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OET (OET-LV) and holding in the right hand of_him seven stars, and out_of the mouth of_him a_sword double_edged sharp going_out, and the face of_him like the sun is_shining in the power of_it.
OET (OET-RV) He was holding seven stars in his right hand and a sharp sword was extending from his mouth, and his face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
καὶ ἔχων
and holding
If it would be helpful to your readers, you could start a new sentence here and indicate the subject of having explicitly. Alternate translation: “This one who was like a son of man had”
Note 2 topic: writing-symlanguage
ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ & ἐκπορευομένη
out_of the mouth ˱of˲_him & going_out
Be sure it is clear in your translation that this means that the blade of the sword was protruding from his mouth. The sword itself was not in motion. Alternate translation: “protruding from his mouth”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος φαίνει
the face ˱of˲_him like the sun /is/_shining
John is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “his face was shining as the sun shines”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος φαίνει
the face ˱of˲_him like the sun /is/_shining
The point of this comparison is that the face of this person was shining as brightly as the sun shines. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “his face was shining as brightly as the sun shines”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ
in the in the power ˱of˲_it
This expression refers to the greatest brightness of the sun, which occurs at noon, when the sun is highest in the sky. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “at its greatest brightness” or “when it is highest in the sky”
1:16 The seven stars represent the complete church. The church is secure in the right hand (i.e., in the acceptance and blessing) of the Son of Man.
• The sharp . . . sword coming from his mouth is his effective message and his judgment (see 19:15; Gen 3:24; Eph 6:17; Heb 4:12). Jesus proclaims both grace and judgment, but here the emphasis is that he carries out judgment (see Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15, 21; cp. Isa 11:4).
OET (OET-LV) and holding in the right hand of_him seven stars, and out_of the mouth of_him a_sword double_edged sharp going_out, and the face of_him like the sun is_shining in the power of_it.
OET (OET-RV) He was holding seven stars in his right hand and a sharp sword was extending from his mouth, and his face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
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.