ROM 4:3 Parallel View

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Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, 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 For what does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

UST I say this because, Moses surely tells us in the Scriptures, “Abraham trusted in God, and God considered Abraham to be righteous because he trusted in him.”

BSB For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

BLB For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness."

AICNT For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

OEB For what are the words of scripture? “Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.”

WEB For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

NET For what does the scripture say? “ Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness*.”

LSV for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;

FBV However, what does Scripture say? “Abraham trusted God, and so he was considered as being a good person who did right.”

TCNT For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

T4T Remember that in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} [PRS] that Abraham believed what God promised [RHQ], and as a result the record of his sins was erased {God erased the record of his sins}.

LEB For what does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.”

BBE But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

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ASV For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

DRA For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

YLT for what doth the writing say? 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;'

DBY for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

RV For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

WBS For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

KJB For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

BB For what sayth the scripture? Abraham beleued God, and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes.
(For what saith/says the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousnes.)

GNV For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.
(For what saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.)

CB But what sayeth ye scripture? Abraha belened God, & yt was counted vnto him for righteousnes.
(But what sayeth ye/you_all scripture? Abraha belened God, and it was counted unto him for righteousnes.)

TNT For what sayth the scripture? Abraham beleved god and it was counted vnto him for rightewesnes.
(For what saith/says the scripture? Abraham believed god and it was counted unto him for rightewesnes.)

WYC For what seith the scripture? Abraham bileued to God, and it was arettid to him to riytwisnesse.
(For what saith/says the scripture? Abraham believed to God, and it was arettid to him to riytwisnesse.)

LUT Was sagt denn die Schrift? Abraham hat GOtt geglaubet, und das ist ihm zur Gerechtigkeit gerechnet.
(What says because the Schrift? Abraham has God geglaubet, and the is him zur Gerechtigkeit gerechnet.)

CLV Quid enim dicit Scriptura? Credidit Abraham Deo, et reputatam est illi ad justitiam.
(Quid because dicit Scriptura? Credidit Abraham Deo, and reputatam it_is illi to justitiam.)

UGNT τί γὰρ ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει? ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(ti gar haʸ Grafaʸ legei? episteusen de Abraʼam tōi Theōi, kai elogisthaʸ autōi eis dikaiosunaʸn.)

SBL-GNT τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(ti gar haʸ grafaʸ legei? Episteusen de Abraʼam tōi theōi kai elogisthaʸ autōi eis dikaiosunaʸn.)

TC-GNT Τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; Ἐπίστευσε δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(Ti gar haʸ grafaʸ legei? Episteuse de Abraʼam tōi Theōi, kai elogisthaʸ autōi eis dikaiosunaʸn.)

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

For here indicates that what follows in this verse is the reason why Paul said in the previous verse that Abraham cannot boast “before God.” Use a natural way in your language to introduce a reason clause. Alternative translation: “This is true because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί & ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει

what & the Scripture /is/_saying

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form here to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “the scripture surely says”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

τί & ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει

what & the Scripture /is/_saying

Here Paul uses say as if the scripture were a person who could speak. He means that the scripture he is about to quote contains information related to the topic he is discussing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what information is in the scripture”

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

τί & ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει?

what & the Scripture /is/_saying

Here Paul uses what does the scripture say to indicate a quotation from an Old Testament book (Genesis 15:6). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Paul is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “what is written in the scripture”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἡ Γραφὴ

the Scripture

Here, the scripture refers specifically to the quotation from Genesis 15:6 that follows in this verse. It does not refer to the Scriptures in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the scripture that Moses wrote in Genesis”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην

˱it˲_/was/_reckoned ˱to˲_him for righteousness

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 did the action, Paul implies that “God” did it. Alternate translation: “God credited it to him as righteousness”

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐλογίσθη

˱it˲_/was/_reckoned

The pronoun it refers to Abraham’s faith, which was implied by the statement that Abraham believed God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “his faith was credited” or “his trust in God was credited”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δικαιοσύνην

righteousness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in a different way. Alternate translation: “being righteous” or “being right with God”

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