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OET (OET-RV) I never envied anyone’s gold or silver or fancy clothes
OET-LV I_coveted of_silver, or gold, or clothing, of_no_one.
SR-GNT Ἀργυρίου, ἢ χρυσίου, ἢ ἱματισμοῦ, οὐδενὸς ἐπεθύμησα. ‡
(Arguriou, aʸ ⱪrusiou, aʸ himatismou, oudenos epethumaʸsa.)
Key: khaki:verbs, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT I coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one.
UST As for me, I never tried to get money or fine clothing from anyone.
BSB § I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
BLB I coveted nobody's silver or gold or clothing.
AICNT “I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothing.
OEB I have never coveted anyone’s gold or silver or clothing.
WEBBE I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing.
LSV I coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one;
FBV I never had any desire for anyone's silver or gold or clothing.
TCNT I coveted no one's silver, gold, or clothing.
T4T As for myself, I have not desired anyone’s money [MTY] or fine clothing.
LEB I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing!
BBE I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth No one's silver or gold or clothing have I coveted.
ASV I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
DRA I have not coveted any man’s silver, gold, or apparel, as
YLT 'The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;
Drby I have coveted [the] silver or gold or clothing of no one.
RV I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
Wbstr I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
KJB-1769 I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
KJB-1611 I haue coueted no mans siluer, or golde, or apparell.
(I have coueted no mans silver, or gold, or apparel.)
Bshps I haue desired no mans syluer, golde, or vesture.
(I have desired no mans silver, gold, or vesture.)
Gnva I haue coueted no mans siluer, nor gold, nor apparell.
(I have coueted no mans silver, nor gold, nor apparel. )
Cvdl I haue not desyred syluer, golde or rayment off eny off you.
(I have not desired silver, gold or rayment off any off you.)
TNT I have desyred no mans silver golde or vesture.
(I have desired no mans silver gold or vesture. )
Wyc And of no man Y coueitide siluer, and gold, ether cloth, as you silf witen;
(And of no man I coueitide silver, and gold, ether cloth, as you self perceive;)
Luth Ich habe euer keines Silber noch Gold noch Kleid begehrt
(I have euer none Silber still Gold still garment begehrt)
ClVg Argentum, et aurum, aut vestem nullius concupivi, sicut
(Argentum, and aurum, aut vestem nullius concupivi, like )
UGNT ἀργυρίου, ἢ χρυσίου, ἢ ἱματισμοῦ, οὐδενὸς ἐπεθύμησα.
(arguriou, aʸ ⱪrusiou, aʸ himatismou, oudenos epethumaʸsa.)
SBL-GNT ἀργυρίου ἢ χρυσίου ἢ ἱματισμοῦ οὐδενὸς ἐπεθύμησα·
(arguriou aʸ ⱪrusiou aʸ himatismou oudenos epethumaʸsa;)
TC-GNT Ἀργυρίου ἢ χρυσίου ἢ ἱματισμοῦ οὐδενὸς ἐπεθύμησα.
(Arguriou aʸ ⱪrusiou aʸ himatismou oudenos epethumaʸsa. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
20:18-38 Paul’s address to the elders of the church of Ephesus is a testimony regarding his life and ministry in Ephesus, calling for similar dedication from the leaders who would carry on the ministry. The sermon highlights Paul’s integrity and pastoral care (20:18-21, 26, 31), speaks about the future (20:22-23, 25, 29-30), warns against false teachers (20:29-30), and exhorts the elders to be watchful and faithful (20:28, 31). Paul modeled sacrificial, conscientious, servant leadership.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἀργυρίου, ἢ χρυσίου, ἢ ἱματισμοῦ, οὐδενὸς ἐπεθύμησα
˱of˲_silver or gold or clothing ˱of˲_no_one ˱I˲_coveted
The implication is that Paul did not desire any of these things and did not try to get them by charging for his ministry to the Ephesians. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “I did not insist on being paid for my work” or “I did not try to become wealthy by teaching you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
ἀργυρίου, ἢ χρυσίου, ἢ ἱματισμοῦ, οὐδενὸς ἐπεθύμησα
˱of˲_silver or gold or clothing ˱of˲_no_one ˱I˲_coveted
If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this double negative that consists of the negative phrase no one and the negative word coveted. Alternate translation: “I served you freely”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἀργυρίου, ἢ χρυσίου
˱of˲_silver or gold
Paul is referring to money by association with the way, in this culture, people used silver and gold as money. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the money”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
ἀργυρίου, ἢ χρυσίου, ἢ ἱματισμοῦ
˱of˲_silver or gold or clothing
In this culture, owning expensive clothing was a way of storing and displaying wealth. Paul is referring to wealth by naming two of its major components. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the wealth”