ACTs 17:28 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) because
⇔ ‘We live in him and are moved by him and exist through him.’
§ Even some of your own poets wrote,
⇔ ‘We are all descended from just one.’

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For ‘in him we live and are moved and are,’ and as some of your own poets have said,
¶ ‘For we too are his offspring.’

UST It is because of God that we live, move, and exist, as one of you has said, ‘Because we are his children.’

BSB ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’[fn] As some of your [own] poets have said, ‘We are [His] offspring.’[fn]

17:28 This is probably a quote from the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos.

17:28 This is probably a quote from the poem “Phainomena” by the Cilician philosopher Aratus.

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

BLB For in Him we live and move and are.' As also some of the poets among you have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'

AICNT For ‘in him we live and move and have our being’, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

OEB for in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets –
⇔ “His offspring, too, are we.”

WEBBE ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’

LSV for in Him we live, and move, and are; as certain of your poets have also said: For we are also His offspring.

FBV In him we live, move, and exist. Just as one of your own poets wrote, ‘We are his family.’

TCNT For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said:
⇔ ‘For we also are his offspring.’

T4T As someone has said, ‘It is only because he enables us that we (inc) live and move and do what we do.’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We (inc) are God’s children.’

LEB for in him we live and move and exist,[fn] as even some of _⌊your own_⌋[fn] poets have said: ‘For we also are _⌊his_⌋[fn] offspring.’[fn]

17:28 Some interpreters hold that the phrase “in him we live and move and exist” is a quotation from Epimenides of Crete, but more likely it is a traditional Greek formula

17:28 Literally “with respect to you”

17:28 Literally “of him”

17:28 A quotation from Aratus, Phaenomena 5

BBE For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

Moff for it is in him that we live and move and exist — as some of your own poets have said,
⇔ 'We too belong to His race.'

Wymth For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, `For we are also His offspring.'

ASV for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said,
⇔ For we are also his offspring.

DRA For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.

YLT for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

Drby for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

RV for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

SLT For in him we live, and move, and are; as certain of the composers among you have said, For we also are his race.

Wbstr For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, for we are also his offspring.

KJB-1769 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

KJB-1611 For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as certaine also of your owne Poets haue said, For we are also his offspring.
(For in him we live, and mooue, and have our being, as certain also of your own Poets have said, For we are also his offspring.)

Bshps For in hym we liue, and moue, & haue our beyng, as certaine of your owne poetes sayde: for we are also his offpryng.
(For in him we live, and moue, and have our being, as certain of your own poetes said: for we are also his offpring.)

Gnva For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as also certaine of your owne Poets haue sayd, for we are also his generation.
(For in him we live, and mooue, and have our being, as also certain of your own Poets have said, for we are also his generation. )

Cvdl For in him we lyue, moue, and haue oure beynge, as certayne of youre awne Poetes also haue sayde: We are his generacion.
(For in him we live, moue, and have our being, as certain of your(pl) own Poetes also have said: We are his generation.)

TNT For in him we lyve move and have oure beynge as certayne of youre awne Poetes sayde. For we are also his generacion.
(For in him we lyve move and have our being as certain of your(pl) own Poetes said. For we are also his generation. )

Wycl For in hym we lyuen, and mouen, and ben. As also summe of youre poetis seiden, And we ben also the kynde of hym.
(For in him we living, and mouen, and ben. As also some of your(pl) poetis said, And we been also the kind of him.)

Luth denn in ihm leben, weben und sind wir, als auch etliche Poeten bei euch gesagt haben: Wir sind seines Geschlechts.
( because/than in him life, weave and are we/us, as also several Poeten at/in you said have: We are his descendants.)

ClVg In ipso enim vivimus, et movemur, et sumus: sicut et quidam vestrorum poëtarum dixerunt: Ipsius enim et genus sumus.[fn]
(In himself because we_live, and movemur, and we_are: like and some of_yours poëtarum they_said: Ipsius because and kind/class we_are. )

17.28 In ipso enim vivimus. AUG. Quia id operatur in nobis, quod vivimus, movemur et sumus, etc., usque ad quia quid non ex ipso de quo dicitur: Ex ipso, et per ipsum, et in ipso sunt omnia Rom. 2.? Sicut et quidam vestrorum pœtarum. His qui prophetas non recipiebant, non Moysi, non Isaiæ, vel alicujus prophetarum, sed auctorum suorum loquitur testimonium, versum Arati ponens, et de falsis eorum quibus contradicere non poterant, suam veritatem conservat et confirmat. Ipsius enim, etc. De Arato pœta hoc sumptum est testimonium, non de divina pagina, ne nova videatur inferre.

