OET interlinear 1 PET 3:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅτι ὀφθαλμοί Κυρίου ἐπί δικαίους καί ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν πρόσωπον δέ Κυρίου ἐπί ποιοῦντας κακά)

Here, eyes being on someone is an idiom that refers to God acting favorably toward someone by taking care of that person. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a similar idiom in your language. Alternate translation: [The Lord lovingly takes care of the righteous ones]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν

˓the˒_ears ˱of˲_him toward ˓the˒_petition ˱of˲_them

Here, ears being toward someone’s request is an idiom that refers to God listening to that person’s request. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a similar idiom in your language. Alternate translation: [the Lord listens to their request]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν

˓the˒_ears ˱of˲_him toward ˓the˒_petition ˱of˲_them

The idea that the Lord listens to the requests of righteous people also implies that he responds to those requests. If this might be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [he listens to and grants their request]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

δέησιν αὐτῶν

˓the˒_petition ˱of˲_them

Here, request refers to requests in general, not to one particular request. If this would be misunderstood in your language, use a more natural phrase. Alternate translation: [their requests]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

πρόσωπον δὲ Κυρίου ἐπὶ

˓the˒_face (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅτι ὀφθαλμοί Κυρίου ἐπί δικαίους καί ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν πρόσωπον δέ Κυρίου ἐπί ποιοῦντας κακά)

Here, face refers to the Lord himself. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [But the Lord is against]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

πρόσωπον δὲ Κυρίου ἐπὶ

˓the˒_face (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅτι ὀφθαλμοί Κυρίου ἐπί δικαίους καί ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν πρόσωπον δέ Κυρίου ἐπί ποιοῦντας κακά)

Here, the face being against someone is an idiom that refers to one person opposing another person. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a similar idiom in your language. Alternate translation: [but the Lord opposes]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ποιοῦντας κακά

˱those˲_doing evil

After this phrase, Peter also ends his quotation from the book of Psalms. If you decided in [3:10](../03/10.md) to mark this as a quotation, indicate that ending here with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the end of a quotation.