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OET (OET-LV) Then it_is_going and is_taking seven other spirits more_evil than itself, and having_come_in, is_dwelling there, and the last of_ the that _person is_becoming, worse than the first.
OET (OET-RV) so it goes and finds seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all move in and live there, so the result is that the person ends up worse in the end than at the beginning.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
γίνεται τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκείνου, χείρονα τῶν πρώτων
/is/_becoming the last ¬the ˱of˲_person that worse_‹than› the first
Here the adjectives last and first function as nouns. They are plural, and ULT supplies the noun things in each case to show that. If your language does not use adjectives in this way, you can supply a more specific singular noun. Alternate translation: “the final condition of that person is worse than his original condition”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκείνου
¬the ˱of˲_person that
Here Jesus is using the term man in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: “that person”
11:26 seven other spirits: Seven may indicate completeness, meaning that the man was completely under their power, or it could simply indicate an overwhelming force.
OET (OET-LV) Then it_is_going and is_taking seven other spirits more_evil than itself, and having_come_in, is_dwelling there, and the last of_ the that _person is_becoming, worse than the first.
OET (OET-RV) so it goes and finds seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all move in and live there, so the result is that the person ends up worse in the end than at the beginning.”
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.