YAC 4:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) So strive then to do what God wants of you. Resist the devil and he will flee away from you.

Key: khaki:verbs, 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 Be submitted, therefore, to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

UST So choose humbly to obey God. Firmly determine not to give in to the devil’s temptations. This will make the devil give up on trying to tempt you.

BLB Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

AICNT Submit yourselves therefore to God, [but][fn] resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

4:7, but: Absent from some manuscripts. TR

OEB § Therefore submit to God. Stand up to the devil, and he will flee from you.

WEBBE Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

LSV Be subject, then, to God; stand up against the Devil, and he will flee from you;

FBV So place yourself under God's direction. Confront the devil, and he will run away from you.

TCNT Submit yourselves therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

T4T So submit yourselves to God. ◄Resist the devil/Refuse to do what the devil wants►, and as a result he will run away from you.

LEB Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

BBE For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

Moff Well then, submit yourselves to God;
⇔ resist the devil,
⇔ and he will fly from you:

Wymth Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

ASV Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

DRA Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

YLT be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Drby Subject yourselves therefore to [fn]God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

4.7 Elohim

RV Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

SLT Be subjected therefore to God. Resist the accuser, and he will flee from you.

Wbstr Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

KJB-1769 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

KJB-1611 Submit your selues therefore to God: resist the deuill, and hee will flee from you.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Submit your selues therfore to God: but resist the deuyll, and he wyll flee from you.
(Submit yourselves therefore to God: but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.)

Gnva Submit your selues to God: resist the deuill, and he will flee from you.
(Submit yourselves to God: resist the devil, and he will flee from you. )

Cvdl Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell, & he wil flye fro you.
(Submit yourselves to God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.)

TNT Submit youre selves to god and resist the devyll and he will flye from you.
(Submit your(pl) selves to god and resist the devil and he will flee from you. )

Wycl Therfor be ye suget to God; but withstonde ye the deuel, and he schal fle fro you.
(Therefore be ye/you_all subject to God; but withstonde ye/you_all the devil, and he shall flee from you.)

Luth So seid nun GOtt untertänig. Wider stehet dem Teufel, so flieht er von euch.
(So are now God submissive/subservient. Wider stands to_him devil, so flieht he from you.)

ClVg Subditi ergo estote Deo, resistite autem diabolo, et fugiet a vobis.
(Subditi therefore be to_God, resistite however devil, and he_will_flee from to_you(pl). )

UGNT ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ Θεῷ. ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ’ ὑμῶν.
(hupotagaʸte oun tōi Theōi. antistaʸte de tōi diabolōi, kai feuxetai af’ humōn.)

SBL-GNT ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ· ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν·
(hupotagaʸte oun tōi theōi; antistaʸte de tōi diabolōi, kai feuxetai afʼ humōn;)

RP-GNT Ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ· ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ' ὑμῶν.
(Hupotagaʸte oun tōi theōi; antistaʸte de tōi diabolōi, kai feuxetai af' humōn.)

TC-GNT Ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ Θεῷ· ἀντίστητε [fn]δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν.
(Hupotagaʸte oun tōi Theōi; antistaʸte de tōi diabolōi, kai feuxetai af humōn. )

4:7 δε ¦ — 𝔐^pt ANT PCK TR

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–12: Believers must submit to God, not to their own selfish desires

In this section, James wrote about the problem of Christians quarreling among themselves. He identified the root of the problem as our human selfish desires. Then he pointed out that the solution is to humble ourselves and submit to God.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

Warning against being God’s enemy (UBS)

Submit Yourselves to God (NIV)

Paragraph 4:7–10

In this paragraph, James gave a series of exhortations or commands on how to get back into a proper relationship with God. He said that his readers should turn back to God and submit to him.

The exhortations in this paragraph are all plural. They are general and are addressed to everyone to whom James was writing.

4:7a

Submit yourselves, then, to God.

¶ So place yourselves under God’s authority. (GW)
¶ Therefore, obey^(plur) God and do what he wants you to do.

Submit yourselves, then, to God: The clause Submit yourselves…to God means “Put yourselves under God’s control,” “Accept God’s authority,” or “Surrender to God.” For example:

Surrender to God! (CEV)

place yourselves under God’s authority (GW)

then: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as then introduces a new paragraph. In this new paragraph, James gave many exhortations (or commands). These exhortations are based on all that James said in this chapter up to this point.

Some other ways to introduce these exhortations are:

So then (GNT)

therefore (RSV)

In many languages, this conjunction should come at the beginning of the sentence.

4:7b–c

In Greek, 4:7b–c begins with the conjunction that indicates a contrast. The contrast is between what we should do for God and what we should do in regard to Satan. One way to translate this contrast is:

But resist the devil (NET)

In some languages, no conjunction is necessary here.

4:7b

Resist the devil,

Stand^(plur) against the devil,
Fight^(plur) the devil,
But refuse^(plur) to do what the devil wants you to do,

Resist: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Resist means “Oppose” or “Stand firmly against” the enemy. This means that we should not listen to or yield to the devil’s temptations. Resist is the opposite of “submit.”

Some other ways to translate this word are:

Oppose

Do not obey

Refuse to do what the devil wants you to do

Fight

the devil: The phrase the devil refers to Satan, the leader of the evil spirits. You may already have a word in your language that describes the supreme evil being. If not, some other ways to translate this word are:

Satan

the leader/chief of the demons

the supremely bad/evil one

the enemy of God

4:7c

and he will flee from you.

and he will run away from you.^(plur)
and if you^(plur) do this, he will quickly leave you.
and he will soon stop tempting you.^(plur)

he will flee from you: The clause he will flee from you is a metaphor. In this metaphor, Satan is compared to a human enemy. They are similar in that both will flee if you resist them.

There are at least two ways to translate this metaphor:

Keep the metaphor. For example:
he will run away from you (GNT)
Translate the meaning without the metaphor. For example:
he will soon stop tempting you

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὑποτάγητε οὖν

˓be˒_subjected (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑποτάγητε Οὖν τῷ Θεῷ ἀντίστητε Δέ τῷ διαβόλῳ καί φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν)

If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [Submit, therefore]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὑποτάγητε οὖν

˓be˒_subjected (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑποτάγητε Οὖν τῷ Θεῷ ἀντίστητε Δέ τῷ διαβόλῳ καί φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν)

James is giving the reason for the result he described in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [Because God gives grace to the humble, be submitted] or [Because God gives grace to the humble, submit]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ’ ὑμῶν

resist (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑποτάγητε Οὖν τῷ Θεῷ ἀντίστητε Δέ τῷ διαβόλῳ καί φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν)

James is using the word translated and to describe a result. Alternate translation: [But resist the devil. If you do, then he will flee from you]

ἀντίστητε & τῷ διαβόλῳ

resist & ˱against˲_the devil

Alternate translation: [resolve not to do what the devil wants]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

φεύξεται ἀφ’ ὑμῶν

˱he˲_˓will_be˒_fleeing from you_all