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OET (OET-LV) But if anyone of_you_all is_lacking of_wisdom, him _let_be_requesting from the one giving, god, to_all generously, and not deriding, and it_will_be_being_given to_him.
OET (OET-RV) If anyone of you is lacking wisdom, then it should be requested from God who gives it generously and without disparagement, and so it will be given to you,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
λείπεται σοφίας
/is/_lacking ˱of˲_wisdom
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun wisdom with an adjective such as “wise.” Alternate translation: “is not sure what would be the wise thing to do”
αἰτείτω παρὰ & Θεοῦ
˱him˲_/let_be/_requesting from & God
Alternate translation: “let him ask God”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
δοθήσεται αὐτῷ
˱it˲_/will_be_being/_given ˱to˲_him
If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form, and you can state who will do the action. Alternate translation: “God will give it to him”
OET (OET-LV) But if anyone of_you_all is_lacking of_wisdom, him _let_be_requesting from the one giving, god, to_all generously, and not deriding, and it_will_be_being_given to_him.
OET (OET-RV) If anyone of you is lacking wisdom, then it should be requested from God who gives it generously and without disparagement, and so it will be given to you,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.