OET interlinear ROM 11:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

γὰρ

for

For indicates that what follows this word explains what came before it. Here, For introduces a quotation from an Old Testament book ([Isaiah 40:13](../isa/40/13.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Paul is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: [For it is written in the Scriptures]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

τίς & ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου, ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο?

who & knew ˓the˒_mind ˱of˲_˓the˒_Lord or who ˓a˒_counselor ˱of˲_him became

This sentence is a quotation from [Isaiah 40:13](../isa/40/13.md). It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τίς & ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου, ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο?

who & knew ˓the˒_mind ˱of˲_˓the˒_Lord or who ˓a˒_counselor ˱of˲_him became

Paul quotes Isaiah using this question to emphasize that no one is as wise as the Lord. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [No one has known the mind of the Lord or become his advisor!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

νοῦν Κυρίου

˓the˒_mind ˱of˲_˓the˒_Lord

Here, mind refers to what a person knows and thinks. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [all that the Lord knows] or [what the Lord thinks about]