REV 12:11 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

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ULT And they conquered him through the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
⇔  indeed, they did not love their lives unto death.

UST But our fellow believers overcame him. This is because the Lamb shed his blood as a sacrifice for them
⇔ and because they spoke the truth about him to other people.
⇔ They did not want just to stay alive.
⇔ They were willing to die if necessary for speaking the truth about him.

BSB They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb
⇔ and by the word of their testimony.
⇔ And they did not love their lives
⇔ so as to shy away from death.

BLB And they have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony; and they have not loved their life unto death.

AICNT And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

OEB Their victory was due to the blood of the Lamb, and to the message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from death.

WEBBE They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But they overcame him
⇔ by the blood of the Lamb
⇔ and by the word of their testimony,
⇔ and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.

LSV and they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life—to death;

FBV They conquered him through the blood of the Lamb and through their personal testimony—they did not love their lives so much that they were willing to die if necessary.

TCNT They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

T4T Our fellow believers overcame the dragon because they never stopped trusting
¶ (OR, never stopped telling people about) Jesus,
¶ and because they trusted in what Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, accomplished when his blood flowed when he died.
¶ Even though those believers wanted to live,
¶ they were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him.

LEB • And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
• and they did not love their lives until death.

BBE And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

Moff But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

Wymth But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death.

ASV And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

DRA And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of the testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death.

YLT and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life — unto death;

Drby and they have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.

RV And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

SLT And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their souls till death.

Wbstr And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.

KJB-1769 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

KJB-1611 And they ouercame him by the blood of the Lambe, and by the word of their Testimony, and they loued not their liues vnto the death.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And they ouercame hym by the blood of the Lambe, and by the worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their lyues vnto the death.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva But they ouercame him by that blood of that Lambe, and by that worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their liues vnto the death.
(But they overcame him by that blood of that Lamb, and by that word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death. )

Cvdl And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, and they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

TNT And they overcame him by the bloude of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loved not their lyves vnto the deeth.
(And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lyves unto the death. )

Wycl And thei ouercamen hym for the blood of the lomb, and for the word of his witnessing; and thei louyden not her lyues til to deth.
(And they overcamen him for the blood of the lamb, and for the word of his witnessing; and they loved not her lives till to death.)

Luth Und sie haben ihn überwunden durch des Lammes Blut und durch das Wort ihres Zeugnisses; und haben ihr Leben nicht geliebet bis an den Tod.
(And they/she/them have him/it overcome through the lamb blood and through the word theirs/hers certificate; and have you(pl)/their/her life not loved until at/to the death.)

ClVg Et ipsi vicerunt eum propter sanguinem Agni, et propter verbum testimonii sui, et non dilexerunt animas suas usque ad mortem.
(And themselves timerunt him because blood Agni, and because the_word/saying testimony self, and not/no dilexerunt souls their_own until to death. )

UGNT καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνίκησαν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Ἀρνίου, καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου.
(kai autoi enikaʸsan auton dia to haima tou Arniou, kai dia ton logon taʸs marturias autōn, kai ouk aʸgapaʸsan taʸn psuⱪaʸn autōn aⱪri thanatou.)

SBL-GNT καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνίκησαν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀρνίου καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου·
(kai autoi enikaʸsan auton dia to haima tou arniou kai dia ton logon taʸs marturias autōn, kai ouk aʸgapaʸsan taʸn psuⱪaʸn autōn aⱪri thanatou;)

RP-GNT Καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνίκησαν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀρνίου, καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου.
(Kai autoi enikaʸsan auton dia to haima tou arniou, kai dia ton logon taʸs marturias autōn, kai ouk aʸgapaʸsan taʸn psuⱪaʸn autōn aⱪri thanatou.)

TC-GNT Καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνίκησαν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀρνίου καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου.
(Kai autoi enikaʸsan auton dia to haima tou arniou kai dia ton logon taʸs marturias autōn, kai ouk aʸgapaʸsan taʸn psuⱪaʸn autōn aⱪri thanatou. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 12:1–17: The woman fled from the dragon

In this section, John saw several signs or symbols representing spiritual reality. The first sign was a woman, representing the people of God. The second sign was a dragon, representing Satan. The woman was about to give birth, and the dragon wanted to kill the child. The child is symbolic of Jesus as the Christ. God took the son to heaven and protected the woman.

In 12:7–12, John interrupted the story of the woman and the dragon to tell about the war between the dragon and the angels. These verses help explain why the dragon wanted to kill the woman. In 12:13, John continued the story of the woman and the dragon.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

The sign of the dragon chasing the woman

The vision of the woman and the dragon

The spiritual conflict of God’s people and Satan

12:11a

They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb

They defeated him through the sacrifice of the blood of the Lamb
Our^(incl) fellow believers conquered him by the Lamb’s sacrificial death on the cross

They: The pronoun They refers to believers (12:10d) here.

conquered: This word means “triumphed” or “obtained victory.” Here it refers to having success over Satan in all the ways he tried to defeat them. Other ways to translate this word are:

overcame (NIV)

have defeated (NLT)

by the blood of the Lamb: This phrase refers figuratively to the death of Jesus. Jesus’ death was a sacrifice that makes believers pure before God.

In some languages a literal translation would wrongly indicate a different meaning. If that is true in your language, you may want to:

Explain the meaning in your translation. For example:
by the blood of the Lamb through his death
by the blood of the Lamb by his sacrifice on the cross
Translate the meaning without the figure of speech. For example:
through the blood sacrifice of the Lamb
by the Lamb’s sacrificial death on the cross
Translate literally and explain its meaning in a footnote. For example:
This phrase refers figuratively to the death of Jesus. Jesus died as a sacrifice to make believers pure before God.

Lamb: This word refers to a young sheep. Here, it is used as a title for Jesus. Many English versions capitalize the word Lamb here to indicate it is used as a title. See how you translated this word in 5:6 or 7:17.

12:11b

and by the word of their testimony.

and through the witness/testimony they told others.
and by their words of witnessing/testifying.

by the word of their testimony: There are several ways to interpret the Greek phrase. The main interpretations are:

It means by the word to which they testified. They testified about the gospel of Jesus. For example:
by the word to which they bore witness (NJB) (GNT, NJB, CEV, NCV)
It means by the word that consists of their testimony. They testified and their own words are important here. For example:
by the witness they bore (REB) (NLT, REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1).Beale (page 664) says, “the emphasis lies on Christians testifying to others about their Lord.” However, if a literal translation implies interpretation (1), you may want to translate literally. For example:

by the word of their testimony (RSV)

testimony: The word testimony means “the words spoken about what one saw.” It implies that the spoken words are truthful and accurate. Other ways to translate this word are:

witness (REB)

message about what happened

Some languages translate this meaning using a verb. For example:

speaking about what they know

See how you translated this word in 1:2.

12:11c

And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

Also, they did not love their lives so much that they refused to die for Jesus’ sake.
Indeed, they did not love their lives most, and they were not afraid to die rather than deny/renounce/reject Jesus.

And: This word introduces a further explanation of how the believers overcame Satan. 12:11c describes the third way that believers overcame Satan. For example:

and (NASB)

for (RSV)

Some English versions do not translate this word, but choose to leave the connection with 12:11b implicit. Do what is most natural in your language.

they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death: When unbelievers ordered these believers to deny Jesus, they refused. So the unbelievers killed them. The believers were willing to die rather than be unfaithful to Jesus. Other ways to translate this are:

they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die (NLT)

faced with death they did not cling to life (REB)

they continued to believe even though that lead to their death

they did not love their life most, but rather they held strong to their faith and let themselves be killed

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸ αἷμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί αὐτοί ἐνίκησαν αὐτόν διά τό αἷμα τοῦ Ἀρνίου καί διά τόν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν καί οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τήν ψυχήν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου)

This could mean: (1) the actual blood that Jesus offered as a sacrifice for sin. In that case, you could use the word for “blood” in your language with literal meaning. (2) the sacrificial death of Jesus by association with the blood that Jesus shed when he died. Alternate translation: [the sacrificial death]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν

The voice is using the term word to indicate that these believers gave their testimony to Jesus by speaking words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the testimony that they spoke]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of word, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [by what they said when they testified to others about Jesus]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου

not ˱they˲_loved (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί αὐτοί ἐνίκησαν αὐτόν διά τό αἷμα τοῦ Ἀρνίου καί διά τόν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν καί οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τήν ψυχήν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου)

This expression means that these believers did not love their lives so much they would refuse death even if they needed to die in order to remain faithful to Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they did not love their lives so much that they would not die for Jesus]

Parallel REV 12:11

Section 12:1–17: The woman fled from the dragon

12:11a

12:11b

12:11c