OET interlinear REV 20:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοὺς νεκρούς & οἱ νεκροὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶδον τούς νεκρούς τούς μεγάλους καί τούς μικρούς ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καί βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καί ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη ὅ ἐστίν τῆς ζωῆς Καί ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροί ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατά τά ἔργα αὐτῶν)

John is using the adjective dead as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the people who had died … the people who had died]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ μεγάλους καὶ τοὺς μικρούς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶδον τούς νεκρούς τούς μεγάλους καί τούς μικρούς ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καί βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καί ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη ὅ ἐστίν τῆς ζωῆς Καί ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροί ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατά τά ἔργα αὐτῶν)

The voice is speaking as if important people were literally large or great and as if unimportant people were literally small. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [both the important and the unimportant]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

καὶ μεγάλους καὶ τοὺς μικρούς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶδον τούς νεκρούς τούς μεγάλους καί τούς μικρούς ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καί βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καί ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη ὅ ἐστίν τῆς ζωῆς Καί ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροί ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατά τά ἔργα αὐτῶν)

The voice is using the adjectives great and small as nouns to mean certain kinds of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [both important people and unimportant people]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

καὶ μεγάλους καὶ τοὺς μικρούς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶδον τούς νεκρούς τούς μεγάλους καί τούς μικρούς ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καί βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καί ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη ὅ ἐστίν τῆς ζωῆς Καί ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροί ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατά τά ἔργα αὐτῶν)

The voice is using two kinds of people, great and small, to mean all kinds of people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [people of every status]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν; καὶ ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη

scrolls ˓were˒_opened_up (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶδον τούς νεκρούς τούς μεγάλους καί τούς μικρούς ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καί βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καί ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη ὅ ἐστίν τῆς ζωῆς Καί ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροί ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατά τά ἔργα αὐτῶν)

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. If you need to say who did the action, the context suggests that it was God. Alternate translation: [God opened books, and God opened another book]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροὶ ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις

˓were˒_judged the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶδον τούς νεκρούς τούς μεγάλους καί τούς μικρούς ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καί βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καί ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη ὅ ἐστίν τῆς ζωῆς Καί ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροί ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατά τά ἔργα αὐτῶν)

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. If you need to say who did the action, the context suggests that it was God. Alternate translation: [God judged the dead from the things he had written in the books]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοὺς νεκρούς & οἱ νεκροὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶδον τούς νεκρούς τούς μεγάλους καί τούς μικρούς ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καί βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καί ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνεῴχθη ὅ ἐστίν τῆς ζωῆς Καί ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροί ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατά τά ἔργα αὐτῶν)

John is using the adjective dead as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the people who had died … the people who had died]