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interlinearVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PRO ECC SNG ISA JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA YNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs ROM 1COR 2COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1TH 2TH 1TIM 2TIM TIT PHM HEB YAC 1PET 2PET 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN YUD REV
OET (OET-LV) Because the_eyes of_the_master are on the_righteous, and the_ears of_him toward the_petition of_them, but the_face of_the_master is against those_doing evil.
OET (OET-RV) because the master’s eyes are on the righteous,
⇔ and his ears listen to their petition,
⇔ but the master turns his face away from those who do evil.’
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους
/the/_eyes ˱of˲_/the/_Lord_‹are› on /the/_righteous
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 but ˱of˲_/the/_Lord_‹is› against
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 but ˱of˲_/the/_Lord_‹is› against
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 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.
3:8-12 Finally: This is the last in a series of exhortations to different groups (2:13–3:12). Here, all believers must respond to others—believers (3:8) and unbelievers (3:9-12)—with love.
OET (OET-LV) Because the_eyes of_the_master are on the_righteous, and the_ears of_him toward the_petition of_them, but the_face of_the_master is against those_doing evil.
OET (OET-RV) because the master’s eyes are on the righteous,
⇔ and his ears listen to their petition,
⇔ but the master turns his face away from those who do evil.’
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.