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OET interlinear ROM 9:31

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SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. Ἰσραήλ
    2. israēl
    3. Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl)
    4. -
    5. 24740
    6. N····NMS
    7. Israaʸl/(Yisrā\sup ʼēl\sup*)
    8. Israel
    9. -
    10. Y60; F109643; F109702; F109710; F109714; F109719; F109728; F109730; F109731; F109737; F109775
    11. 109641
    1. Δέ
    2. de
    3. But
    4. but
    5. 11610
    6. C·······
    7. but
    8. but
    9. U
    10. Y60
    11. 109642
    1. διώκων
    2. diōkō
    3. pursuing
    4. -
    5. 13770
    6. VPPA·NMS
    7. pursuing
    8. pursuing
    9. -
    10. Y60; R109641
    11. 109643
    1. νόμον
    2. nomos
    3. +a law
    4. -
    5. 35510
    6. N····AMS
    7. ˓a˒ law
    8. ˓a˒ law
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109644
    1. δικαιοσύνης
    2. dikaiosunē
    3. of righteousness
    4. righteousness
    5. 13430
    6. N····GFS
    7. ˱of˲ righteousness
    8. ˱of˲ righteousness
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109645
    1. εἰς
    2. eis
    3. to
    4. -
    5. 15190
    6. P·······
    7. to
    8. to
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109646
    1. νόμον
    2. nomos
    3. +the law
    4. -
    5. 35510
    6. N····AMS
    7. ˓the˒ law
    8. ˓the˒ law
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109647
    1. δικαιοσύνης
    2. dikaiosunē
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 13430
    6. N····GFS
    7. ˱of˲ righteousness
    8. ˱of˲ righteousness
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 109648
    1. οὐκ
    2. ou
    3. not
    4. didn't
    5. 37560
    6. D·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109649
    1. ἔφθασεν
    2. fthanō
    3. attained
    4. -
    5. 53480
    6. VIAA3··S
    7. attained
    8. attained
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109650

OET (OET-LV) But Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl) pursuing a_law of_righteousness to the_law not attained.

OET (OET-RV) but Jews who chased after righteousness by obeying The Law, didn’t achieve it?

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:30–10:4: Many Gentiles believe but many Jews do not

In this section Paul compared the Gentiles to the Jews. Some Gentiles believed in Jesus and God made them righteous, but the Jews tried to obey the law of Moses to become righteous. They stumbled over who Jesus was as the Messiah, because he did not fit their ideas of what the Messiah should be.

Paul explained that he wanted the Jews to believe in Jesus as the Messiah. The Jews were enthusiastic to follow God, but they did not understand the right way to become righteous.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

The Jews followed the wrong way to become righteous

The Jews followed the Laws of Moses but did not believe in Jesus as the Christ/Messiah

9:31a

but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness,

but Israel: Some English translation add the word “that” after but. This word would have the same meaning as the word “That” in 9:30b. It connects 9:31a–b to “we should say” as implied in 9:30b. Many languages will not need to repeat the word here. For example, the BSB does not include this word.

Israel: This word refers to the nation of Israel here, not the person of that name. For example:

the people of Israel (NIV11)

a law of righteousness: The Greek phrase that the BSB literally translates as a law of righteousness is ambiguous. The meaning of of here is likely “for,”Schreiner (page 537). “as a means to,”Moo (page 626). or “as promising.”Dunn (page 581). Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

the law as the way of righteousness (NIV11)

get right with God by keeping the law (NLT)

to follow a law to make themselves right with God (NCV)

a law: Paul referred only generally to a law here, but he was talking about Israel so he implied the laws of Moses. It is best to keep it general and let the context suggest what a law refers to.

righteousness: This word has the same meaning as in 9:30.

9:31b

has not attained it.

has not attained it: The Greek is literally “did not arrive to/at (that) law.” It indicates that the Jews did not achieve what they wanted when they used the goal of trying to obey the laws of Moses. They could not obey the law perfectly, so they could not become right with God in that way. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

have not attained their goal (NIV11)

never succeeded (NLT)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

Ἰσραὴλ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἰσραήλ Δέ διώκων νόμον δικαιοσύνης εἰς νόμον οὐκ ἔφθασεν)

See how you translated this name in [9:27](../09/27.md).

Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

νόμον & νόμον

˓a˒_law & ˓the˒_law

In this verse law refers to the laws that God gave the Jews by dictating them to Moses. See how you translated this use of law in [2:12](../02/12.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

νόμον δικαιοσύνης

˓a˒_law ˱of˲_righteousness

Paul is using the possessive form to describe a law that was for the purpose of righteousness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: [a law for righteousness]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δικαιοσύνης

˱of˲_righteousness

See how you translated this word in the previous verse.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. But
    2. but
    3. 11610
    4. U
    5. de
    6. C-·······
    7. but
    8. but
    9. U
    10. Y60
    11. 109642
    1. Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl)
    2. -
    3. 24740
    5. israēl
    6. N-····NMS
    7. Israaʸl/(Yisrā\sup ʼēl\sup*)
    8. Israel
    9. -
    10. Y60; F109643; F109702; F109710; F109714; F109719; F109728; F109730; F109731; F109737; F109775
    11. 109641
    1. pursuing
    2. -
    3. 13770
    5. diōkō
    6. V-PPA·NMS
    7. pursuing
    8. pursuing
    9. -
    10. Y60; R109641
    11. 109643
    1. +a law
    2. -
    3. 35510
    5. nomos
    6. N-····AMS
    7. ˓a˒ law
    8. ˓a˒ law
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109644
    1. of righteousness
    2. righteousness
    3. 13430
    5. dikaiosunē
    6. N-····GFS
    7. ˱of˲ righteousness
    8. ˱of˲ righteousness
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109645
    1. to
    2. -
    3. 15190
    5. eis
    6. P-·······
    7. to
    8. to
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109646
    1. +the law
    2. -
    3. 35510
    5. nomos
    6. N-····AMS
    7. ˓the˒ law
    8. ˓the˒ law
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109647
    1. not
    2. didn't
    3. 37560
    5. ou
    6. D-·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109649
    1. attained
    2. -
    3. 53480
    5. fthanō
    6. V-IAA3··S
    7. attained
    8. attained
    9. -
    10. Y60
    11. 109650

OET (OET-LV) But Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl) pursuing a_law of_righteousness to the_law not attained.

OET (OET-RV) but Jews who chased after righteousness by obeying The Law, didn’t achieve it?

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

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