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OET (OET-LV) And I_looked, and see, a_horse white, and the one sitting on it having a_bow, and was_given to_him a_crown, and he_came_out conquering, and that he_may_conquer.
OET (OET-RV) So I looked, and wow, there was a white horse with someone sitting on it holding a bow and arrow. A crown was given to him, and then he went out as a conqueror to conquer.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στέφανος
/was/_given ˱to˲_him /a/_crown
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: [he received a crown] or [God gave him a crown]
Note 2 topic: writing-poetry
ἐξῆλθεν νικῶν, καὶ ἵνα νικήσῃ
˱he˲_came_out conquering and that ˱he˲_/may/_conquer
John may mean that the rider on the white horse went out “as a conquering one,” that is, with all the capacity of a conqueror. In that case, for emphasis he would be using a construction in which a subject and its verb come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of showing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [he went out as a conqueror who was going to conquer]
6:2 While some have understood the rider on a white horse to be Christ, as in 19:11, the only similarity between these two images is the horse. The four riders represent the destructive, senseless world and show no redeeming qualities.
• The bow was typical Greco-Roman military hardware; here it is a symbol of war.
• win many battles . . . gain the victory: The double use of the Greek word nikaō (conquer) confirms that this rider is powerful. The focus on war and conquest illustrates human depravity.
OET (OET-LV) And I_looked, and see, a_horse white, and the one sitting on it having a_bow, and was_given to_him a_crown, and he_came_out conquering, and that he_may_conquer.
OET (OET-RV) So I looked, and wow, there was a white horse with someone sitting on it holding a bow and arrow. A crown was given to him, and then he went out as a conqueror to conquer.
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 SR-GNT.