GAL 4:20 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I wanted to be there with you all now and to speak quite differently than this because I’m puzzled about you.

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 but I am desiring to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.

UST But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk more gently with you, because right now I do not know what to do about you.

BSB [how] I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.

BLB I was wishing indeed to be present with you presently and to change my tone, because I am perplexed as to you.

AICNT And I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

OEB But I could wish to be with you now and speak in a different tone, for I am perplexed about you.

WEBBE but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you.

LSV indeed I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.

FBV I really wish I could be with you right now so I could change my tone of voice… I'm so worried about you.

TCNT how I wish that I could be with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you!

T4T But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk more gently with you, because I do not know what to do about you while we are apart.

LEB No LEB GAL book available

BBE Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.

Moff No Moff GAL book available

Wymth Would that I were with you and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

ASV but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.

DRA And I would willingly be present with you now, and change my voice: because I am ashamed for you.

YLT and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.

Drby and I should wish to be present with you now, and change my voice, for I am perplexed as to you.

RV yea, I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you.

SLT And I would be present with you now, and change my voice; for I am perplexed about you.

Wbstr I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

KJB-1769 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

KJB-1611 I desire to bee present with you now, and to change my voyce, for I [fn]stand in doubt of you.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

4:20 Or, I am perplexed for you.

Bshps No Bshps GAL book available

Gnva And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
(And I would I were with you now, that I might change my voice: for I am in doubt of you. )

Cvdl No Cvdl GAL book available

TNT I wolde I were with you now and coulde chaunge my voyce: for I stonde in a doute of you
(I would I were with you now and could change my voice: for I stand in a doute of you )

Wycl No Wycl GAL book available

Luth No Luth GAL book available

ClVg vellem autem esse apud vos modo, et mutare vocem meam: quoniam confundor in vobis.[fn]
(I_would_like however to_be at you just/only, and mutare voice of_mine: since/because confundor in/into/on to_you. )

4.20 Vellem autem. Sciens Apostolus habere majorem vim sermonem qui ad præsentes fit, cupit apostolicam vocem litteris comprehensam in præsentiam commutare. Scriptura enim divina ædificat lecta, sed multo plus prodest si de litteris mutatur in vocem. Magnam si quidem vim habet vox viva, vox de auctoris sui ore resonans, quæ ea pronuntiatione profertur, et distinguitur, quia in hominis corde generata est.

4.20 Vellem however. Sciens Apostolus to_have greater vim conversation who to beforesentes fit, cupit apostolicam voice litteris comprehensam in/into/on beforesentiam commutare. Scriptura because divina buildt lecta, but much plus benefit when/but_if from/about litteris changes in/into/on voice. Magnam when/but_if indeed vim has voice viva, voice from/about authoris self vocally resonans, which them pronuntiatione brings_forthur, and distinguitur, because in/into/on of_man heart generata it_is.

UGNT ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
(aʸthelon de pareinai pros humas arti, kai allaxai taʸn fōnaʸn mou, hoti aporoumai en humin.)

SBL-GNT ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
(aʸthelon de pareinai pros humas arti, kai allaxai taʸn fōnaʸn mou, hoti aporoumai en humin.)

RP-GNT ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
(aʸthelon de pareinai pros humas arti, kai allaxai taʸn fōnaʸn mou, hoti aporoumai en humin.)

TC-GNT ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
(aʸthelon de pareinai pros humas arti, kai allaxai taʸn fōnaʸn mou, hoti aporoumai en humin. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

δὲ

but

Alternate translation: [and]

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἤθελον & παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν

˱I˲_˓was˒_wanting & ˓to_be˒_being_present with you_all now and ˓to˒_change the voice ˱of˲_me because ˱I˲_˓am˒_perplexing in you_all

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [because I am perplexed about you, I am desiring to be present with you now and to change my tone]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου

˓to˒_change the voice ˱of˲_me

The phrase change my tone refers to Paul changing the manner of his communication towards the Galatians from sternly rebuking to being more affectionate. Paul loved the Galatian believers. However, because of the serious nature of the false teaching which the Galatians were being tempted to accept, combined with Paul’s physical distance from the Galatians, he felt that he needed to write to them and firmly and sternly correct their false thinking with the hope that they would not believe or follow false teaching. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate explicitly what the phrase change my tone means here. Alternate translation: [to speak in a different manner]

Parallel GAL 4:20