OET interlinear ROM 3:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν; οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πάντες ἐξέκλιναν ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν οὐκ ἐστίν ποιῶν χρηστότητα οὐκ ἐστίν ἕως ἑνός)

This sentence is quotation of [Psalm 14:3](../psa/014/003.md) and [Psalm 53:4](../psa/053/004.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 / metaphor

ἐξέκλιναν

turned_away

Paul quotes David using turned away to describe these people as if they had left a path that leads to where God is. David means that they refuse to live according to God’s rules. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [refused to live the way God requires]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν

together ˱they˲_˓were˒_being_useless

Here, useless implies that these sinful people are so sinful that they benefit neither God nor humankind. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [They together became worthless for benefitting anyone]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός

not_‹one› not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πάντες ἐξέκλιναν ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν οὐκ ἐστίν ποιῶν χρηστότητα οὐκ ἐστίν ἕως ἑνός)

These two phrases mean the same thing. Paul says the same thing twice, in slightly different ways, to emphasize that not even one type of person can continually do kindness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine the phrases into one. Alternate translation: [There is not even one person who does kindness] or [Absolutely no one is doing kindness]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

οὐκ & ἑνός

not_‹one› & one

See how you translated none and one in [3:10](../03/10.md).

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

χρηστότητα

kindness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of kindness, you could express the same idea in a different way. Alternate translation: [what is kind]