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OET (OET-RV) However, when Yeshua got the message he said to those around him, “This sickness won’t end in death but in honour for God, so that his son will also be honoured because of it.”
OET-LV But having_heard the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
This the sickness not is to death, but for the glory of_ the _god, in_order_that the son of_ the _god may_be_glorified by it.
SR-GNT Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, “Αὕτη ἡ ἀσθένεια οὐκ ἔστιν πρὸς θάνατον, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ διʼ αὐτῆς.” ‡
(Akousas de ho ˚Yaʸsous eipen, “Hautaʸ haʸ astheneia ouk estin pros thanaton, allʼ huper taʸs doxaʸs tou ˚Theou, hina doxasthaʸ ho Huios tou ˚Theou diʼ autaʸs.”)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, 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).
ULT But having heard it, Jesus said, “This sickness is not to death but for the glory of God so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
UST When Jesus heard about Lazarus’ illness, he said, “This illness will not end in Lazarus’ death. Rather, the purpose of this illness is to reveal how great God is. Lazarus became ill in order that the illness may reveal how great I, the Son of God, am.”
BSB § When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
BLB And having heard, Jesus said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it."
AICNT But when Jesus heard it, he said, “{This}[fn] sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of [[his]][fn] God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
OEB and, when Jesus heard it, he said, ‘This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honour of God, in order that the Son of God may be honoured through it.’
WEBBE But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
WMBB But when Yeshua heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
NET When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
LSV and Jesus having heard, said, “This ailment is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
FBV When Jesus heard the news he said, “The end result of this sickness will not be death. Through this God's glory will be revealed so that the Son of God may be glorified.”
TCNT But when Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
T4T They hoped that Jesus would come, but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in people realizing how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of what I will do.”
LEB And when he[fn] heardit,[fn] Jesus said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
?:? *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
?:? *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
BBE When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
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Wymth Jesus received the message and said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it."
ASV But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
DRA And Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God: that the Son of God may be glorified by it.
YLT and Jesus having heard, said, 'This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'
Drby But when Jesus heard [it], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of [fn]God, that the Son of [fn]God may be glorified by it.
11.4 Elohim
RV But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
Wbstr When Jesus heard that , he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.
KJB-1769 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
KJB-1611 When Iesus heard that, hee said, This sicknesse is not vnto death, but for the glory of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps When Iesus hearde that, he sayde, this infirmitie is not vnto death: but for the glory of God, that the sonne of God, myght be glorified therby.
(When Yesus/Yeshua heard that, he said, this infirmitie is not unto death: but for the glory of God, that the son of God, might be glorified therby.)
Gnva When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.
(When Yesus/Yeshua heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. )
Cvdl Wha Iesus herde that, he sayde: This sicknesse is not vnto death, but for the prayse of God, yt the sonne of God maye be praysed there thorow.
(Wha Yesus/Yeshua heard that, he said: This sickness is not unto death, but for the prayse of God, it the son of God may be praised there thorow.)
TNT When Iesus hearde that he sayd: this infirmite is not vnto deth but for the laude of God that the sonne of God myght be praysed by the reason of it.
(When Yesus/Yeshua heard that he said: this infirmite is not unto death but for the laude of God that the son of God might be praised by the reason of it. )
Wyc And Jhesus herde, and seide to hem, This syknesse is not to the deth, but for the glorie of God, that mannus sone be glorified bi hym.
(And Yhesus heard, and said to them, This sickness is not to the death, but for the glory of God, that man's son be glorified by him.)
Luth Da JEsus das hörete, sprach er: Die Krankheit ist nicht zum Tode, sondern zur Ehre Gottes, daß der Sohn Gottes dadurch geehret werde.
(So Yesus the heard, spoke er: The Krankheit is not for_the Tode, rather to Ehre God’s, that the/of_the son God’s dadurch geehret become.)
ClVg Audiens autem Jesus dixit eis: Infirmitas hæc non est ad mortem, sed pro gloria Dei, ut glorificetur Filius Dei per eam.[fn]
(Audiens however Yesus he_said eis: Infirmitas these_things not/no it_is to mortem, but for glory of_God, as glorificetur Son of_God through eam. )
11.4 Pro gloria Dei, etc. Id est, ut glorificetur Filius Dei. Ecce se Deum dicit, contra illos qui dicunt Filium Dei non esse Deum.
