Verse List for PHP 1:23

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) I feel squeezed between the two: the desire to depart from here and be with Messiah which would be much better,

OET-LV I _am _being _pressed and by the two, the desire having in _order that to _depart and with chosen _one /messiah to _be, because/for by _much more better,

ULT But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, for, that is very much better,

UST It is difficult for me to choose which I prefer, living or dying. I long to leave this world and go to be with the Messiah, because to be with the Messiah is very much better than being here,

BSB I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, [which is] far better indeed.

MSB I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, [which is] far better.[fn]

BLB But I am pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, indeed very much better,

AICNT {But}[fn] I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, [for][fn] this is [far][fn] better.

OEB My own desire is to depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better.

WEBBE But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

WMBB But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Messiah, which is far better.

NET I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

LSV for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

FBV For I'm in a dilemma—I really want to leave and be with Christ, which would be far better,

TCNT I am hard pressed between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ, [fn]which is far better.

T4T That is, I am not sure which of those two I prefer. I long to leave this world and go to be with Christ, because that will be very much better for me.

LEB But I am hard pressed _⌊between the two options_⌋[fn], having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, _⌊for this is very much better_⌋[fn].

BBE I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Moff I am in a dilemma between the two. My strong desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far the best.

Wymth I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better.

ASV But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

DRA But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.

YLT for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

Drby But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, [for] [it is] very much better,

RV But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

SLT For I am pressed together from two, having one eager desire to be loosed, and be with Christ (rather much better:)

Wbstr For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

KJB-1769 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

KJB-1611 For I am in a strait betwixt two, hauing a desire to depart, & to bee with Christ, which is farre better.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.
(For I am in a straight betwixt two, having a desire to be loosed/released, and to be with Christ, which is much far better.)

Gnva For I am distressed betweene both, desiring to be loosed and to be with Christ, which is best of all.
(For I am distressed between both, desiring to be loosed/released and to be with Christ, which is best of all.)

Cvdl I shal chose, for both these thinges lye harde vpon me. I desyre to be lowsed, & to be with Christ, which thinge were moch better (for me)
(I shall chose, for both these things lie hard upon me. I desire to be loosed/released, and to be with Christ, which thing were much better (for me))

TNT I am constrayned of two thinges: I desyre to be lowsed and to be with Christ which thinge is best of all.
(I am constrained of two things: I desire to be loosed/released and to be with Christ which thing is best of all.)

Wycl But Y am constreyned of twei thingis, Y haue desire to be dissolued, and to be with Crist, it is myche more betere; but to dwelle in fleisch,
(But I am constreyned of twain/two_or_both things, I have desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, it is much more betere; but to dwell in flesh,)

Luth Denn es liegt mir beides hart an: Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden und bei Christo zu sein, welches auch viel besser wäre:
(Because it lies(v) to_me both hard an: I have desire/lust(n) abzuscheiden and at/in Christ to/for be, which also many better were:)

ClVg Coarctor autem e duobus: desiderium habens dissolvi, et esse cum Christo, multo magis melius:
(Coarctor however e for_two: desire/wish having to_dissolve, and to_be when/with to_Christ/Messiah, much more better:)

SR-GNT Συνέχομαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν δύο, τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν ˚Χριστῷ εἶναι, πολλῷ γὰρ μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον, ‡

UGNT συνέχομαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν δύο, τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι, πολλῷ γὰρ μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον;

SBL-GNT συνέχομαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν δύο, τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι, πολλῷ ⸀γὰρ μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον,

RP-GNT Συνέχομαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν δύο, τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν χριστῷ εἶναι, πολλῷ μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον·

TC-GNT συνέχομαι [fn]δὲ ἐκ τῶν δύο, τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι, [fn]πολλῷ μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον·