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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God · John the Apostle
OET-LV And I_saw one messenger having_stood in the sun, and he_cried_out with a_voice loud, saying to_all the birds which flying in midair:
Come, be_gathered_together to the supper the great of_ the _god,
OET (OET-RV) Then I saw a messenger standing in the sun, and he yelled out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky, “Come and join God’s big feast,
In this section, John saw a rider on a white horse. An army followed him. An angel called to the birds to gather. The beast gathered his army, but they lost the battle. Someone captured the beast and the false prophet and threw them into the lake of fire. Birds ate the bodies of the defeated soldiers.
Other examples of headings for this section are:
Jesus fought against the beast and false prophet
The one riding a white horse won the battle
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun,
¶ Then I saw an angel standing in/on the sun.
¶ Then I saw an angel standing with the sun behind him.
standing in the sun: The Greek word that the BSB translates as in can also mean “on.” For example:
standing on the sun (GNT)
But many English versions and scholars indicate that it means “in” here. In this sense it probably means “in front of” rather than “inside of” here. For example:
in the brightness of the sunYakan Back Translation on TW.
in the middle of the sunWestern Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation on TW.
and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead,
He shouted/exclaimed in a loud voice to all the birds flying in the sky,
He called loudly to all the birds that were flying,
he cried out: The Greek word that the BSB translates as cried out refers to speaking loudly so that the person can be heard well. The word does not refer to weeping or wailing. For example:
shouted (CEV)
See how you translated this word in 6:10 (“cried out”) or 18:18 (“cry out”).
all the birds flying overhead: This phrase refers to all birds that can fly. Other ways to translate this phrase are:
all the birds flying in the sky (NCV)
all the birds flying in midair (NIV)
all birds that fly
“Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
“Come and gather together for God’s great feast/meal,
the great supper of God: God will kill many enemies in the coming war. The birds will eat the flesh off the dead bodies (19:21). So this event is called here the great supper of God. God provided this meal for the birds For example:
God’s great feast (GNT)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ
in the sun
John is referring to the light of the sun by association with the sun itself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in bright sunlight]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
συνάχθητε
˓be˒_gathered_together
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [gather together]
OET-LV And I_saw one messenger having_stood in the sun, and he_cried_out with a_voice loud, saying to_all the birds which flying in midair:
Come, be_gathered_together to the supper the great of_ the _god,
OET (OET-RV) Then I saw a messenger standing in the sun, and he yelled out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky, “Come and join God’s big feast,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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