LUKE 14:32 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) If they can’t, then while the other army is still far away, the king will send ahead a delegation to try to make peace.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 if not, while he is still far away, sending a delegation, he asks the things for peace.

UST Suppose he decided his army could not defeat the other army. Then he would send messengers to the other king while his army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to ask, ‘What must I do to have peace with you?’

BSB And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

BLB And if not, of him being still far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for peace.

AICNT And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

OEB And if he cannot, then, while the other is still at a distance, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace.

WEBBE Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

LSV And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.

FBV If he can't, he'll send representatives to ask for peace while the other king is still a long way off.

TCNT If he cannot, he sends a delegation while the other is still far away and asks for terms of peace.

T4T If he decided that his army could not defeat that army, he would send messengers to the other king while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’

LEB But if not, while[fn] the other is still far away, he sends an ambassador and[fn] asks for terms of[fn] peace.

14:32 *Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“is”)

14:32 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“asks”) has been translated as a finite verb

14:32 Literally “the things with reference to”

BBE Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

Moff No Moff LUKE book available

Wymth If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.

ASV Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

DRA Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

YLT and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

Drby and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

RV Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

Wbstr Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an embassy, and desireth conditions of peace.

KJB-1769 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
( Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth/sends an ambassage, and desires conditions of peace. )

KJB-1611 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
(Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth/sends an ambassage, and desires conditions of peace.)

Bshps Or els, whyle the other is yet a great way of, he sendeth an imbassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
(Or else, while the other is yet a great way of, he sendeth/sends an imbassage, and desires conditions of peace.)

Gnva Or els while hee is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth peace.
(Or else while he is yet a great way off, he sendeth/sends an ambassage, and desires peace. )

Cvdl Or els, whyle the other is yet a greate waye of he sendeth embassage, and desyreth peace.
(Or else, while the other is yet a great way of he sendeth/sends embassage, and desires peace.)

TNT Or els whyll ye other is yet a greate waye of he will sende embasseatours and desyre peace.
(Or else while ye/you_all other is yet a great way of he will send embasseatours and desire peace. )

Wyc Ellis yit while he is afer, he sendynge a messanger, preieth tho thingis that ben of pees.
(Ellis yet while he is afar, he sendynge a messanger, preieth those things that been of peace.)

Luth Wo nicht, so schickt er Botschaft, wenn jener noch ferne ist, und bittet um Frieden.
(Where not, so schickt he Botschaft, when jener still ferne is, and bittet around/by/for Frieden.)

ClVg Alioquin adhuc illo longe agente, legationem mittens rogat ea quæ pacis sunt.
(Alioquin adhuc illo longe agente, legationem mittens rogat ea which pacis are. )

UGNT εἰ δὲ μή γε ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος, πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην.
(ei de maʸ ge eti autou porrō ontos, presbeian aposteilas erōta ta pros eiraʸnaʸn.)

SBL-GNT εἰ δὲ μήγε, ἔτι ⸂αὐτοῦ πόρρω⸃ ὄντος πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ ⸀τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην.
(ei de maʸge, eti ⸂autou porrō⸃ ontos presbeian aposteilas erōta ⸀ta pros eiraʸnaʸn.)

TC-GNT Εἰ δὲ μήγε, ἔτι [fn]πόρρω αὐτοῦ ὄντος, πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ [fn]τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην.
(Ei de maʸge, eti porrō autou ontos, presbeian aposteilas erōta ta pros eiraʸnaʸn. )

14:32 πορρω αυτου ¦ αυτου πορρω CT TR

14:32 τα ¦ — WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰ δὲ μή γε

if and not surely

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express the implicit meaning here. Alternate translation: “If he realizes that he will not be able to defeat the other king”

ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος, πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην

still ˱of˲_him far_away being /a/_delegation /having/_sent_out /is/_asking (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ δὲ μή γε ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ εἰρήνην)

Alternate translation: “while the other king is still far away, the first king sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace”

τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ δὲ μή γε ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ εἰρήνην)

Alternate translation: “for terms to end the war” or “what the other king wants him to do so that he will not attack”

Parallel LUKE 14:32