REV 2:28 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none 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 as I also have received from my Father, and I will give to him the morning star.

UST They will rule so powerfully because I will share with them the authority that I myself have received from God my Father. I will also give them the assurance that God is beginning a wonderful new era.

BSB And I will give him the morning star.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

BLB And I will give to him the morning star.

AICNT just as I also have received from my Father; and I will give him the morning star.

OEB and I will give them the morning star.

WEBBE and I will give him the morning star.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET just as I have received the right to rule from my Father – and I will give him the morning star.

LSV and I will give to him the morning star.

FBV I will give them the morning star.[fn]

2:28 “Morning star”—an ancient reference to the planet Venus, associated with victory. It is also a title given to Christ.

TCNT I will also give him the morning star.

T4T I will also enable everyone who conquers Satan to shine gloriously like the morning star does [MTY, MET].

LEB as I also have received from my Father, and I will give him the morning star.

BBE And I will give him the morning star.

Moff also I will grant him to see the Morning-star.'

Wymth and I will give him the Morning Star.

ASV and I will give him the morning star.

DRA As I also have received of my Father: and I will give him the morning star.

YLT and I will give to him the morning star.

Drby and I will give to him the morning star.

RV and I will give him the morning star.

SLT And I will give him the morning star.

Wbstr And I will give him the morning-star.

KJB-1769 And I will give him the morning star.

KJB-1611 And I will giue him the morning starre.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Euen as I receaued of my father, so wyll I geue hym the mornyng starre.
(Even as I received of my father, so will I give him the morning star.)

Gnva Euen as I receiued of my Father, so will I giue him the morning starre.
(Even as I received of my Father, so will I give him the morning star. )

Cvdl so wil I geue him ye mornynge starre.
(so will I give him ye/you_all morning star.)

TNT euen so will I geve him the mornynge starre.
(even so will I give him the morning star. )

Wycl as a vessel of a pottere, as also Y resseyuede of my fadir; and Y schal yyue to hym a morewe sterre.
(as a vessel of a potter, as also I received of my father; and I shall give to him a morning star.)

Luth wie ich von meinem Vater empfangen habe; und will ihm geben den Morgenstern.
(as/like I from my father received have; and will him give the morning_star.)

ClVg sicut et ego accepi a Patre meo: et dabo illi stellam matutinam.
(like and I accepi from Father mine: and I_will_give them starm morningm. )

UGNT ὡς κἀγὼ εἴληφα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν.
(hōs kagō eilaʸfa para tou patros mou, kai dōsō autōi ton astera ton prōinon.)

SBL-GNT ὡς κἀγὼ εἴληφα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν.
(hōs kagō eilaʸfa para tou patros mou, kai dōsō autōi ton astera ton prōinon.)

RP-GNT καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν.
(kai dōsō autōi ton astera ton prōinon.)

TC-GNT Καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν.
(Kai dōsō autōi ton astera ton prōinon. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:18–29: Jesus spoke to the church at Thyatira

In this section, Jesus spoke to the people who believed in him at Thyatira. He saw that they had grown in their faith. Jesus warned them about allowing an immoral woman named Jezebel to remain among them. He encouraged the believers who had not followed Jezebel’s sinful teachings to remain faithful. Lastly, he gave a promise for any believer who persevered in his faith.

Translate this heading as you did for the other messages to the churches.

2:28

And I will give him the morning star.

and I will give to him the dawn star.
I will also give the pre-dawn star to you who defeat/conquer sin and obey me.

And I will give him the morning star: This statement tells the second thing that Jesus will give those who overcome and do his will until the end (2:26).

In some languages the person to whom the pronoun him refers will not be clear. If this is true in your language, you may want to clearly refer to the people who overcome. For example:

And I will also give to him who overcomes and does my will to the end the morning star

And I will also give the morning star to that overcomer/victor

And I will also give the morning star to those overcomers/victors

the morning star: This is a symbol, but there are several ways to interpret its symbolic meaning. It may symbolically refer to:

A share in the status and authority of Christ.Aune, Smalley.
Victory or messianic reign.Beale, Osbourne, Kistemaker.
Honor or glory.Kistemaker, Beckwith, Lenski, Hughes.
The presence of Christ.Charles, Hughes, Johnson (he adds that it may refer to the Resurrection).

No interpretation is clearly best. So you should translate this phrase literally. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

the star of dawn (REB)

the pre-dawn star

You may then want to include a footnote to explain the symbolic meaning. An example footnote is:

The morning star might be symbolic of victory or honor or the presence of Christ.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ὡς κἀγὼ εἴληφα

as (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς κἀγώ εἴληφα παρά τοῦ πατρός μού καί δώσω αὐτῷ τόν ἀστέρα τόν πρωϊνόν)

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [as I also have received authority]

Note 2 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τοῦ πατρός μου

the father (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς κἀγώ εἴληφα παρά τοῦ πατρός μού καί δώσω αὐτῷ τόν ἀστέρα τόν πρωϊνόν)

Father is an important title that describes the relationship between God and Jesus. Be sure to retain this title in your translation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς κἀγώ εἴληφα παρά τοῦ πατρός μού καί δώσω αὐτῷ τόν ἀστέρα τόν πρωϊνόν)

Jesus is speaking as if he will literally give the faithful believers in Thyatira the morning star. This could mean: (1) confident hope about the future, just as the appearance of the morning star (that is, the planet Venus) shows that a new day is about to begin. (2) a deep and meaningful relationship with Jesus, who says in [22:16](../01/01.md), “I am … the bright morning star.” You could say either of these things in your translation. The UST models one way to express the first possibility. However, since this image recurs later in the book, you may wish to retain it here by translating the phrase the morning star directly.

Parallel REV 2:28

Section 2:18–29: Jesus spoke to the church at Thyatira

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