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OET (OET-LV) And the head of_him and his hairs were white, as_though wool white as snow, and the eyes of_him like a_flame of_fire,
OET (OET-RV) His hair was gleaming white like wool or snow and his eyes were bright like a fiery flame.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
ἡ & κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες
the & head ˱of˲_him and his hairs_‹were›
John is not saying that both the head (that is, the skin of the head) and the hair of this person were while. Rather, this phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word head tells where this hair was. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use “and.” Alternate translation: “his hair”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
λευκαὶ, ὡς ἔριον λευκόν ὡς χιών
white as_though wool white as snow
If your readers would not be familiar with snow or wool, in your translation you could use the names of things they would be familiar with, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “were white as cotton, white as egret feathers” or “were brilliantly white”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
λευκαὶ, ὡς ἔριον λευκόν ὡς χιών
white as_though wool white as snow
The phrases white as wool and white as snow indicate the same thing. John is using the two phrases together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “as white as the whitest things on earth”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός
the eyes ˱of˲_him like /a/_flame ˱of˲_fire
The point of this comparison is that the eyes of this person were very bright, like a flame. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “his eyes were as bright as a flame of fire”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
φλὸξ πυρός
/a/_flame ˱of˲_fire
It might seem that the expression a flame of fire contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in your language. If so, you can shorten it. Alternate translation: “a flame”
1:14 White hair represents wisdom and maturity; this vision reflects Daniel’s vision of the Ancient One (Dan 7:9).
• His eyes . . . like flames of fire pierce through pretense; the One who knows everything will judge everyone (see Dan 10:6; Heb 4:13).
OET (OET-LV) And the head of_him and his hairs were white, as_though wool white as snow, and the eyes of_him like a_flame of_fire,
OET (OET-RV) His hair was gleaming white like wool or snow and his eyes were bright like a fiery flame.
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.