OET interlinear ROM 7:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ταλαίπωρος ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος!

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ταλαίπωρος ἐγώ ἄνθρωπος Τίς μέ ῥύσεται ἐκ τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου)

This sentence is an exclamation that communicates deep despair. Use an exclamation that is natural in your language for communicating this. Alternate translation: [O, how miserable I am!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τίς με ῥύσεται ἐκ τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ταλαίπωρος ἐγώ ἄνθρωπος Τίς μέ ῥύσεται ἐκ τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου)

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form here to emphasize his despair. 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: [Surely no one will rescue me from the body of this death!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου

the body ¬the ˱of˲_death this

Paul is using the possessive form to describe how the body relates to this death. This phrase could refer to: (1) the body that results in this death. Alternate translation: [the body that causes this death] (2) the body that is characterized by this death. Alternate translation: [this mortal body]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῦ θανάτου τούτου

the ¬the ˱of˲_death this

Here, this death could refer to: (1) physical death. Alternate translation: [that dies] (2) spiritual death. Alternate translation: [of this spiritual death]