11.4 Pro glory of_God, etc. That it_is, as glorificetur Son of_God. Behold se God dicit, on_the_contrary those who dicunt Son of_God not/no esse God.
UGNT ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, αὕτη ἡ ἀσθένεια οὐκ ἔστιν πρὸς θάνατον, ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ δι’ αὐτῆς.
(akousas de ho Yaʸsous eipen, hautaʸ haʸ astheneia ouk estin pros thanaton, all’ huper taʸs doxaʸs tou Theou, hina doxasthaʸ ho Huios tou Theou di’ autaʸs.)
SBL-GNT ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Αὕτη ἡ ἀσθένεια οὐκ ἔστιν πρὸς θάνατον ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ διʼ αὐτῆς.
(akousas de ho Yaʸsous eipen; Hautaʸ haʸ astheneia ouk estin pros thanaton allʼ huper taʸs doxaʸs tou theou hina doxasthaʸ ho huios tou theou diʼ autaʸs.)
TC-GNT Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, Αὕτη ἡ ἀσθένεια οὐκ ἔστι πρὸς θάνατον, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ δι᾽ αὐτῆς.
(Akousas de ho Yaʸsous eipen, Hautaʸ haʸ astheneia ouk esti pros thanaton, all huper taʸs doxaʸs tou Theou, hina doxasthaʸ ho huios tou Theou di autaʸs. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
11:4 Jesus’ response paralleled his words about the man born blind (9:1-5). Jesus already knew that Lazarus was dead (11:14); he was talking about Lazarus’ resurrection (11:43), which would bring glory to God.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
οὐκ ἔστιν πρὸς θάνατον
not is to death
Here, not to indicates that what follows is not the result of the sickness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “This sickness will not result in death”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ
but for the glory ¬the ˱of˲_God
Jesus is stating the purpose for Lazarus’s sickness. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a purpose clause. Alternate translation: “but for the purpose of glorifying God”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ
for the glory ¬the ˱of˲_God
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of glory, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “in order to glorify God”
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ δι’ αὐτῆς
in_order_that /may_be/_glorified the Son ¬the ˱of˲_God by it
Jesus is stating the second purpose for Lazarus’s sickness. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a second purpose clause. Alternate translation: “and for the purpose of glorifying the Son of God”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ
¬the the Son ¬the ˱of˲_God
Jesus is referring to himself in third person. If this is confusing in your language, you can use the first person form, as in the UST.
Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples
Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ
Son ¬the ˱of˲_God
Son of God is an important title for Jesus.
Much like the difficulties of discerning the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land (see here), the task of reconciling the four Gospel accounts of Jesus’ final journey to Jerusalem into one coherent itinerary has proven very challenging for Bible scholars. As with many other events during Jesus’ ministry, the accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (often referred to as the Synoptic Gospels) present a noticeably similar account of Jesus’ final travels, while John’s Gospel presents an itinerary that is markedly different from the others. In general, the Synoptic Gospels present Jesus as making a single journey to Jerusalem, beginning in Capernaum (Luke 9:51), passing through Perea (Matthew 19:1-2; Mark 10:1) and Jericho (Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-19:10), and ending at Bethany and Bethphage, where he enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44). John, on the other hand, mentions several trips to Jerusalem by Jesus (John 2:13-17; 5:1-15; 7:1-13; 10:22-23), followed by a trip to Perea across the Jordan River (John 10:40-42), a return to Bethany where he raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11), a withdrawal to the village of Ephraim for a few months (John 11:54), and a return trip to Bethany, where he then enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (John 12:1-19). The differences between the Synoptics’ and John’s accounts are noteworthy, but they are not irreconcilable. The Synoptics, after noting that Jesus began his trip at Capernaum, likely condensed their accounts (as occurs elsewhere in the Gospels) to omit Jesus’ initial arrival in Jerusalem and appearance at the Festival of Dedication, thus picking up with Jesus in Perea (stage 2 of John’s itinerary). Then all the Gospels recount Jesus’ trip (back) to Bethany and Jerusalem, passing through Jericho along the way. Likewise, the Synoptics must have simply omitted the few months Jesus spent in Ephraim to escape the Jewish leaders (stage 4 of John’s itinerary) and rejoined John’s account where Jesus is preparing to enter Jerusalem on a donkey.