,
 ⇔  the poison of asps is under their lips.”

LSV Their throat [is] an opened grave; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of cobras [is] under their lips—

FBV Their throats are like an open grave; their tongues spread deceit; their lips ooze with the venom of snakes.

TCNT “Their throat is an open grave;
 ⇔ with their tongues they deceive.”
 ⇔ “The venom of asps is under their lips.”

T4T What people say [MTY] is foul/bad, like the smell that comes from a grave that has been {that people have} opened [MET]. By what people say [MTY], they deceive people.
 ⇔ By what they say [MTY] they injure people, just like the poison of snakes injures people [MET].

LEB • is an opened grave; they deceive with their tongues; • the venom of asps is under their lips,[fn]

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BBE Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

MOF No MOF ROM book available

ASV Their throat is an open sepulchre;
 ⇔ With their tongues they have used deceit:
 ⇔ The poison of asps is under their lips:

DRA Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

YLT A sepulchre opened [is] their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps [is] under their lips.

DBY their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison [is] under their lips:

RV Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

WBS Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

KJB Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
(Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: )

BB Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes.
(Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceaued, the poyso of aspes is under their lippes.)

GNV Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.
(Their throte is an open sepulchre: they have used their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is under their lippes. )

CB Their throte is an open sepulcre, with their tunges they haue disceaued, the poyson off Aspes is vnder their lippes.
(Their throte is an open sepulcre, with their tongues they have deceived, the poyson off Aspes is under their lippes.)

TNT Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tounges they have disceaved: the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes.
(Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tounges they have disceaved: the poyson of Aspes is under their lippes. )

WYC The throte of hem is an opyn sepulcre; with her tungis thei diden gilefuli; the venym of snakis is vndur her lippis.
(The throte of them is an opyn sepulcre; with her tongues they diden gilefuli; the venym of snakis is under her lippis.)

LUT Ihr Schlund ist ein offen Grab; mit ihren Zungen handeln sie trüglich; Otterngift ist unter ihren Lippen;
(Ihr Schlund is a offen Grab; with your Zungen handeln they/she/them trüglich; Otterngift is under your Lippen;)

CLV Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum, linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum:
(Sepulchrum patens it_is guttur eorum, linguis to_his_own dolose agebant: venenum aspidum under labiis eorum: )

UGNT τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν; ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν; ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν;
(tafos aneōigmenos ho larugx autōn? tais glōssais autōn edoliousan? ios aspidōn hupo ta ⱪeilaʸ autōn?)

SBL-GNT τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν,
(tafos aneōigmenos ho larugx autōn, tais glōssais autōn edoliousan, ios aspidōn hupo ta ⱪeilaʸ autōn, )

TC-GNT τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν,
 ⇔ ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν·
 ⇔ ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν·
(tafos aneōigmenos ho larugx autōn,
 ⇔ tais glōssais autōn edoliousan;
 ⇔ ios aspidōn hupo ta ⱪeilaʸ autōn; )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν; ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν

/a/_tomb /having_been/_opened_up the throat_‹is› ˱of˲_them ˱with˲_the tongues ˱of˲_them ˱they˲_/were/_deceiving

These two sentences are a quotation from Psalm 5:10. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν; ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν; ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν

/a/_tomb /having_been/_opened_up the throat_‹is› ˱of˲_them ˱with˲_the tongues ˱of˲_them ˱they˲_/were/_deceiving poison ˱of˲_asps_‹is› under the lips ˱of˲_them

These three sentences mean the same thing. Paul says the same thing three times, in slightly different ways, to show how harmful the words are that these people say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine the phrases into one. Alternate translation: “The things they say are deadly, deceptive, and damaging”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν

the throat_‹is› ˱of˲_them

Paul quotes David speaking of these people’s throats in general, not of one particular throat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural phrase. Alternate translation: “Each of their throats”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν

the throat_‹is› ˱of˲_them

Here Paul quotes David using throat to describe something people would say by using their throats to say it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “What they say”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν

/a/_tomb /having_been/_opened_up the throat_‹is› ˱of˲_them

Paul quotes David using opened grave to describe these people’s throat as if it were a deep hole containing rotting corpses. He means that the things these people say are morally corrupt and offend God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “Their words express moral corruption”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν

˱with˲_the tongues ˱of˲_them

Here Paul quotes David using tongues to describe something people would say to deceive someone, using their tongues to say it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “with what they say”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν

poison ˱of˲_asps_‹is› under the lips ˱of˲_them

This sentence is a quotation from Psalm 140:3. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἰὸς ἀσπίδων

poison ˱of˲_asps_‹is›

Paul is using the possessive form to describe poison that comes from asps, which are venomous snakes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “Asp’s poison”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰὸς ἀσπίδων

poison ˱of˲_asps_‹is›

Paul quotes David using poison of asps to refer to what people say as if what they say contained poison. He means that the things they say harm people as does deadly venom. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternative translation: “What hurts people like a poisonous snake bite” or “Speech that hurts people”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν

under the lips ˱of˲_them

Here Paul quotes David using lips to describe something people would say to harm someone by using their lips to say it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is in what they say”

Parallel ROM 3:13