LUKE 1:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) [ref]Now the messenger rebuked him, “I am Gabriel who stood right in front of God and was commanded to come here and talk to you, and to tell all of this to you,

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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 RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And answering, the angel said to him, “I am Gabriel, the one standing before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

UST Then the angel replied to him, “I am Gabriel! I stand in God’s presence! God sent me to tell you this good news about what will happen to you.

BLB And the angel answering, said to him, "I am Gabriel, the one standing before God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring these glad tidings to you.

AICNT And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

OEB ‘I am Gabriel,’ the angel answered, ‘who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

WEBBE The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

LSV And the messenger answering said to him, “I am Gabriel, who has been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to proclaim this good news to you,

FBV “I am Gabriel,” the angel replied. “I stand in God's presence, and I was sent to speak to you and give you this good news.

TCNT The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God and was sent to speak to yoʋ and bring yoʋ this good news.

T4T Then the angel said to him, “I am God’s chief angel, Gabriel! I do what God tells me, because I constantly am in God’s presence! I was sent {He sent me} to tell you (sg) something good that is going to happen to you.

LEB And the angel answered and[fn] said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.

1:19 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

Moff The angel replied, "I am Gabriel, I stand before God; I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

Wymth "I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God," answered the angel, "and I have been sent to talk with you and tell you this good news.

ASV And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.

DRA And the angel answering, said to him: I am Gabriel, who stand before God: and am sent to speak to thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.

YLT And the messenger answering said to him, 'I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

Drby And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before [fn]God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;

1.19 Elohim

RV And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
(And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee/you, and to bring thee/you these good tidings/news. )

SLT The messenger having answered, said to him, I am Gabriel, standing before God; and was sent to speak to thee, and announce these good news to thee.

Wbstr And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak to thee, and to show thee these glad tidings.

KJB-1769 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
(And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee/you, and to show thee/you these glad tidings/news. )

KJB-1611 And the Angel answering, said vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the Angel aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: I am Gabriel that stande in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shewe thee these glad tydynges.
(And the Angel answered, and said unto him: I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto thee/you, and to show thee/you these glad tidings/news.)

Gnva And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shew thee these good tidings.
(And the Angel answered, and said unto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto thee/you, and to show thee/you these good tidings/news. )

Cvdl The angell answered, and sayde vnto him: I am Gabriell that stonde before God, and am sent to speake vnto the, and to shewe the these glad tydinges.
(The angel answered, and said unto him: I am Gabriell that stand before God, and am sent to speak unto them, and to show the these glad tidings/news.)

TNT And the angell answered and sayde vnto him: I am Gabriell that stonde in the presens of God and am sent to speake vnto the: and to shewe the these glad tydinges.
(And the angel answered and said unto him: I am Gabriell that stand in the presens of God and am sent to speak unto them: and to show the these glad tidings/news. )

Wycl And the aungel answeride, and seide to hym, For Y am Gabriel, that stonde niy bifor God; and Y am sent to thee to speke, and to euangelize to thee these thingis.
(And the angel answered, and said to him, For I am Gabriel, that stand nigh/near before God; and I am sent to thee/you to speak, and to euangelize to thee/you these things.)

Luth Der Engel antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Ich bin Gabriel, der vor GOtt stehet, und bin gesandt, mit dir zu reden, daß ich dir solches verkündigte.
(The angel replied and spoke to/for him: I am Gabriel, the/of_the before/in_front_of God stands, and am sent, with you/to_you(sg) to/for talk, that I you/to_you(sg) such announced.)

ClVg Et respondens angelus dixit ei: Ego sum Gabriel, qui asto ante Deum: et missus sum loqui ad te, et hæc tibi evangelizare.[fn]
(And responding messenger/angel he/she_said to_him: I I_am Gabriel, who/which asto before God: and missus I_am to_speak to you(sg), and these_things to_you to_evangelise. )

1.19 Ante Deum. ID. Cum ad nos veniunt angeli, sic exterius implent ministerium, ut tamen ante Deum interius per contemplationem assistant. Quia etsi angelus est spiritus circonscriptus, summus spiritus qui Deus est, incirconscriptus est, intra quem currit angelus quocunque moveatur vel mittatur.

1.19 Ante God. ID. Since to us they_come messengers/angels, so outside implent ministry, as nevertheless before God inside through contemplationm assistant. Because even_though messenger/angel it_is spirit circonscriptus, highest/supreme spirit who/which God it_is, incirconscriptus it_is, inside which currit messenger/angel wherever moveatur or mittatur.

UGNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριὴλ, ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρὸς σὲ, καὶ εὐαγγελίσασθαί σοι ταῦτα.
(kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autōi, egō eimi Gabriaʸl, ho parestaʸkōs enōpion tou Theou, kai apestalaʸn lalaʸsai pros se, kai euangelisasthai soi tauta.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριὴλ ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρὸς σὲ καὶ εὐαγγελίσασθαί σοι ταῦτα·
(kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autōi; Egō eimi Gabriaʸl ho parestaʸkōs enōpion tou theou, kai apestalaʸn lalaʸsai pros se kai euangelisasthai soi tauta;)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριὴλ ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρός σε, καὶ εὐαγγελίσασθαί σοι ταῦτα.
(Kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autōi, Egō eimi Gabriaʸl ho parestaʸkōs enōpion tou theou; kai apestalaʸn lalaʸsai pros se, kai euangelisasthai soi tauta.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριὴλ ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρός σε, καὶ εὐαγγελίσασθαί σοι ταῦτα.
(Kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autōi, Egō eimi Gabriaʸl ho parestaʸkōs enōpion tou Theou; kai apestalaʸn lalaʸsai pros se, kai euangelisasthai soi tauta. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:5–25: An angel said that John the Baptizer would be born

An angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah while he was working in the temple as a priest. The angel told him that his wife Elizabeth would become pregnant and have a baby, and that he must name him John. Zechariah and Elizabeth were old, and Elizabeth was not able to have children. So Zechariah did not believe the angel. Because he did not believe that what the angel said would happen, the angel made him unable to speak. But later, Elizabeth became pregnant.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other possible headings for this section are:

The Birth of John the Baptist is Announced (GNT)

The angel Gabriel predicts the birth of John the Baptizer

The angel Gabriel announces/prophesies to Zechariah that his wife will have a son

1:19

In 1:19 the angel Gabriel indirectly rebuked Zechariah for not believing his message.

1:19a

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God,

The angel said, “I am Gabriel, who stands before God,
The angel said, “I am the angel Gabriel. I stand near God ready to serve him,

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God: In the Greek text, the words that the BSB translates as replied the angel, which are literally “and, answering, the angel said to him,” come before this quotation. The BSB has put these words within the quotation. While the GNT does the same thing, most English versions put them before the quotation. In your translation, put them where they would be most natural in your language.

I am Gabriel…I stand in the presence of God: In the Greek text this part of the verse is more literally, “I am Gabriel, the one standing before God.” The angel mentioned his name and position to emphasize his authority as an important messenger from God. Gabriel’s name was well known among Jewish people. He is mentioned by name in Daniel chapters 8–9. Some other ways to translate this part of the verse are:

I am Gabriel who stands near God to serve him

I serve God in his presence; you know my name, Gabriel

I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God

Express Gabriel’s authority in an emphatic way in your language.

I stand in the presence of God: The clause I stand in the presence of God indicates that Gabriel regularly or always stood near God. This fact implies that Gabriel was a very important servant of God and was always ready to serve him. The clause does not imply that Gabriel was standing near God in heaven at the time when he was talking to Zechariah.

God: See God in the Glossary.

the angel: See the note at 1:11a for suggestions about translating the word angel. See also angel, Meaning 1, in the Glossary.

1:19b

and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

and I have been sent by him/God to talk to you^(sing) and to tell you this good news.
and God has sent me to bring/announce this good news to you^(sing) concerning your^(sing) son.

I have been sent: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as I have been sent is passive. It was a respectful way for the angel to say that God sent him. Some ways to translate this verb are:

Use a passive verb. For example:
I was sent (NET)
Use an active verb. For example:
God sent me (GW)
It was he who sent me (NLT)

Notice the way that the NLT continues to emphasize Gabriel’s authority from God by using the phrase “It was he.”

to speak to you and to bring you this good news: The two verb phrases to speak to you and to bring you this good news are similar in meaning. The second verb refers specifically to declaring good news. In some languages, it may be more natural to use only one verb of speech. Use a verb that is appropriate for telling good news that is important. For example:

to declare to you this good news

to announce this good news to you

this good news: In this context, the good news was that Zechariah would have a son and that God would give his son a special work. Make sure that in your translation it is clear that this good news refers to what the angel had already told Zechariah. Make sure that it does not refer to what he would tell him next.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐγώ εἰμί Γαβριήλ ὁ παρεστηκώς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρός σέ καί εὐαγγελίσασθαι σοί ταῦτα)

Together the words answering and said mean that the angel responded to the question that Zechariah asked. Alternate translation: [the angel responded]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριὴλ, ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ

Gabriel says this in the form of a statement, but he means it as a rebuke to Zechariah. The presence of an angel coming directly from God should be enough proof for him. Alternate translation: [You should have believed me, Gabriel, coming to you straight from God!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ

the the_‹one› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐγώ εἰμί Γαβριήλ ὁ παρεστηκώς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρός σέ καί εὐαγγελίσασθαι σοί ταῦτα)

To stand before or “in front of” a master, that is, in the presence of that master, means to be available to serve them at all times in any capacity. Alternate translation: [I serve God personally]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρὸς σὲ

˱I˲_˓was˒_sent_out ˓to˒_speak (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐγώ εἰμί Γαβριήλ ὁ παρεστηκώς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρός σέ καί εὐαγγελίσασθαι σοί ταῦτα)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: [God sent me to speak to you]

Parallel LUKE 1:19

Section 1:5–25: An angel said that John the Baptizer would be born

1:19

1:19a

1:19b