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OET (OET-LV) And the sixth poured_out the bowl of_him on the river the great the Eufrataʸs, and was_dried_up the water of_it, in_order_that may_be_prepared the way of_the kings which of the_east sun.
OET (OET-RV) The sixth messenger poured out his bowl onto the large River Euphrates and its water was dried up in order to prepare the path of the kings from the east.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
τὸν Εὐφράτην
the ¬the ¬the Euphrates
The word Euphrates is the name of a river. See how you translated it in 9:14.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐξηράνθη τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἑτοιμασθῇ ἡ ὁδὸς τῶν βασιλέων τῶν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου
/was/_dried_up the water ˱of˲_it in_order_that /may_be/_prepared the way ˱of˲_the kings ¬which of /the/_east sun
If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, the context suggests that it was God. Alternate translation: “God dried up its water in order to prepare the way for the kings from the rising of the sun”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
τῶν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου
˱of˲_the ¬which of /the/_east sun
This expression refers to a particular direction from the perspective of the speaker. Your language may have its own way of referring to this direction. Alternate translation: “from the east”
16:12 The Euphrates, the largest river in Mesopotamia, stood between Babylon and Israel and formed the eastern boundary of the Roman Empire. If it dried up, it would allow kings from the east to move their armies westward (cp. 9:13-16). From John’s perspective as an ancient Jewish writer, these armies would always be identified with Mesopotamia rather than with countries farther east such as China or India.
OET (OET-LV) And the sixth poured_out the bowl of_him on the river the great the Eufrataʸs, and was_dried_up the water of_it, in_order_that may_be_prepared the way of_the kings which of the_east sun.
OET (OET-RV) The sixth messenger poured out his bowl onto the large River Euphrates and its water was dried up in order to prepare the path of the kings from the east.
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.