2 PET 2:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=minor/spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

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 (for, by seeing and by hearing, that righteous man, living among them day from day, was tormenting his righteous soul by lawless works);

UST (When he lived with those wicked people in Sodom, that righteous man Lot distressed himself every day by what he saw and heard. He did so because of the things people did that were against God’s law.)

BSB (for that righteous [man], living among them day after day, was tormented [in his] righteous soul [by the] lawless deeds he saw and heard )—

BLB (for that righteous man dwelling, among them, day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul, through seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)--

AICNT (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.)

OEB for, seeing and hearing what he did, as he lived his righteous life among them, day after day, Lot’s righteous soul was tortured by their wicked doings.

WEBBE (for that righteous man dwelling amongst them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),

WMBB (Same as above)

NET (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard )

LSV for the righteous [man] dwelling among them was tormented in [his] righteous soul, day by day, in seeing and hearing unlawful works—

FBV (Lot lived among them, but he did what was good and right. He saw and heard what they did day after day, and their wickedness tormented him.)

TCNT (for as [fn]that righteous man dwelt among them, his righteous soul was tormented day after day over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);

2:8 that righteous man dwelt ¦ a righteous man dwelling WH

T4T That righteous man’s soul ◄was tormented/suffered great agony► day after day because he saw and heard those wicked people behave in a very lawless/wicked manner when he was living among them.

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BBE (Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):

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Wymth (For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, to the pure soul of that righteous man—all that he saw and heard whilst living in their midst.)

ASV (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds):

DRA For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works.

YLT for in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing.

Drby (for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,)

RV (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds):
((for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day today with their lawless deeds): )

SLT (For the just one in seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, from day to day tried the just soul with lawless works;)

Wbstr (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, grieved his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

KJB-1769 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
((For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day today with their unlawful deeds;) )

KJB-1611 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing & hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day, with their vnlawfull deeds.)
((For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day, with their unlawfull deeds.))

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Gnva (For he being righteous, and dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day with their vnlawfull deedes.)
((For he being righteous, and dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day today with their unlawfull deeds.) )

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TNT For he beynge ryghteous and dwellynge amonge them in seynge and hearynge vexed his righteous soule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull dedes.
(For he being righteous and dwelling among them in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawfull deeds. )

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ClVg aspectu enim, et auditu justus erat: habitans apud eos, qui de die in diem animam justam iniquis operibus cruciabant.
(by_sight because, and listensu just was: living at them, who from/about day in/into/on day the_soul justm iniquis works cruciabant. )

UGNT (βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος, ἐνκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν);
((blemmati gar kai akoaʸ ho dikaios, enkatoikōn en autois haʸmeran ex haʸmeras, psuⱪaʸn dikaian anomois ergois ebasanizen);)

SBL-GNT βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ⸀ὁ δίκαιος ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν—
(blemmati gar kai akoaʸ ⸀ho dikaios egkatoikōn en autois haʸmeran ex haʸmeras psuⱪaʸn dikaian anomois ergois ebasanizen—)

RP-GNT βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος, ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς, ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν·
(blemmati gar kai akoaʸ ho dikaios, egkatoikōn en autois, haʸmeran ex haʸmeras psuⱪaʸn dikaian anomois ergois ebasanizen;)

TC-GNT βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ [fn]ὁ δίκαιος, [fn]ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς, ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν·
(blemmati gar kai akoaʸ ho dikaios, egkatoikōn en autois, haʸmeran ex haʸmeras psuⱪaʸn dikaian anomois ergois ebasanizen; )

2:8 ο ¦ — WH

2:8 εγκατοικων ¦ ενκατοικων TH WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

γὰρ

for

Peter uses for here to provide background information about Lot’s life in Sodom. This is to help readers understand why Peter called Lot a righteous person in the previous verse. Peter is not using for here to indicate result. Use the natural form in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: [now]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ

˱in˲_seeing for and ˱in˲_hearing

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate the abstract nouns seeing and hearing with verbal phrases. Alternate translation: [for by what he saw and what he heard]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ δίκαιος

the righteous_‹man›

This refers to Lot. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this phrase explicitly. Alternate translation: [righteous Lot]

ἐνκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν)

This clause indicates the time when Lot dwelled in Sodom. Alternate translation: [when he lived among them]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῖς

them

Here, the pronoun them refers to the inhabitants of Sodom. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could specify what the pronoun them refers to. Alternate translation: [the people of Sodom]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐνκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας

This phrase, day from day, is an idiom meaning “day after day” or “every day.” You may need to express this literally in your language. Alternate translation: [living among them day after day] or [living among them every day]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ψυχὴν δικαίαν & ἐβασάνιζεν

˱in˲_˓his˒_soul righteous & ˓was˒_tormenting

Here, soul refers to Lot’s thoughts and emotions. The immoral behavior of the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah disturbed him emotionally. Alternate translation: [was greatly disturbed]

ἀνόμοις ἔργοις

˱with˲_˓their˒_lawless works

This phrase could mean: (1) the lawless works were the means by which Lot tormented his soul. Alternate translation: [with lawless works] (2) the lawless works were the reason why Lot tormented his soul. Alternate translation: [because of lawless works]

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