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Parallel 1COR 8:5

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BI 1Cor 8:5 ©

Text critical issues=minor spelling Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)Even though there are many so-called ‘gods’ and ‘masterssaid to live in the heavens or earth,

OET-LVFor/Because even if_indeed there_are being_called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there_are gods many and masters many,

SR-GNTΚαὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ, εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ γῆς, ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κύριοι πολλοί,
   (Kai gar eiper eisin legomenoi theoi, eite en ouranōi eite epi gaʸs, hōsper eisin theoi polloi kai kurioi polloi,)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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 OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULTFor even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,”

USTIt is true that there are many things that are in heaven or on earth that people call “gods.” In this way, many “gods” and “lords” exist.

BSBFor even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

BLBTruly even if indeed there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there are many gods and many lords,


AICNTFor even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many gods and many lords),

OEBEven supposing that there are so-called “gods” either in heaven or on earth – and there are many such “gods” and “lords” –

WEBBEFor though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

WMBB (Same as above)

NETIf after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

LSVfor even if there are those called gods, whether in Heaven, whether on earth—as there are many gods and many lords—

FBVEven though there are some things called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth—in fact there are many “gods” and “lords.”

TCNTFor even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),

T4TIt is true that there are gods whom people think live in the heavens or whom they think live on earth. Truly, there are many beings that people call gods, and whom they call lords.

LEBFor even if after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many gods and many lords,

BBEFor though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

MoffNo Moff 1COR book available

WymthFor if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth—and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords—

ASVFor though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

DRAFor although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many).

YLTfor even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth — as there are gods many and lords many —

DrbyFor and if indeed there are [those] called [fn]gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are [fn]gods many, and lords many,)


8.5 Elohim

RVFor though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

WbstrFor though there are that are called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many)

KJB-1769For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

KJB-1611For though there bee that are called gods, whether in heauen or in earth (as there be gods many, and lords many:)
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

BshpsAnd though there be that are called gods, whether in heauen or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lordes many:)
   (And though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many:))

GnvaFor though there bee that are called gods, whether in heauen, or in earth (as there be many gods, and many lords)
   (For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven, or in earth (as there be many gods, and many lords) )

CvdlAnd though there be that are called goddes, whether in heauen or in earth (as there be goddes many and lordes many)
   (And though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth (as there be gods many and lords many))

TNTAnd though ther be that are called goddes whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes many and lordes many)
   (And though there be that are called gods whether in heaven other in earth (as there be gods many and lords many) )

WyclFor thouy ther ben summe that ben seid goddis, ethir in heuene, ether in erthe, as ther ben many goddis, and many lordis;
   (For though there been some that been said gods, ethir in heaven, ether in earth, as there been many gods, and many lords;)

LuthUnd wiewohl es sind, die Götter genannt werden, es sei, im Himmel oder auf Erden, sintemal es sind viel Götter und viel Herren:
   (And wiewohl it are, the gods genannt become, it sei, in_the heaven or on earthn, sintemal it are many gods and many Lorden:)

ClVgNam etsi sunt qui dicantur dii sive in cælo, sive in terra (siquidem sunt dii multi, et domini multi):[fn]
   (Nam etsi are who dicantur dii if/or in cælo, if/or in earth/land (siquidem are dii multi, and master multi): )


8.5 Si quidem sunt dii multi. Id est gentibus plures: quos terret Deus noster, id est dæmones qui volentes videri dii sibi exigunt quæ vero Deo debentur, aras, sacrificia, et alia. Noster vero homines deos facit.


8.5 When/But_if indeed are dii multi. That it_is nations plures: which terret God noster, id it_is dæmones who volentes videri dii sibi exigunt which vero Deo debentur, aras, sacrificia, and alia. Noster vero homines deos facit.

UGNTκαὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ, εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ γῆς, ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κύριοι πολλοί,
   (kai gar eiper eisin legomenoi theoi, eite en ouranōi eite epi gaʸs, hōsper eisin theoi polloi kai kurioi polloi,)

SBL-GNTκαὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ γῆς, ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κύριοι πολλοί,
   (kai gar eiper eisin legomenoi theoi eite en ouranōi eite epi gaʸs, hōsper eisin theoi polloi kai kurioi polloi,)

TC-GNTΚαὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἰσὶ λεγόμενοι θεοί, εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ [fn]γῆς· ὥσπερ εἰσὶ θεοὶ πολλοί, καὶ κύριοι πολλοί·
   (Kai gar eiper eisi legomenoi theoi, eite en ouranōi eite epi gaʸs; hōsper eisi theoi polloi, kai kurioi polloi; )


8:5 γης ¦ της γης ANT BYZ PCK TR

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


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

8:4-6 In reality, the idols to which such meat is sacrificed are not gods, for there is only one God (Deut 6:4; cp. Deut 4:35, 39; 10:19-20). He is the Creator of everything, including the meat in question. The only ultimate reality is God, the Father, and the one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created (cp. John 1:3; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

καὶ & εἴπερ

even & if_indeed

Here, even if introduces a possibility that Paul does not believe to be true. In other words, Paul does not think that there are many gods and many lords. He does think that people speak about many gods and many lords. Thus, his main point is that, no matter how many gods and lords other people talk about, believers only acknowledge one God and one Lord (8:6). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express even if with a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: [although it might be that] or [while some people claim that]

εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ

˱there˲_are /being/_called gods

Alternate translation: [people name many ‘gods’]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

θεοὶ, εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ γῆς

gods whether in heaven or on earth

Paul speaks, using heaven and earth in order to include them and everything in between. By speaking in this way, he includes every place that God created. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this figure of speech with an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [gods in all parts of creation]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κύριοι πολλοί

gods gods many and lords many

Here Paul acknowledges that there are many “gods” and “lords”. He implies that so-called from earlier in the verse also applies here, so the ULT has put quotation marks around gods and lords to indicate that these are the names people use. Paul himself does not believe that what people call gods and lords really are those things; rather, 10:20–21 suggests that Paul thinks these gods and lords are actually demons. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express what Paul means by “gods” and “lords” with a form that indicates that Paul is speaking from someone else’s perspective. Alternate translation: [many so-called gods and many so-called lords]

BI 1Cor 8:5 ©