OET interlinear ROM 3:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει

˱of˲_whom their mouth ˱of˲_cursing and bitterness /is/_being_full

This sentence is a quotation from Psalm 10:7. 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 / genericnoun

τὸ στόμα

their mouth

Paul quotes David speaking of these people’s mouths in general, not of one particular mouth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural phrase. Alternate translation: “speech”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὧν τὸ στόμα

˱of˲_whom their mouth

Here Paul quotes David using mouth to describe people speaking curses and bitter things by using their mouth to say them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what they say” or “whose speech”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει

˱of˲_cursing and bitterness /is/_being_full

Paul quotes David using cursing and bitterness as if these concepts were things with which people could fill or load their mouth. He means that these people habitually curse and say bitter things against others. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “habitually curses and says bitter things against others”