OET interlinear ROM 11:35

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

ἢ

or

The word Or introduces another item. Here, Or indicates that what follows is Paul’s paraphrase of a verse in an Old Testament book (Job 41:11). 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: “Or, as is written in the Scriptures”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

τίς προέδωκεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀνταποδοθήσεται αὐτῷ

who previously_given ˱to˲_him and /will_be_being/_repaid ˱to˲_him

This sentence is a paraphrase of part of Job 41:11. 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 προέδωκεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀνταποδοθήσεται αὐτῷ?

who previously_given ˱to˲_him and /will_be_being/_repaid ˱to˲_him

Paul quotes Job using this question to emphasize what he is saying. 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 ever given anything to God, that he should be repaid by him!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

τίς προέδωκεν αὐτῷ

who previously_given ˱to˲_him

Paul quotes Job leaving out some of the words that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “Who gave something to him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀνταποδοθήσεται αὐτῷ

/will_be_being/_repaid ˱to˲_him

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God should repay him”