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AICNT For [behold],[fn] the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
OEB A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said – “Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!”
WEBBE For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’
WMBB (Same as above)
NET For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’
LSV for behold, days come in which they will say, Blessed the barren, and wombs that did not bear, and breasts that did not give suck;
FBV For the time is coming when they'll say, ‘Happy are those who are childless, and those who never had babies, and those who never nursed them.’
TCNT For behold, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that have not given birth, and the breasts that have not [fn]nursed!’
T4T I want you to know that there will soon be a time when people will say, ‘Women [SYN] who have never borne children or nursed babies are fortunate!’
LEB For behold, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and the breasts that did not nurse!’
BBE For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.
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Wymth For a time is coming when they will say, `Blessed are the women who never bore children, and the breasts which have never given nourishment.'
ASV For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
DRA For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck.
YLT for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;
Drby for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed [are] the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.
RV For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
Wbstr For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nourished infants.
KJB-1769 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
KJB-1611 For beholde, the dayes are comming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that neuer bare, and the paps which neuer gaue sucke.
(For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave sucke.)
Bshps For beholde, the dayes wyll come, in the which they shal say: Happy are the barren, & the wombes that neuer bare, & the pappes which neuer gaue sucke.
(For behold, the days will come, in the which they shall say: Happy are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the pappes which never gave sucke.)
Gnva For behold, the dayes wil come, when men shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombes that neuer bare, and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke.
(For behold, the days will come, when men shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the pappes which never gave sucke. )
Cvdl For beholde, the tyme wil come, wherin it shal be sayde: Blessed are the baren, and the wombes that haue not borne, and the pappes that haue not geuen sucke.
(For behold, the time will come, wherin it shall be said: Blessed are the baren, and the wombs that have not born, and the pappes that have not given sucke.)
TNT For beholde, the dayes will come, when men shall saye: happy are the baren and the wombes that never bare and the pappes which never gave sucke.
(For behold, the days will come, when men shall say: happy are the baren and the wombs that never bare and the pappes which never gave sucke. )
Wycl For lo! daies schulen come, in whiche it schal be seid, Blessid be bareyn wymmen, and wombis that han not borun children, and the tetis that han not youun souke.
(For lo! days should come, in which it shall be said, Blessed be bareyn women, and wombis that have not born children, and the tetis that have not given souke.)
Luth Denn siehe, es wird die Zeit kommen, in welcher man sagen wird: Selig sind die Unfruchtbaren und die Leiber, die nicht geboren haben, und die Brüste, die nicht gesäuget haben.
(Because look, it becomes the time coming, in which man say wird: Selig are the Unfruchtbaren and the Leiber, the not geboren have, and the Brüste, the not gesäuget have.)
ClVg Quoniam ecce venient dies in quibus dicent: Beatæ steriles, et ventres qui non genuerunt, et ubera quæ non lactaverunt.[fn]
(Quoniam behold venient days in to_whom dicent: Beatæ steriles, and ventres who not/no genuerunt, and ubera which not/no lactaverunt. )
UGNT ὅτι ἰδοὺ, ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν, μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι, καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν.
(hoti idou, erⱪontai haʸmerai en hais erousin, makariai hai steirai, kai hai koiliai hai ouk egennaʸsan, kai mastoi hoi ouk ethrepsan.)
SBL-GNT ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν Μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ ⸀αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ⸀ἔθρεψαν.
(hoti idou erⱪontai haʸmerai en hais erousin Makariai hai steirai kai ⸀hai koiliai hai ouk egennaʸsan kai mastoi hoi ouk ⸀ethrepsan.)
TC-GNT Ὅτι ἰδού, ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσι, Μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι, καὶ [fn]κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ [fn]ἐθήλασαν.
(Hoti idou, erⱪontai haʸmerai en hais erousi, Makariai hai steirai, kai koiliai hai ouk egennaʸsan, kai mastoi hoi ouk ethaʸlasan. )
Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: translate-versebridge
ὅτι
because
Jesus is giving the reason why the women of Jerusalem should weep for themselves and their children, as he told them to do in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could put this reason before the result by combining this verse and the previous one into a verse bridge. See the suggestions in the note about the similar situation in 22:16 for how you might do this.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδοὺ
behold
Jesus is using the term behold to get the women to focus their attention on what he is about to say. Alternate translation: [indeed]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς
/are/_coming days in which
Jesus is using the term days to refer to a specific time. Alternate translation: [there will be a time when]
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν
in which ˱they˲_/will_be/_saying
Here Jesus is using the pronoun they in an indefinite sense. He does not have specific individuals in mind. Alternate translation: [when people will say]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
ἐροῦσιν, μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι, καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν
˱they˲_/will_be/_saying blessed_‹are› the barren and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν)
If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [people will say that women are fortunate if they never had children, if they never gave birth or nursed babies]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
αἱ στεῖραι, καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν
the barren and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν)
After speaking of women who were barren, that is, who did not have children, Jesus describes the same women in more detail. He is likely using repetition for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases, as UST does.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν, καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν
the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν)
These are two figures of speech in which Jesus is using one part of a person to represent the entire person. Alternate translation: [women who have never given birth or nursed]
