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OET (OET-RV) or from the ideas of man, but from God speaking via men being guided by the Holy Spirit.
OET-LV For/Because was_ not once _brought by_the_will of_a_human prophecy, but people being_carried by the_ holy _spirit, spoke the_holy from of_god.
SR-GNT Οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη προφητεία ποτέ, ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ˚Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι, ἐλάλησαν ἀπὸ ˚Θεοῦ ἅγιοι ἄνθρωποι. ‡
(Ou gar thelaʸmati anthrōpou aʸneⱪthaʸ profaʸteia pote, alla hupo ˚Pneumatos Hagiou feromenoi, elalaʸsan apo ˚Theou hagioi anthrōpoi.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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 For no prophecy was ever brought by the will of man, but men being carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
UST This is true because no one ever prophesied a true prophecy according to what a human wanted. On the contrary, those who spoke prophecies from God did so by the Holy Spirit guiding them.
BSB For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
BLB For no prophecy at any time was brought by the will of man, but men spoke from God, being carried by the Holy Spirit.
AICNT For prophecy was never brought about by the will of men, but men, carried along by the Holy Spirit, spoke from God.
OEB for no prophetic teaching ever came in the old days at the mere wish of people, but people, moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke direct from God.
CSB because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
NLT or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.
NIV For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
CEV The prophets did not think these things up on their own, but they were guided by the Spirit of God.
ESV For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
NASB for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
LSB For no prophecy was ever made by the will of man, but men being moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
WEB For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
NET for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
LSV for prophecy never came by [the] will of man, but men spoke from God, being brought by the Holy Spirit.
FBV for no prophecy originated in human ideas, but prophets spoke for God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
TCNT For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
T4T because no human beings decided to make those prophecies. On the contrary, those who spoke messages from God did that because it was the Holy Spirit who caused them to do it, and therefore the Spirit must help us to interpret/understand their meaning.
LEB for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
NRSV because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
NKJV for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
BBE For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
MOF No MOF 2PET book available
ASV For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
DRA For prophecy came not by the will of man at any time: but the holy men of God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost.
YLT for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.
DBY for prophecy was not ever uttered by [the] will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of [the] Holy Spirit.
RV For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Ghost.
WBS For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Ghost.
KJB For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
BB For the prophesie came not in olde time by the wyll of man: but holy men of God, spake as they were moued by the holy ghost.
(For the prophesie came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God, spake as they were moved by the holy ghost.)
GNV For the prophecie came not in olde time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost.
(For the prophecie came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost.)
CB For the prophecie was neuer broughte by the wyll of man, but the holy men of God spake, as they were moued of ye holy goost.
(For the prophecie was never broughte by the will of man, but the holy men of God spake, as they were moved of ye/you_all holy ghost.)
TNT For the scripture came never by the will of man: but holy men of god spake as they were moved by the holy goost.
(For the scripture came never by the will of man: but holy men of god spake as they were moved by the holy ghost.)
WYC for prophesie was not brouyt ony tyme bi mannus wille, but the hooli men of God inspirid with the Hooli Goost spaken.
(for prophesie was not brouyt any time by man's wille, but the holy men of God inspirid with the Holy Ghost spaken.)
LUT denn es ist noch nie keine Weissagung aus menschlichem Willen hervorgebracht; sondern die heiligen Menschen Gottes haben geredet, getrieben von dem Heiligen Geist.
(denn it is still nie keine Weissagung out of menschlichem Willen outgebracht; rather the holyen Menschen God’s have geredet, getrieben from to_him Heiligen spirit.)
CLV Non enim voluntate humana allata est aliquando prophetia: sed Spiritu Sancto inspirati, locuti sunt sancti Dei homines.
(Non because voluntate humana allata it_is aliquando prophetia: but Spiritu Sancto inspirati, locuti are sancti Dei homines.)
UGNT οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη προφητεία ποτέ, ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι, ἐλάλησαν ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι.
(ou gar thelaʸmati anthrōpou aʸneⱪthaʸ profaʸteia pote, alla hupo Pneumatos Hagiou feromenoi, elalaʸsan apo Theou anthrōpoi.)
SBL-GNT οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη ⸂προφητεία ποτέ⸃, ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἁγίου φερόμενοι ἐλάλησαν ⸀ἀπὸ θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι.
(ou gar thelaʸmati anthrōpou aʸneⱪthaʸ ⸂profaʸteia pote⸃, alla hupo pneumatos hagiou feromenoi elalaʸsan ⸀apo theou anthrōpoi.)
TC-GNT Οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη ποτὲ προφητεία, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι ἐλάλησαν ἅγιοι Θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι.
(Ou gar thelaʸmati anthrōpou aʸneⱪthaʸ pote profaʸteia, all᾽ hupo Pneumatos Hagiou feromenoi elalaʸsan hagioi Theou anthrōpoi.)
Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
1:16-21 Peter’s denunciation of the false teachers (ch 2) is framed by this teaching about the certainty of Jesus’ return (see also 3:1-13). The false teachers were probably denying the reality of Christ’s return and judgment. Peter’s eyewitness experience (1:16-18) and the intrinsic reliability of scriptural prophecy (1:19-21) make Christ’s return a certainty.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
For indicates that what follows is the reason that the statement of the previous verse is true. It could mean: (1) the prophets could not prophesy according to their own interpretations, because true prophecy could only come from the Holy Spirit. (2) no one can interpret prophecy without help from the Holy Spirit, because the prophecy came from the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: “The reason for this is that”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
οὐ & θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη προφητεία ποτέ
not & ˱by˲_/the/_will ˱of˲_/a/_human /was/_brought prophecy once
If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form, and you can state who did the action. Alternate translation: “no prophet ever prophesied by the will of man” or “the will of man never produced any prophecy”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
οὐ & θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη προφητεία ποτέ
not & ˱by˲_/the/_will ˱of˲_/a/_human /was/_brought prophecy once
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun will with a verbal phrase, such as “what a man desires.” Alternate translation: “no prophecy was ever made according to what a man desires”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
θελήματι ἀνθρώπου
˱by˲_/the/_will ˱of˲_/a/_human
Peter is using the term man in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “by human desire”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι, ἐλάλησαν ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι
by /the/_Spirit Holy /being/_carried spoke from ˱of˲_God (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη προφητεία ποτέ ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι ἐλάλησαν ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ἅγιοι ἄνθρωποι)
Peter speaks of the Holy Spirit helping the prophets to write what God wanted them to write as if the Holy Spirit carried them from one place to another. Alternate translation: “men spoke from God by the Holy Spirit directing them”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἐλάλησαν ἀπὸ Θεοῦ
spoke from ˱of˲_God
In this phrase, Peter is leaving out a word that it would need in many languages in order to be complete. If this word is required in your language, it can be supplied from earlier in the verse. Alternate translation: “spoke prophecy from God”