1COR 3:20 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) And further: ‘The master knows that the thoughts of wise people are useless.’

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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 again,
⇔  “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.”

UST Further, the author of a psalm wrote,
⇔ “The Lord is aware of everything that wise people plan, and he knows that these plans will not succeed.”

BSB And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[fn]

BLB and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."

AICNT and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”[fn]

3:20, Psalms 94:11

OEB And it says again –
⇔ “The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.”

WEBBE And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And again, “ The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

LSV and again, “The LORD knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.”

FBV and “The Lord knows the arguments of the wise are pointless.”[fn]

3:20 Quoting Psalms 94:11.

TCNT and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”

T4T And we can learn from these words of Scripture,
⇔ The Lord considers as useless the thoughts of humans who think that they are [IRO] wise.

LEB and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”[fn]

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BBE And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

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Wymth And again, "The Lord takes knowledge of the reasonings of the wise—how useless they are."

ASV and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.

DRA And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

YLT and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'

Drby And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

RV and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.

Wbstr And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

KJB-1769 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
(And again, The Lord knoweth/knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. )

KJB-1611 [fn]And againe, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vaine.
(And again, The Lord knoweth/knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vaine.)

3:20 Psal.94. 11.

Bshps And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne.
(And again The Lord knoweth/knows the thoughts of the wyse, that they be vayne.)

Gnva And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.
(And again, The Lord knoweth/knows that the thoughts of the wise be vaine. )

Cvdl And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.
(And again: The LORD knoweth/knows the thoughts of the wyse, that they are vayne.)

TNT And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.
(And again God knoweth/knows the thoughts of the wise that they be vayne. )

Wyc and eft, The Lord knowith the thouytis of wise men, for tho ben veyn.
(and eft, The Lord knoweth/knows the thoughts of wise men, for those been veyn.)

Luth Und abermal: Der HErr weiß der Weisen Gedanken, daß sie eitel sind.
(And again: The LORD know the/of_the Weisen Gedanken, that they/she/them eitel sind.)

ClVg Et iterum: Dominus novit cogitationes sapientium quoniam vanæ sunt.
(And again: Master novit cogitationes sapientium quoniam vanæ are. )

UGNT καὶ πάλιν, Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι.
(kai palin, Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn sofōn, hoti eisin mataioi.)

SBL-GNT καὶ πάλιν· Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι.
(kai palin; Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn sofōn hoti eisin mataioi.)

TC-GNT Καὶ πάλιν, Κύριος [fn]γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶ μάταιοι.
(Kai palin, Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn sofōn, hoti eisi mataioi. )

3:20 γινωσκει ¦ γεινωσκει TH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

καὶ πάλιν

and again

In Paul’s culture, And again is a normal way to introduce another quotation from an important text that supports the same point. In this case, Paul quotes from the Old Testament book titled “Psalms” (See: Psalm 94:11). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express And again with a comparable phrase that indicates that Paul is introducing another quotation from an important text. Alternate translation: “In another place in the Old Testament it can be read” or “And the book of Psalms also says”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι

/the/_Lord /is/_knowing the speculations ˱of˲_the wise that ˱they˲_are useless

If you cannot use this form in your language, you could translate these statements as indirect quotes instead of as direct quotes. Alternate translation: “that the Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι

/is/_knowing the speculations ˱of˲_the wise that ˱they˲_are useless

If the form the reasonings of the wise, that they would be redundant in your language, you could express the idea without the redundant words. Alternate translation: “knows that the reasonings of the wise are futile”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν

the speculations ˱of˲_the wise

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind reasonings, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “reason” or “plan.” Alternate translation: “the things that the wise reason” or “the things that the wise plan”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τῶν σοφῶν

˱of˲_the wise

Paul is using the adjective wise as a noun in order to describe a group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this adjective with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “of wise people” or “of those who are wise”

εἰσὶν μάταιοι

˱they˲_are useless

Alternate translation: “they will come to nothing” or “they are worthless”

Parallel 1COR 3:20