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OET (OET-RV) because the law produces severe anger, and where there’s no law, then there’s nothing to break.
OET-LV For/Because the law severe_anger is_producing, where and no there_is law, neither is transgression.
SR-GNT Ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται, οὗ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις. ‡
(Ho gar nomos orgaʸn katergazetai, hou de ouk estin nomos, oude parabasis.)
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 For the law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
UST This is because the laws God gave the Jews are intended to punish those who disobey them. However, where God’s laws do not exist, no one can disobey them.
BSB because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
BLB For Law brings wrath; and where there is no Law, neither is transgression.
AICNT for the law produces wrath; {but}[fn] where there is no law, there is no transgression.
4:15 but: Later manuscripts read “for.” BYZ TR
OEB Law entails punishment; but, where no Law exists, no breach of it is possible.
WEB For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
NET For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
LSV for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
FBV For the law results in punishment[fn]—but if there's no law then it cannot be broken.
4:15 Punishment for law-breaking, which of course includes everyone.
TCNT because the law brings wrath; [fn]for where there is no law, there is no transgression.
4:15 for ¦ but CT
T4T 14-15 14-15If we think that it is those who obey God’s laws who will receive what he has promised, it is useless for us to trust in him. And what he promised is worthless. Remember that it is stated in God’s law [PRS] that he will punish people who do not perfectly obey them, and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, people disobey them [LIT].
LEB For the law produces wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
BBE For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.
MOF No MOF ROM book available
ASV for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
DRA For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
YLT for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
DBY For law works wrath; but where no law is neither [is there] transgression.
RV for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
WBS Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
KJB Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
(Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. )
BB Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgression.
(Because the law causeth wrath. For where no law is, there is no transgression.)
GNV For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.
CB for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath. For where the lawe is not, there is also no transgression.
(for so much as the law causeth but wrath. For where the law is not, there is also no transgression.)
TNT Because the lawe causeth wrathe. For where no lawe is there is no trasgression.
(Because the law causeth wrathe. For where no law is there is no trasgression. )
WYC For the lawe worchith wraththe; for where is no lawe, there is no trespas, nethir is trespassyng.
(For the law worchith wraththe; for where is no law, there is no trespas, neither is trespassyng.)
LUT Sintemal das Gesetz richtet nur Zorn an; denn wo das Gesetz nicht ist, da ist auch keine Übertretung.
(Sintemal the law richtet nur anger an; because wo the law not is, there is also no Übertretung.)
CLV Lex enim iram operatur. Ubi enim non est lex, nec prævaricatio.[fn]
(Lex because iram operatur. Ubi because not/no it_is lex, but_not prævaricatio.)
4.15 Lex iram operatur. Ut reos faceret delinquentes, non efficienti causa, sed non adjuvante gratia, vel reos faceret temporalibus pœnis iram operaretur, quia prævaricationem, quod qualiter sit, aperit, dicens: Ubi enim, etc. ORIG. Ostendit quod prævaricatio esse non possit nisi lex fuerit; non tamen si lex sit, omni genere prævaricatio erit: potest enim fieri ut sit lex, et prævaricatio non sit, at non e converso. Nec prævaricatio. Non ait: Non est iniquitas. Omnis enim legem præteriens iniquus, sed non e contra. Qui enim legem non acceperunt, iniqui dici possunt, prævaricatores autem dici non possunt.
4.15 Lex iram operatur. Ut reos faceret delinquentes, not/no efficienti causa, but not/no adyuvante gratia, or reos faceret temporalibus pœnis iram operaretur, because prævaricationem, that qualiter let_it_be, aperit, dicens: Ubi because, etc. ORIG. Ostendit that prævaricatio esse not/no possit nisi lex has_been; not/no tamen when/but_if lex let_it_be, omni genere prævaricatio erit: potest because fieri as sit lex, and prævaricatio not/no let_it_be, at not/no e converso. Nec prævaricatio. Non ait: Non it_is iniquitas. Omnis because legem præteriens iniquus, but not/no e contra. Who because legem not/no acceperunt, iniwho dici possunt, prævaricatores however dici not/no possunt.
UGNT ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται; οὗ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
(ho gar nomos orgaʸn katergazetai? hou de ouk estin nomos, oude parabasis.)
SBL-GNT ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται, οὗ ⸀δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
(ho gar nomos orgaʸn katergazetai, hou ⸀de ouk estin nomos, oude parabasis. )
TC-GNT ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται· οὗ [fn]γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
(ho gar nomos orgaʸn katergazetai; hou gar ouk esti nomos, oude parabasis.)
4:15 γαρ ¦ δε CT
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
4:15 The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break! (literally where there is no law, neither is there transgression): Paul always uses the word “transgression” to denote disobedience of a clear commandment of God (see also 2:23; 5:14; Gal 3:19; 1 Tim 2:14). Transgression only exists where the law exists, which is why the law always brings punishment. The law that God gave to the Israelites specified requirements in great detail, which made the people more accountable for sin than before. So when they inevitably disobeyed the law, God brought more severe punishment upon them.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
For indicates that the rest of the verse gives the reason why inheriting God’s promise by obeying the law would nullify faith and the promise, as stated in the previous verse. Use a natural way in your language for indicating a reason. Alternate translation: “This is due to the fact that”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ὁ & νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται
the & law wrath /is/_producing
Here Paul speaks of the law as if it were a person who could produce something. He means that the law causes God to punish people because they cannot obey it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “the law results in wrath for those who do not obey it”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ὀργὴν
wrath
See how you translated the same use of this word in 1:18.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
οὗ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις
where and no ˱there˲_is law neither_‹is› transgression
Paul speaks of the law and transgression as if they were located in a specific place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “but where the law is not present, neither is transgression present” or “but in a place where God’s law does not exist, transgression also does not exist”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
παράβασις
transgression
See how you translated the same use of transgression in 2:23.