2COR 11:32 Parallel Verse View

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ULT In Damascus, the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of Damascenes to arrest me.

UST When I was in Damascus city, the local ruler who served King Aretas had soldiers looking for me in the city to capture me.

BSB In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

BLB In Damascus the governor under the king Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes to seize me.

AICNT In Damascus, the ethnarch of King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes [[waiting]][fn] to seize me,

11:32, waiting: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

OEB When I was in Damascus, the Governor under King Aretas had the gates of that city guarded, so as to arrest me,

WEBBE In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

LSV In Damascus the governor [under] Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

FBV While I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city guarded in order to capture me.

TCNT In Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the [fn]Damascenes, wanting to arrest me,

11:32 Damascenes, wanting ¦ Damascenes NA SBL WH

T4T One time when I was in Damascus city, the governor whom King Aretas had appointed to rule part of his area, told his soldiers to guard the gates of the city so that they could seize me if I tried to leave the city.

LEB In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to take me into custody,

BBE In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

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Wymth In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend me,

ASV In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

DRA At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me.

YLT In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

Drby In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;

RV In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, in order to take me:

Wbstr In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

KJB-1769 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

KJB-1611 In Damascus the gouernour vnder Aretas the King, kept the citie with a garison, desirous to apprehend mee.
(In Damascus the governor under Aretas the King, kept the city with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me.)

Bshps In the citie of Damascus, Aretas the kynges gouernour of the people, layde watche in the citie of the Damascens, and woulde haue caught me:
(In the city of Damascus, Aretas the kings governor of the people, laid watche in the city of the Damascens, and would have caught me:)

Gnva In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas, layde watch in the citie of the Damascens, and would haue caught me.
(In Damascus the governor of the people under King Aretas, laid watch in the city of the Damascens, and would have caught me. )

Cvdl At Damascon the gouernoure of ye people vnder kynge Aretas, kepte ye cite of the Damascenes, & wolde haue taken me.
(At Damascon the governore of ye/you_all people under king Aretas, kept ye/you_all cite of the Damascenes, and would have taken me.)

TNT In the citie of Damascon the governer of the people vnder kynge Aretas layde watche in the citie of the Damasces and wolde have caught me
(In the city of Damascon the governer of the people under king Aretas laid watche in the city of the Damasces and would have caught me )

Wycl The preuost of Damask, of the kyng of the folk Arethe, kepte the citee of Damascenes to take me;
(The preuost of Damask, of the king of the folk Arethe, kept the city of Damascenes to take me;)

Luth Zu Damaskus, der Landpfleger des Königs Aretas verwahrete die Stadt der Damasker und wollte mich greifen;
(Zu Damaskus, the/of_the Landpfleger the kings Aretas verwahrete the city the/of_the Damasker and wanted me greifen;)

ClVg Damasci præpositus gentis Aretæ regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet:
(Damasci præpositus gentis Aretæ king custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum as me comprehenderet: )

UGNT ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν πιάσαι με,
(en Damaskōi ho ethnarⱪaʸs Hareta tou basileōs efrourei taʸn polin Damaskaʸnōn piasai me,)

SBL-GNT ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν ⸂πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν⸃ πιάσαι ⸀με,
(en Damaskōi ho ethnarⱪaʸs Hareta tou basileōs efrourei taʸn ⸂polin Damaskaʸnōn⸃ piasai ⸀me,)

TC-GNT Ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἀρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν [fn]Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν, πιάσαι με [fn]θέλων·
(En Damaskōi ho ethnarⱪaʸs Areta tou basileōs efrourei taʸn Damaskaʸnōn polin, piasai me thelōn; )

11:32 δαμασκηνων πολιν ¦ πολιν δαμασκηνων CT

11:32 θελων ¦ — NA SBL WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

Ἁρέτα

˱of˲_Aretas

Here, the word Aretas is the name of a man who was a king. He obeyed what the Roman leaders required, and they let him be king over an area that included the city of Damascus.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως

˱of˲_Aretas the king

Here the phrase under Aretas the king indicates that the ethnarch was appointed by Aretas and did what he said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [who obeyed Aretas the king] or [who ruled under Aretas the king]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

Δαμασκηνῶν

˱of˲_/the/_Damascene

Here, the word Damascenes refers generally to people who live in the city of Damascus.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν

the city ˱of˲_/the/_Damascene

Here, the phrase the city of Damascenes is another way to refer to the city Damascus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to that city in whatever way is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [his city] or [the city]

Parallel 2COR 11:32