MARK 4:37 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Out in the lake a big storm came up with strong winds, and the waves started breaking across the boat and filling it.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 a great storm of wind happens, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filled.

UST Then there was a powerful windstorm! High waves were splashing into the boat and quickly filling it up with water.

BSB Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that [it] was being swamped.

MSB Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.[fn]

4:37 GOC it was already beginning to sink

BLB And a violent storm of wind comes, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat already is being filled up.

AICNT And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that {the boat was already filling}.[fn]

4:37, the boat was already filling: Some manuscripts read “it was already sinking.”

OEB A violent squall came on, and the waves kept dashing into the boat, so that the boat was actually filling.

WEBBE A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

LSV And there comes a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

FBV Soon a terrible storm started blowing, and waves crashed against the boat, filling it with water.

TCNT Now a great windstorm arose, and the waves were beating against the boat, so that [fn]it was nearly swamped.

4:37 it was nearly swamped ¦ it was already beginning to sink ANT ¦ the boat was nearly swamped CT

T4T A strong wind came up and the waves started coming into the boat! The boat was soon nearly full of water!

LEB And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled with water.[fn]

4:37 *The words “with water” are not in the Greek text but are implied

BBE And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

Moff But a heavy squall of wind came on, and the waves splashed into the boat, so that the boat filled.

Wymth But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.

ASV And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now filling.

DRA And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was filled.

YLT And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

Drby And there comes a violent gust of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it already filled.

RV And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now filling.

SLT And there is a great hurricane of wind, and the waves struck against the ship, so that it was already filled.

Wbstr And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.

KJB-1769 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

KJB-1611 And there arose a great storme of wind, and the waues beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And there arose a great storme of wynde, and the waues dasshed into the shippe, so that it was nowe full.
(And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves dashed into the ship, so that it was now full.)

Gnva And there arose a great storme of winde, and the waues dashed into the shippe, so that it was now full.
(And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves dashed into the ship, so that it was now full. )

Cvdl And there arose a greate storme of wynde, and dasshed the wawes in to the shippe, so that the shippe was full.
(And there arose a great storm of wind, and dashed the waves in to the ship, so that the ship was full.)

TNT And ther arose a great storme of wynde and dasshed the waves into the ship so that it was full.
(And there arose a great storm of wind and dashed the waves into the ship so that it was full. )

Wycl And a greet storm of wynde was maad, and keste wawis in to the boot, so that the boot was ful.
(And a great storm of wind was made, and cast/threw waves in to the boot, so that the boot was full.)

Luth Und es erhub sich ein großer Windwirbel und warf die Wellen in das Schiff, also daß das Schiff voll ward.
( And it raised itself/yourself/themselves a large wind_vortex and threw the waves in the ship, also that the ship full/whole was.)

ClVg Et facta est procella magna venti, et fluctus mittebat in navim, ita ut impleretur navis.
(And facts it_is storm big winds, and wave was_sending in/into/on ship, so/thus as would_be_fulfilled ship. )

UGNT καὶ γίνεται λαῖλαψ μεγάλη ἀνέμου, καὶ τὰ κύματα ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ὥστε ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι τὸ πλοῖον.
(kai ginetai lailaps megalaʸ anemou, kai ta kumata epeballen eis to ploion, hōste aʸdaʸ gemizesthai to ploion.)

SBL-GNT καὶ γίνεται λαῖλαψ ⸂μεγάλη ἀνέμου⸃, ⸂καὶ τὰ⸃ κύματα ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ὥστε ⸂ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι τὸ πλοῖον⸃.
(kai ginetai lailaps ⸂megalaʸ anemou⸃, ⸂kai ta⸃ kumata epeballen eis to ploion, hōste ⸂aʸdaʸ gemizesthai to ploion⸃.)

RP-GNT Καὶ γίνεται λαῖλαψ ἀνέμου μεγάλη· τὰ δὲ κύματα ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ὥστε αὐτὸ ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι.
(Kai ginetai lailaps anemou megalaʸ; ta de kumata epeballen eis to ploion, hōste auto aʸdaʸ gemizesthai.)

TC-GNT Καὶ [fn]γίνεται λαῖλαψ [fn]ἀνέμου μεγάλη· [fn]τὰ δὲ κύματα [fn]ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ὥστε [fn]αὐτὸ ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι.
(Kai ginetai lailaps anemou megalaʸ; ta de kumata epeballen eis to ploion, hōste auto aʸdaʸ gemizesthai. )

4:37 γινεται ¦ γεινεται TH

4:37 ανεμου μεγαλη ¦ μεγαλη ανεμου CT

4:37 τα δε ¦ και τα CT

4:37 επεβαλλεν ¦ επεβαλεν 𝔐^pt ECM^† HF PCK

4:37 αυτο ηδη γεμιζεσθαι ¦ ηδη αυτο βυθιζεσθαι ANT ¦ ηδη γεμιζεσθαι το πλοιον CT

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:35–41: Jesus commanded a storm to stop and it obeyed him

While Jesus and his disciples were going across Lake Galilee in a boat, a strong wind began to blow. The wind caused big waves on the lake. The waves were big enough to come into the boat. The boat was about to sink, but Jesus spoke to the waves and because Jesus had the authority to command them to stop, the wind and the waves stopped.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus calmed a storm on the lake

Jesus stopped the wind and waves

A storm obeys Jesus

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 8:23–27 and Luke 8:22–25.

4:37–38a

Jesus began sleeping before the windstorm came. See the General Comment on 4:37–38a at the end of 4:38a for a possible way to reorder the verse parts.

4:37a

Soon a violent windstorm came up,

A strong/swift wind suddenly arrived,
A great windstorm began to blow,

Soon a violent windstorm came up: The words violent windstorm refer to a sudden and strong wind or storm. The phrase came up refers to the wind blowing.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

Suddenly a windstorm struck the lake. (CEV)

A strong/swift wind suddenly arrived

4:37b

and the waves were breaking over the boat,

and the waves came over the sides and into the boat,
which caused big waves, and they/water poured/splashed into the boat

and the waves were breaking over the boat: The strong wind caused waves to form on the sea, that is, the Sea of Galilee. In some languages it may be necessary to make it explicit that the wind caused the waves. For example:

which caused big waves and the waves broke over the boat

waves: The word waves refers to water moving on the surface of a lake or sea. Wind often causes waves on lakes.

were breaking over: The words were breaking over are an English idiom. These words indicate that the waves were higher than the sides of the boat, so water came into the boat. This does not mean that the waves were “breaking” the boat.

Here are some other ways to translate this:

The waves came over the sides and into the boat (NCV)

Water started splashing into the boat

the waves began to spill over into the boat (GNT)

4:37c

so that it was being swamped.

so that it was quickly filling with water.
until it was about to sink.

so that: The phrase so that indicates that 4:37c is a result of 4:37b. Here are some other ways to express this result:

with the result that

and so

Express this result in a way that is natural in your language.

it was being swamped: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as being swamped indicates that water was already filling the boat. This meant that the boat was about to sink. For example:

it was about to sink (CEV)

it was nearly full of water (NLT96)

General Comment on 4:37b–c

Here are some other ways to connect 4:37b–c:

High waves began to break into the boat until it was nearly full of water. (NLT96)