OET interlinear ROM 7:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἀφορμὴν & λαβοῦσα ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς, κατειργάσατο ἐν ἐμοὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀφορμήν Δέ λαβοῦσα ἡ ἁμαρτία διά τῆς ἐντολῆς κατειργάσατο ἐν ἐμοί πασᾶν ἐπιθυμίαν χωρίς γάρ νόμου ἁμαρτία νεκρά)

Here Paul speaks of sin as if it were a person who could take an opportunity and produce covetousness within a person. Paul means that his desire to sin by coveting increased when he learned the commandment that prohibits coveting. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [my desire to sin, increasing as a result of the commandment, led me to covet]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῆς ἐντολῆς

the commandment

Here, the commandment refers specifically to the command, “You will not covet,” in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [the command that we should not covet]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς ἐντολῆς

the commandment

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of commandment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what God commanded]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐπιθυμίαν

covetousness

See how you translated covetousness in the previous verse.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

χωρὶς & νόμου, ἁμαρτία νεκρά

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀφορμήν Δέ λαβοῦσα ἡ ἁμαρτία διά τῆς ἐντολῆς κατειργάσατο ἐν ἐμοί πασᾶν ἐπιθυμίαν χωρίς γάρ νόμου ἁμαρτία νεκρά)

Here Paul speaks of sin as if it were something which could be dead. Paul means that his desire to sin would not have increased if God had not given his laws. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [if there were no law, my desire to sin would not have been stimulated]