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OET (OET-RV) They conquered him by means of the lamb’s blood and by the message in their testimony. Indeed, they were prepared to die if necessary.
OET-LV And they overcame him because_of the blood of_the lamb, and because_of the message of_the testimony of_them, and not they_loved the life of_them until death.
SR-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: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, 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 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 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 No Moff REV book available
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.
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.
(And they ouercame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their Testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.)
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.
(And they ouercame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimonie, and they loved not their lives unto the death.)
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 ouercame him by that blood of that Lamb, and by that word of their testimonie, 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.
(And they ouercame him by the blood of the lambe, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.)
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 ouercamen him for the blood of the lomb, and for the word of his witnessing; and they lovedn 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 überwunden through the Lammes blood and through the Wort ihres transcriptses; and have you/their/her life not loved until at the Tod.)
ClVg Et ipsi vicerunt eum propter sanguinem Agni, et propter verbum testimonii sui, et non dilexerunt animas suas usque ad mortem.
(And ipsi vicerunt him propter sanguinem Agni, and propter the_word testimonii sui, and not/no dilexerunt animas their_own until to mortem. )
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;)
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).
12:1-17 Satan (pictured as a dragon) plots to challenge God’s purposes but is thwarted. Having failed in direct confrontation with God and Christ, he attempts to attack God’s people. Three brief scenes present an overview of the story (12:1-6), followed by elaborations of the war in heaven (12:7-9) and the war on earth (12:13-17).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τὸ αἷμα
the blood
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 word ˱of˲_the testimony ˱of˲_them
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
the word ˱of˲_the testimony ˱of˲_them
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 the life ˱of˲_them until death
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”