17.28 In himself because we_live. AUG. Because that works in/into/on us, that we_live, movemur and we_are, etc., until to because what not/no from himself from/about where it_is_said: From himself, and through him, and in/into/on himself are everything Rom. 2.? Like and some of_yours pœtarum. His who/which a_prophets not/no recipiebant, not/no of_Moses, not/no Isaiah, or someone's of_the_prophets, but authorum of_his_own speaks testimony, versum Arati ponens, and from/about false their to_whom contradicere not/no they_could, his_own the_truth conservat and confirms. Ipsius because, etc. From/About Arato pœta this sumptum it_is testimony, not/no from/about divine pagina, not new it_seems inferre.

UGNT ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν; ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ’ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν, τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.
(en autōi gar zōmen kai kinoumetha kai esmen; hōs kai tines tōn kath’ humas poiaʸtōn eiraʸkasin, tou gar kai genos esmen.)

SBL-GNT ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν, ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν· Τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.
(en autōi gar zōmen kai kinoumetha kai esmen, hōs kai tines tōn kathʼ humas poiaʸtōn eiraʸkasin; Tou gar kai genos esmen.)

RP-GNT Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καί ἐσμεν· ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ' ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν, Τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.
(En autōi gar zōmen kai kinoumetha kai esmen; hōs kai tines tōn kath' humas poiaʸtōn eiraʸkasin, Tou gar kai genos esmen.)

TC-GNT Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ [fn]κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν· ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασι,
⇔ Τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.

(En autōi gar zōmen kai kinoumetha kai esmen; hōs kai tines tōn kath humas poiaʸtōn eiraʸkasi,
⇔ Tou gar kai genos esmen.
)

17:28 κινουμεθα ¦ κεινουμεθα TH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτῷ & γένος

him & descent

The pronouns him and his refer to God. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [in God … God’s offspring]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ζῶμεν & ἐσμέν

˱we˲_˓are˒_living & are

Paul is using the pronoun we to refer to himself and his listeners, so use the inclusive form of that word if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν; ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ’ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν, τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.

in him (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν αὐτῷ Γάρ ζῶμεν καί κινούμεθα καί ἐσμέν ὡς καί τινές τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν τοῦ Γάρ καί γένος ἐσμέν)

Here Paul is quoting from the Greek philosopher-poet Epimenides and from the Greek poets Aratus and Cleanthes. While it would be preferable to present these two quotations as direct quotations (See: next note), you could translate them as indirect quotations so that there are not direct quotations within a direct quotation. Alternate translation: [For some of your own poets have said that in him we live and are moved and are and that we too are his offspring]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν; ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ’ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν, τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν

Even if your language does not customarily put one direct quotation inside another, it would be good to present these two quotations as direct quotations if possible, since that would show that Paul is quoting Greek poets as he speaks to the philosophers in Athens. You may be able to enclose these quotations within second-level quotation marks or use some other punctuation or convention that is available in your language to indicate second-level quotations.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν

The expressions live and are moved and are mean similar things. Epimenides is using the three terms together for poetic effect. It would be good to preserve that effect if possible, but it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the same idea with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [For he is the source of our entire existence]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν

If your language does not use the passive form are moved, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [For ‘he is the one in whom we live and who moves us and in whom we exist]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.

˱of˲_the_‹one› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν αὐτῷ Γάρ ζῶμεν καί κινούμεθα καί ἐσμέν ὡς καί τινές τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν τοῦ Γάρ καί γένος ἐσμέν)

Aratus and Cleanthes do not mean that people are literally God’s offspring or children. They are speaking and poetically. It would be good to preserve the poetic effect if possible, but it would be clearer for your readers, you could express this metaphor as a simile. Alternate translation: [For it is as if we too are his offspring]

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