ACTs 27:20 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) We didn’t see either the sun or the stars for several more days—it wasn’t a minor storm by any means—and by then any remaining hope that we had of staying alive disappeared

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
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 But neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying upon us, all hope for us to be saved was finally being taken away.

UST But the wind continued to blow very strongly against the ship. The sky was always full of dark clouds so that the sailors could not see the sun or the stars to navigate. After all this we lost hope that we would even survive.

BSB When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

BLB And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small tempest lying on us, from then on all hope of our being saved was abandoned.

AICNT When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

OEB As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

WEBBE When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

LSV and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little storm lying on us, from then on all hope was taken away of our being saved.

FBV We hadn't seen the sun or the stars for many days as the storm beat down on us; so any hope of our being saved was lost.

TCNT When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and the violent storm continued to rage, all hope that we might be saved was lost.

T4T The wind continued to blow very strongly, and the sky was full of dark clouds day and night. We could not see the sun or the stars for many days, so we could not determine where we were. And the wind continued to blow violently. So we (exc) finally thought that we would drown in the sea.

LEB But when[fn] neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and with not a little bad weather confronting us,[fn] finally all hope was abandoned that we would be saved.

27:20 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“appeared”)

27:20 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

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Wymth Then, when for several days neither sun nor stars were seen and the terrific gale still harassed us, the last ray of hope was now vanishing.

ASV And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

DRA And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.

YLT and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

Drby And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

RV And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

Wbstr And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us , all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

KJB-1769 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

KJB-1611 And when neither Sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay on vs; all hope that wee should be saued, was then taken away.
(And when neither Sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on vs; all hope that we should be saved, was then taken away.)

Bshps And when neither ye sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.
(And when neither ye/you_all sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay upon us, all hope that we should be saved, was then taken away.)

Gnva And when neither sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.
(And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay upon us, all hope that we should be saved, was then taken away. )

Cvdl But wha nether Sonne ner starres appeared in many dayes, and no small tempest laye vpon vs, all the hope of oure life was taken awaye.
(But wha neither Son nor stars appeared in many days, and no small tempest lay upon us, all the hope of our life was taken away.)

TNT When at the last nether sunne nor starre in many dayes appered and no small tempest laye apon vs all hope that we shuld be saved was then taken awaye.
(When at the last neither sun nor star in many days appeared and no small tempest lay upon us all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. )

Wycl And whanne the sunne nether the sterris weren seie bi many daies, and tempest not a litil neiyede, now al the hope of oure helthe was don awei.
(And when the sun neither the sterris were say by many days, and tempest not a little neiyede, now all the hope of our health was done away.)

Luth Da aber in vielen Tagen weder Sonne noch Gestirn erschien, und nicht ein klein Ungewitter uns wider war, war alle Hoffnung unsers Lebens dahin.
(So but in vielen days weder sun still Gestirn appeared, and not a klein storm us/to_us/ourselves against was, what/which all Hoffnung unsers life dahin.)

ClVg Neque autem sole, neque sideribus apparentibus per plures dies, et tempestate non exigua imminente, jam ablata erat spes omnis salutis nostræ.
(Neither however sole, nor sideribus apparentibus through plures days, and tempestate not/no exigua imminente, yam ablata was spes everyone salutis nostræ. )

UGNT μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας, χειμῶνός τε οὐκ ὀλίγου ἐπικειμένου, λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ἐλπὶς πᾶσα, τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς.
(maʸte de haʸliou maʸte astrōn epifainontōn epi pleionas haʸmeras, ⱪeimōnos te ouk oligou epikeimenou, loipon periaʸreito elpis pasa, tou sōzesthai haʸmas.)

SBL-GNT μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας, χειμῶνός τε οὐκ ὀλίγου ἐπικειμένου, λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ⸂ἐλπὶς πᾶσα⸃ τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς.
(maʸte de haʸliou maʸte astrōn epifainontōn epi pleionas haʸmeras, ⱪeimōnos te ouk oligou epikeimenou, loipon periaʸreito ⸂elpis pasa⸃ tou sōzesthai haʸmas.)

TC-GNT Μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας, χειμῶνός τε οὐκ ὀλίγου ἐπικειμένου, λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο [fn]πᾶσα ἐλπὶς τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς.
(Maʸte de haʸliou maʸte astrōn epifainontōn epi pleionas haʸmeras, ⱪeimōnos te ouk oligou epikeimenou, loipon periaʸreito pasa elpis tou sōzesthai haʸmas. )

27:20 πασα ελπις ¦ ελπις πασα ECM^† NA SBL TH WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μήτε & ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας

neither & sun nor stars appearing for more days

Luke assumes that his readers will understand that the sun and stars did not appear because the dark storm clouds obscured them. Luke also assumes that his readers will understand that sailors needed to see the sun and stars in order to know where they were and in what direction they were headed. So this is a further indication of how desperate the situation was. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [since the sailors could not determine their position or nagivate the ship because the dark storm clouds prevented the sun and stars from appearing for many days]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

χειμῶνός & οὐκ ὀλίγου

storm & no little

Luke is using a figure of speech that expresses a positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that is the opposite of the intended meaning. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a great storm]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἐπικειμένου

laying_on_‹us›

Luke is speaking of the storm as if they were a living thing that was lying upon the ship. He means that the storm continued to buffet the ship without ever letting up. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [continually buffeting the ship]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ἐλπὶς πᾶσα, τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς

furthermore /was_being/_taken_away hope all ¬which /to_be_being/_saved us

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the same ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [we finally lost all hope that we could save ourselves]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ἐλπὶς πᾶσα, τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς

furthermore /was_being/_taken_away hope all ¬which /to_be_being/_saved us

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of hope, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [we finally stopped hoping that we could save ourselves]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ἐλπὶς πᾶσα, τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς

furthermore /was_being/_taken_away hope all ¬which /to_be_being/_saved us

Luke says all here as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [it finally became very difficult to hope that we could save ourselves]

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