GAL 1:20 Parallel Verse View

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

OET (OET-RV) and what I’m writing to you, I’m writing with God watching, so I’m not lying.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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).

AICNT What I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.

OEB (As to what I am now writing to you, I call God to witness that I am speaking the truth).

WEBBE Now about the things which I write to you, behold,[fn] before God, I’m not lying.

1:20 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!

LSV And the things that I write to you, behold, before God—I do not lie;

FBV (Let me assure you before God that I'm not lying about what I'm writing to you!)

TCNT (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

T4T God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!

LEB (Now the things which I am writing to you, behold, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

BBE Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

Moff No Moff GAL book available

Wymth In making these assertions I am speaking the truth, as in the sight of God.

ASV Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

DRA Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.

YLT And the things that I write to you, lo, before God — I lie not;

Drby Now what I write to you, behold, before [fn]God, I do not lie.

1.20 Elohim

RV Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

Wbstr Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.

KJB-1769 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

KJB-1611 Now the things which I write vnto you, behold, before God I lye not.
(Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God I lye not.)

Bshps The thynges therfore which I write vnto you, beholde, before God I lie not.
(The things therefore which I write unto you, behold, before God I lie not.)

Gnva Nowe the things which I write vnto you, beholde, I witnes before God, that I lie not.
(Now the things which I write unto you, behold, I witness before God, that I lie not. )

Cvdl The thinges that I wryte vnto you, beholde, God knoweth, I lye not.
(The things that I write unto you, behold, God knoweth, I lye not.)

TNT The thinges which I write beholde God knoweth I lye not.
(The things which I write behold God knoweth/knows I lye not. )

Wycl And these thingis which Y write to you, lo! tofor God Y lie not.
(And these things which I write to you, lo! tofor God I lie not.)

Luth Was ich euch aber schreibe, siehe, GOtt weiß, ich lüge nicht.
(What I you but schreibe, look, God weiß, I lüge not.)

ClVg Quæ autem scribo vobis, ecce coram Deo, quia non mentior.
(Quæ however scribo vobis, behold coram Deo, because not/no mentior. )

UGNT ἃ δὲ γράφω ὑμῖν, ἰδοὺ, ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι.
(ha de grafō humin, idou, enōpion tou Theou hoti ou pseudomai.)

SBL-GNT ἃ δὲ γράφω ὑμῖν, ἰδοὺ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι.
(ha de grafō humin, idou enōpion tou theou hoti ou pseudomai.)

TC-GNT Ἃ δὲ γράφω ὑμῖν, ἰδοὺ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι.
(Ha de grafō humin, idou enōpion tou Theou hoti ou pseudomai. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ἰδοὺ

behold

The word behold is an exclamation word which is used to draw attention to the words that follow. Use an exclamation that would be natural, in your language, to use in this context. Alternate translation: “observe”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

οὐ ψεύδομαι

not ˱I˲_/am/_lying

Here, Paul uses a phrase that expresses a strong positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that is the opposite of the intended meaning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning positively. Alternate translation: “I am telling you the truth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ

before ¬the God

Here, the phrase before God is an oath. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an oath from your language that would be appropriate in this context, or you could make it clear in your translation that Paul is making an oath. Alternate translation: “I solemnly testify before God” or “in God’s presence I testify” or “I swear with God as my witness” or “I swear before God”

Parallel GAL 1:20