ACTs 7:56 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He said, “I can look through the sky that’s opened up and can see humanity’s child standing at God’s right side.”

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, 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 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right of God.”

UST “Look,” he said, “I see right into heaven, and I see the Son of Man in human form standing where God rules!”

BSB “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

BLB and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

AICNT and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

OEB ‘Look,’ he exclaimed, ‘I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!’

WEBBE and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Look!” he said. “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

LSV and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.”

FBV “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand.”

TCNT He said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

T4T “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I see the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”

LEB And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

BBE And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

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Wymth "I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

ASV and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

DRA And they crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord ran violently upon him.

YLT and he said, 'Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'

Drby and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of [fn]God.

7.56 Elohim

RV and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Wbstr And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

KJB-1769 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

KJB-1611 And said, Behold, I see the heauens opened, and the Sonne of man standing on the right hand of God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And sayde: Beholde, I see the heauens open, & the sonne of man standyng on the ryght hande of God.
(And said: Behold, I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.)

Gnva And said, Beholde, I see the heauens open, and the Sonne of man standing at the right hand of God.
(And said, Behold, I see the heavens open, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. )

Cvdl and sayde: Beholde, I se the heauens open, and the sonne of ma stondinge on ye righte honde of God.
(and said: Behold, I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on ye/you_all righte hand of God.)

TNT and sayde: beholde I se the hevens open and the sonne of man stondynge on the ryght honde of god.
(and said: behold I see the heavens open and the son of man stondynge on the right hand of god. )

Wycl And thei crieden with a greet vois, and stoppiden her eris, and maden with o wille an assauyt in to hym.
(And they cried with a great voice, and stoppiden her eris, and maden with o will an assauyt in to him.)

Luth und sprach: Siehe, ich sehe den Himmel offen und des Menschen Sohn zur Rechten Gottes stehen.
(and spoke: See, I see the heaven offen and the Menschen son to lawen God’s stehen.)

ClVg Exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas, et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum.
(Exclamantes however voce magna continuerunt aures suas, and impetum fecerunt unanimiter in him. )

UGNT καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ, θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς διηνοιγμένους, καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ Θεοῦ.
(kai eipen, idou, theōrō tous ouranous diaʸnoigmenous, kai ton Huion tou Anthrōpou ek dexiōn hestōta tou Theou.)

SBL-GNT καὶ εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ⸀διηνοιγμένους καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ θεοῦ.
(kai eipen; Idou theōrō tous ouranous ⸀diaʸnoigmenous kai ton huion tou anthrōpou ek dexiōn hestōta tou theou.)

TC-GNT καὶ εἶπεν, Ἰδού, θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς [fn]ἀνεῳγμένους, καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν [fn]ἑστῶτα τοῦ Θεοῦ.
(kai eipen, Idou, theōrō tous ouranous aneōigmenous, kai ton huion tou anthrōpou ek dexiōn hestōta tou Theou. )

7:56 ανεωγμενους ¦ διηνοιγμενους CT

7:56 εστωτα του θεου ¦ του θεου εστωτα ANT

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 / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

behold

Stephen is using the term behold to focus his listeners’ attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [Now listen]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς διηνοιγμένους, καὶ

˱I˲_/am/_observing the heavens /having_been/_opened_up and

Stephen is speaking of the heavens being opened to mean that they are open to his view. Alternate translation: [the heavens are open to my view, and I see] or [I can see into heaven, and I see]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man

The title Son of Man is equivalent to “Messiah.” Jesus himself used that title to claim that role subtly and implicitly. You may want to translate the title directly into your language. Alternatively, if you think it would be helpful to your readers, you could express what it means. Alternate translation: [Jesus the Messiah]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ Θεοῦ

by /the/_right /having/_stood ¬the ˱of˲_God

See how you translated the nominal adjective right in 7:55. Alternate translation: [standing at the right side of God]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ Θεοῦ

by /the/_right /having/_stood ¬the ˱of˲_God

See how you expressed the implicit significance of the phrase at the right of God in 7:55. Alternate translation: [standing in a place of honor next to God]

Note 6 topic: translate-symaction

ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ Θεοῦ

by /the/_right /having/_stood ¬the ˱of˲_God

See how you expressed the significance of the symbolic action of Jesus standing in 7:55. Alternate translation: [the Son of Man, in a place of honor next to God, standing to honor me]

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