YAC 3:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) With horses, we can put the bridle in it’s mouth so we can make them do what we want, and so we can direct the whole animal.

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 OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Now if we put the bits into the mouths of the horses for them to obey us, we also turn their whole body.

UST To illustrate, we can put a small metal bar into the mouth of a horse and use it to make the horse go where we want it to go. When we do that, we can direct the horse’s large body just by means of that small device.

BSB § When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.

BLB Now if we put bits into the mouths of the horses for them to obey us, we turn about even their whole body.

AICNT {But if}[fn] we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide their whole body.

3:3, But if: Later manuscripts read “Behold.” TR

OEB When we put bits into horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we change their course the rest of their bodies.

WEBBE Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

LSV behold, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and we direct their whole body;

FBV We put bridles into the mouths of horses so that they'll obey us, and we can direct them wherever we want.

TCNT [fn]Behold, we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they will obey us, and we guide their entire bodies.

3:3 Behold, we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they will obey us, and we guide their entire bodies. ¦ If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they will obey us, we guide their entire bodies as well. CT

T4T To illustrate, if we put a small metal bit into the mouth of a horse in order to cause the horse to obey us, we can cause the horse to turn and go where we want it to [MET].

LEB And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.

BBE Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

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Wymth Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.

ASV Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

DRA For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.

YLT lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

Drby Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.

RV Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

Wbstr Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

KJB-1769 Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

KJB-1611 Behold, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about their whole body.
(Behold, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.)

Bshps Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them:
(Behold, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey us, and we turn about all the body of them:)

Gnva Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes, that they should obey vs, and we turne about all their bodie.
(Behold, we put bittes into the horses mouthes, that they should obey us, and we turn about all their bodie. )

Cvdl Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes yt they shulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body.
(Behold, we put bittes into the horses mouths it they should obeye us, and we turn about all the body.)

TNT Beholde we put bittes into the horses mouthes that they shuld obeye vs and we turne aboute all the body.
(Behold we put bittes into the horses mouths that they should obeye us and we turn about all the body. )

Wycl For if we putten bridlis `in to horsis mouthis, for to consente to vs, and we leden aboute al the bodi of hem.
(For if we putten bridlis `in to horses mouthis, for to consente to us, and we led about all the body of them.)

Luth Siehe, die Pferde halten wir in Zäumen, daß sie uns gehorchen, und lenken den ganzen Leib.
(See, the horsee hold we/us in Zäumen, that they/she/them us/to_us/ourselves gehorchen, and lenken the entire Leib.)

ClVg Si autem equis frena in ora mittimus ad consentiendum nobis, et omne corpus illorum circumferimus.[fn]
(When/But_if however ewho/any frena in ora mittimus to consentiendum nobis, and omne body illorum circumferimus. )

3.3 Si autem frenos equis in ora mittimus. BED. In ora nostra multo magis debemus mittere. Quidam libri habent: Sicut autem frenos equis, et conjungitur sic ad sequentia: Sicut autem frenos equis in ora mittimus, ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat.

3.3 When/But_if however frenos ewho/any in ora mittimus. BED. In ora nostra multo magis debemus mittere. Quidam libri habent: Sicut however frenos equis, and conyungitur so to sequentia: Sicut however frenos ewho/any in ora mittimus, ita and lingua modicum indeed membrum it_is, and magna exaltat.

UGNT εἰ δὲ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν, εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν.
(ei de tōn hippōn tous ⱪalinous eis ta stomata ballomen, eis to peithesthai autous haʸmin, kai holon to sōma autōn metagomen.)

SBL-GNT ⸂εἰ δὲ⸃ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν ⸀εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν.
(⸂ei de⸃ tōn hippōn tous ⱪalinous eis ta stomata ballomen ⸀eis to peithesthai autous haʸmin, kai holon to sōma autōn metagomen.)

TC-GNT [fn]Ἴδε, τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν [fn]πρὸς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν.
(Ide, tōn hippōn tous ⱪalinous eis ta stomata ballomen pros to peithesthai autous haʸmin, kai holon to sōma autōn metagomen. )

3:3 ιδε ¦ ιδου TR ¦ ει δε CT

3:3 προς 95.5% ¦ εις CT 2.4%

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

δὲ

and

James uses Now to introduce background information in the form of an illustration that will help his readers understand what he wants to teach them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate the word with a phrase that shows that James is going to offer an illustration, as UST does.

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν

˱of˲_the horses ¬the bridles into the mouths ˱we˲_/are/_putting

These horses are large animals that are used in many cultures to transport people and goods, and bits are small pieces of metal that are placed into horses’ mouths to control where they go. If your readers would not be familiar with horses and bits, in your translation you could use the name of another animal and a different device, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [we put pegs into the noses of camels] or [we use small devices on the bodies of large animals]

εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν

into in_order that /to_be_being/_persuaded them ˱to˲_us

Alternate translation: [so that they will obey us]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν

also all the body ˱of˲_them ˱we˲_/are/_directing

James means that by using a bit, people can turn the body of a horse in whatever direction they want. James is using the action of turning a horse to mean guiding or controlling it in general. Alternate translation: [this enables us to guide their whole body] or [this enables us to control their whole body]

ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν

all the body ˱of˲_them

Since James speaks of horses in the plural, it might be more natural in your language to use the plural form of body. Alternate translation: [their whole bodies]

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