1 COR 7:27 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If you’re married, then don’t try to get out of it. If you’re not committed, don’t look for a spouse.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

UST Some people have gotten engaged. They should not separate. Other people have never gotten engaged. They should not try to become engaged.

BSB Are you committed to a wife? {Do} not seek to be released. Are you free of [commitment]? {Do} not look for a wife.

BLB Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

AICNT Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

OEB Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

WEBBE Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.

LSV Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

FBV Are you already married? Don't try to get divorced. Are you unmarried? Don't look to get married.

TCNT Are yoʋ pledged to marry a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are yoʋ free from such a commitment? Do not seek a wife.

T4T If any of you men are married [RHQ], do not try to divorce your wife. If any of you are unmarried [RHQ], do not seek a wife.

LEB No LEB 1 COR book available

BBE If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

Moff No Moff 1 COR book available

Wymth Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

ASV Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

DRA Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

YLT Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Drby Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

RV Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
(Art thou/you bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed/released. Art thou/you loosed/released from a wife? seek not a wife. )

SLT Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not a release. Hast thou been loosed from a wife seek thou not a wife.

Wbstr Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

KJB-1769 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
(Art thou/you bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed/released. Art thou/you loosed/released from a wife? seek not a wife. )

KJB-1611 Art thou bound vnto a wife? seeke not to bee loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps 1 COR book available

Gnva Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.
(Art thou/you bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed/released: art thou/you loosed/released from a wife? seek not a wife. )

Cvdl No Cvdl 1 COR book available

TNT Arte thou bounde vnto a wyfe? seke not to be lowsed. Arte thou lowsed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.
(Arte thou/you bound unto a wife? seek not to be lowsed. Arte thou/you lowsed from a wife? seek not a wife. )

Wycl No Wycl 1 COR book available

Luth No Luth 1 COR book available

ClVg Alligatus es uxori? noli quærere solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? noli quærere uxorem.
(Alligatus you_are uxori? don't to_seek/search_for solutionem. Solutus you_are away wife? don't to_seek/search_for wife. )

UGNT δέδεσαι γυναικί? μὴ ζήτει λύσιν. λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός? μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα.
(dedesai gunaiki? maʸ zaʸtei lusin. lelusai apo gunaikos? maʸ zaʸtei gunaika.)

SBL-GNT δέδεσαι γυναικί; μὴ ζήτει λύσιν· λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα·
(dedesai gunaiki? maʸ zaʸtei lusin; lelusai apo gunaikos? maʸ zaʸtei gunaika;)

RP-GNT Δέδεσαι γυναικί; Μὴ ζήτει λύσιν. Λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; Μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα.
(Dedesai gunaiki; Maʸ zaʸtei lusin. Lelusai apo gunaikos; Maʸ zaʸtei gunaika.)

TC-GNT Δέδεσαι γυναικί; Μὴ ζήτει λύσιν. Λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; Μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα.
(Dedesai gunaiki; Maʸ zaʸtei lusin. Lelusai apo gunaikos; Maʸ zaʸtei gunaika. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

δέδεσαι & λέλυσαι

˱you˲_˓have_been˒_bound & ˱you˲_˓have_been˒_loosed

Here Paul addresses an issue that people within the Corinthian church would need to consider as individuals. Because of this, you in this verse is always singular.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

δέδεσαι γυναικί? μὴ ζήτει & λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός? μὴ ζήτει

˱you˲_˓have_been˒_bound ˱to˲_˓a˒_wife not ˓be˒_seeking & ˱you˲_˓have_been˒_loosed from ˓a˒_wife not ˓be˒_seeking

Paul does not ask these questions because he is looking for information. Rather, he asks them to identify people who fit into the situations he describes. If someone answered “yes” to one of these questions, then the following command applies to that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express these questions with a different way to identify to whom the command applies. Alternate translation: [If you are bound to a wife, do not seek … If you are released from a wife, do not seek] or [Some of you are bound to a wife. If that is you, do not seek … Some of you are released from a wife. If that is you, do not seek]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

δέδεσαι γυναικί

˱you˲_˓have_been˒_bound ˱to˲_˓a˒_wife

Here, bound to a wife could refer to: (1) a man being engaged to marry a woman. Alternate translation: [Are you engaged to a woman] (2) a man being married to a woman. Alternate translation: [Are you married]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μὴ ζήτει λύσιν

not ˓be˒_seeking divorced

Here, released could refer to: (1) breaking off an engagement or betrothal. Alternate translation: [Do not seek to break off the betrothal] (2) ending a marriage. Alternate translation: [Do not seek a divorce]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός

˱you˲_˓have_been˒_loosed from ˓a˒_wife

Here, released from a wife could refer to: (1) someone who has never been engaged or married. Alternate translation: [Are you single] (2) someone who has been engaged or married but broken the marriage or engagement. Alternate translation: [Have you left your fiancée] or [Have you divorced your wife]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μὴ ζήτει λύσιν λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός

not ˓be˒_seeking divorced ˱you˲_˓have_been˒_loosed from ˓a˒_wife

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Paul uses the passive form here to focus on those who are released rather than focusing on the person doing the “releasing.” If you must state who does the action, Paul implies that either you or a “judge” does it. Alternate translation: [Do not seek to break up. Do you have no woman] or [Do not seek for a judge to release you. Has a judge released you from a woman]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα

not ˓be˒_seeking not ˓be˒_seeking ˓a˒_wife

Here, to seek a wife refers to searching for a woman to marry. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express seek a wife with a comparable idiom or expression. Alternate translation: [Do not look for a wife]

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