OET interlinear ROM 3:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ συνίων; οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὸν Θεόν

not not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐκ ἐστίν συνίων οὐκ ἐστίν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τόν Θεόν)

This sentence is Paul’s paraphrase of [Psalm 14:2](../../psa/014/002.md) and [Psalm 53:3](../../psa/053/003.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 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

οὐκ ἔστιν & οὐκ ἔστιν

not not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐκ ἐστίν συνίων οὐκ ἐστίν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τόν Θεόν)

Paul is using the adjectives none as nouns in order to describe all people. If your language does not use adjectives in the same way, you could translate this with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: [There are no man … There are no man] or [There is no person … There is no person]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ συνίων

not not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐκ ἐστίν συνίων οὐκ ἐστίν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τόν Θεόν)

Here, who understands refers to someone who is able to think wisely or correctly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [There is none who is wise]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὸν Θεόν

the_‹one› seeking_out (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐκ ἐστίν συνίων οὐκ ἐστίν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τόν Θεόν)

Here, Paul quotes David using seeks to describe people attempting to know God as if God were lost and people needed to find him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [who attempts to know God]