OET interlinear ROM 7:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ταλαίπωρος ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος!

miserable I_‹am› person

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?

who me /will_be/_rescuing out_of the body ¬the ˱of˲_death this

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”