ACTs 6:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) but they weren’t able to refute the wisdom that he spoke with the help of the pure spirit.

Key: khaki:verbs, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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 But they were not able to stand against the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he spoke.

UST But they were not able to prove that what he said was wrong, because God’s Spirit enabled him to speak very wisely.

BSB [but] they could not stand up to [his] wisdom [or] the Spirit by whom he spoke.

BLB And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

AICNT and they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

OEB yet they were quite unable to withstand the wisdom and the inspiration with which he spoke.

WEBBE They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

LSV and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking;

FBV But they weren't able to stand against Stephen's wisdom or the Spirit with which he was speaking.

TCNT But they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

T4T But they were not able ◄to refute what he said/to prove that what he said was wrong►, because God’s Spirit enabled him to speak very wisely.

LEB No LEB ACTs book available

BBE But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.

Moff No Moff ACTs book available

Wymth They were quite unable, however, to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

ASV And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.

DRA And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke.

YLT and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;

Drby And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

RV And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.

SLT And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

Wbstr And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.

KJB-1769 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

KJB-1611 And they were not able to resist the wisedome and the spirit by which he spake.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps ACTs book available

Gnva But they were not able to resist the wisdome, and the Spirit by the which he spake.
(But they were not able to resist the wisdom, and the Spirit by the which he spake. )

Cvdl No Cvdl ACTs book available

TNT And they coulde not resist the wysdome and the sprete with which he spake.
(And they could not resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spake. )

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Luth No Luth ACTs book available

ClVg et non poterant resistere sapientiæ, et Spiritui qui loquebatur.
(and not/no they_could resistere of_wisdom, and By_Spiriti who loquebatur. )

UGNT καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀντιστῆναι τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ Πνεύματι, ᾧ ἐλάλει.
(kai ouk isⱪuon antistaʸnai taʸ sofia kai tōi Pneumati, hō elalei.)

SBL-GNT καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀντιστῆναι τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ πνεύματι ᾧ ἐλάλει.
(kai ouk isⱪuon antistaʸnai taʸ sofia kai tōi pneumati hō elalei.)

RP-GNT Καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀντιστῆναι τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ πνεύματι ᾧ ἐλάλει.
(Kai ouk isⱪuon antistaʸnai taʸ sofia kai tōi pneumati hō elalei.)

TC-GNT Καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀντιστῆναι τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ πνεύματι ᾧ ἐλάλει.
(Kai ouk isⱪuon antistaʸnai taʸ sofia kai tōi pneumati hō elalei. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀντιστῆναι

not ˱they˲_˓were˒_were_able ˓to˒_resist

In this context, the expression stand against means to try to defeat by argument. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they could not argue successfully against]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ Πνεύματι, ᾧ ἐλάλει

˱against˲_the wisdom and the Spirit ˱by˲_whom ˱he˲_˓was˒_speaking

Luke may be using the two words wisdom and Spirit together to express a single idea. The word Spirit would describe the source and character of the wisdom that Stephen was displaying. The word Spirit refers to the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: [the Spirit-inspired wisdom by which he spoke] or [the wisdom that the Holy Spirit gave him as he spoke]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ Πνεύματι, ᾧ ἐλάλει

˱against˲_the wisdom and the Spirit ˱by˲_whom ˱he˲_˓was˒_speaking

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word wisdom, you could express the same idea with an adjective such as “wise.” Alternate translation: [the wise things he said as the Spirit inspired him]

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