OET interlinear 1 COR 15:39

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ἀλλὰ ἄλλη μὲν ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλη δὲ σὰρξ κτηνῶν, ἄλλη δὲ σὰρξ πτηνῶν, ἄλλη δὲ ἰχθύων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὒ πάσα σάρξ ἡ αὐτή σάρξ ἀλλά ἄλλη μέν ἀνθρώπων ἄλλη δέ σάρξ κτηνῶν ἄλλη δέ σάρξ πτηνῶν ἄλλη δέ ἰχθύων)

Paul repeats flesh of and the same structure in four consecutive clauses. This was worded powerfully in his culture, and it emphasizes the distinctions between the different kinds of flesh. If it would be helpful in your language, and if it would not be worded powerfully in your culture, you could indicate why Paul repeats words and structure by eliminate some or all of the repetition and by making the statements powerful in another way. Alternate translation: [Instead, men, animals, birds, and fish have varying kinds of flesh]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἄλλη μὲν ἀνθρώπων

another another another another (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὒ πάσα σάρξ ἡ αὐτή σάρξ ἀλλά ἄλλη μέν ἀνθρώπων ἄλλη δέ σάρξ κτηνῶν ἄλλη δέ σάρξ πτηνῶν ἄλλη δέ ἰχθύων)

Here Paul omits flesh because he used it in the previous sentence and because he uses it throughout the rest of this sentence. English speakers would misunderstand why Paul omits flesh here, so the ULT has included it in brackets. Consider whether your readers would also misunderstand why Paul has omitted flesh. Alternate translation: [one of men]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀνθρώπων

˱of˲_humans

Although men is masculine, Paul is using it to refer to anyone, whether man or woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express men with a non gendered word or refer to both genders. Alternate translation: [of people] or [of men and women]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

κτηνῶν

˱of˲_animals

Here, animals refers to living things that are not men, birds, or fish but still count as animals. The word often refers particularly to domesticated animals such as sheep, goats, oxen, or horses. Use a word or phrase in your language that refers to this group of beings. Alternate translation: [of domesticated animals] or [of beasts]