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Parallel YHN 3:7

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BI Yhn 3:7 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)So you shouldn’t be surprised that I told you that everyone needs to be reborn.

OET-LVYou_may_ not _wonder that I_said to_you:
It_is_fitting you_all to_be_born again.

SR-GNTΜὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, ‘Δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.’
   (Maʸ thaumasaʸs hoti eipon soi, ‘Dei humas gennaʸthaʸnai anōthen.’)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, 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).

ULTDo not be amazed that I said to you, ‘It is necessary for you to be born again.’

USTDo not be astonished because I told you that you must be born again.


BSBDo not be amazed that I said, ‘You [fn] must be born again.’


3:7 The Greek word for you is plural; also in verse 12.

BLBDo not wonder that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you all to be born from above.'

AICNT“Do not be amazed that I said to you,[fn] ‘You must be born from above.’[fn]


3:7, you: “You” is in the plural.

3:7, born from above: Or “born again.”

OEBDo not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.

LSB Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

WEBDon’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’

WMB (Same as above)

NETDo not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’

LSVYou may not wonder that I said to you, It is required for you to be born from above;

FBVDon't be surprised at my telling you, ‘You must be reborn.’[fn]


3:7 The first “you” refers to Nicodemus in the singular. The second “you” is plural, and refers to a wider audience.

TCNTDo not be amazed that I said to yoʋ, ‘You must be born again.’

T4TDo not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again and have a new life from God.

LEBDo not be astonished that I said to you, ‘It is necessary for you to be born from above.’[fn]


?:? The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again” (see also v. 3)

BBEDo not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

MoffNo Moff YHN (JHN) book available

WymthDo not be astonished at my telling you, `You must all be born anew.'

ASVMarvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

DRAWonder not, that I said to thee, you must be born again.

YLT'Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;

DrbyDo not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that ye should be born anew.

RVMarvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

WbstrMarvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again.

KJB-1769 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
   ( Marvel not that I said unto thee/you, Ye/You_all must be born again.)

KJB-1611[fn]Marueile not that I saide vnto thee, Ye must be borne againe.
   (Marueile not that I said unto thee/you, Ye/You_all must be born again.)


3:7 Or, from aboue.

BshpsMaruayle not thou that I sayde to thee, ye must be borne agayne.
   (Maruayle not thou/you that I said to thee/you, ye/you_all must be born again.)

GnvaMarueile not that I said to thee, Yee must be borne againe.
   (Marueile not that I said to thee/you, Yee must be born again.)

CvdlMaruell not, that I sayde vnto ye: Ye must be borne of new.
   (Maruell not, that I said unto ye: Ye/You_all must be born of new.)

TNTMarvayle not that I sayd to the ye must be boren a newe.
   (Marvayle not that I said to the ye/you_all must be boren a newe.)

WycWondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen.
   (Wondre thou/you not, for I said to thee/you, It behoves you to be born ayen.)

LuthLaß dich‘s nicht wundern, daß ich dir gesagt habe: Ihr müsset von neuem geboren werden.
   (Laß dich‘s not wundern, that I you/to_you said habe: You müsset from neuem geboren become.)

ClVgNon mireris quia dixi tibi: oportet vos nasci denuo.
   (Non mireris because dixi tibi: oportet you nasci denuo.)

UGNTμὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.
   (maʸ thaumasaʸs hoti eipon soi, dei humas gennaʸthaʸnai anōthen.)

SBL-GNTμὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι Δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.
   (maʸ thaumasaʸs hoti eipon soi Dei humas gennaʸthaʸnai anōthen.)

TC-GNTΜὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, Δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.
   (Maʸ thaumasaʸs hoti eipon soi, Dei humas gennaʸthaʸnai anōthen.)

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


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν

/to_be/_born again

See how you translated this phrase in 3:3.

BI Yhn 3:7 ©