OET interlinear ROM 3:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος Θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν

not is reverence ˱of˲_God in_front_of the eyes ˱of˲_them

This sentence is a quotation from Psalm 36:1. 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 / abstractnouns

οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος Θεοῦ

not is reverence ˱of˲_God

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of fear, you could express the same idea with a different form. Alternate translation: “There are no fearful feelings about God before their eyes”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

φόβος Θεοῦ

reverence ˱of˲_God

Paul is using the possessive form to describe fear that people should feel toward for God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “fear for God” or “fear about God”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν

in_front_of the eyes ˱of˲_them

Here,before their eyes is an idiom that refers to thinking about something. Paul means that these people do not think at all about how terrifying God is. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: “in their minds”