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OET (OET-RV) But then I’d ask: Maybe they haven’t heard it? Indeed they have. It’s written:
⇔ ‘Their voice went out into all the earth,
⇔ and their messages went across all the world.’
OET-LV But I_am_asking, not not they_heard?
Indeed_rather:
Into all the earth, came_out the voice of_them, and to the ends of_the inhabited_world, the messages of_them.
SR-GNT Ἀλλὰ λέγω, μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; Μενοῦνγε, “Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.” ‡
(Alla legō, maʸ ouk aʸkousan; Menounge, “Eis pasan taʸn gaʸn, exaʸlthen ho fthongos autōn, kai eis ta perata taʸs oikoumenaʸs, ta ɽaʸmata autōn.”)
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 But I say, “Did they certainly not hear?” Yes, indeed.
⇔ “Their sound went out into all the earth,
⇔ and their words to the ends of the world.”
UST However, this is what I say, “The Jews most definitely heard the message!” It is a fact. As David wrote in the Scriptures, “The heavenly bodies are like witnesses and everyone throughout the entire world could hear what they said.”
BSB § But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did:
⇔ “Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
⇔ their words to the ends of the world.”[fn]
10:18 Psalm 19:4 (see also LXX)
BLB But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."
AICNT But I say, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”[fn]
10:18, Psalms 19:4 LXX
OEB But I ask “Is it possible that people have never heard?” No, indeed, for – “Their voices spread through all the earth, and their message to the ends of the world.”
WEBBE But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly,
⇔ “Their sound went out into all the earth,
⇔ their words to the ends of the world.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
LSV but I say, did they not hear? Yes, indeed, “their voice went forth to all the earth, and their sayings to the ends of the habitable world.”
FBV It's not that they haven't heard. Quite the opposite: “The voices of those speaking for God[fn] have been heard all over the earth—their message went out to the whole world.”[fn]
TCNT But I ask, have they not heard? On the contrary,
⇔ “The message has gone out into all the earth,
⇔ and the words to the ends of the world.”
T4T But if someone were to ask, “Have not the people of Israel heard the message about God?” I would reply that they certainly have heard it! It is like what is written in the Psalms,
⇔ People living all over the world [PRS, MTY] have seen the stars, and what they indicate about God’s character has reached people living in the most remote places in the world [DOU]!
LEB • But I say, they have not heard, have they?[fn] On the contrary, “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, • and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”[fn]
10:18 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
10:18 A quotation from Ps 19:4|link-href="None"
BBE But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Moff No Moff ROM book available
Wymth But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."
ASV But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily,
⇔ Their sound went out into all the earth,
⇔ And their words unto the ends of the world.
DRA But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole world.
YLT but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed — 'to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.'
Drby But I say, Have they not heard? Yea, surely, Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the extremities of the habitable world.
RV But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.
Wbstr But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
KJB-1769 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
(But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily/truly, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. )
KJB-1611 [fn]But I say, haue they not heard? yes verely, their sound went into all the earth, and their words vnto the ends of the world.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)
10:18 Psal.19.4.
Bshps But I aske: Haue they not hearde? No doubt, their sounde went out into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.
(But I ask: Have they not heard? No doubt, their sound went out into all lands, and their words into the endes of the world.)
Gnva But I demaund, Haue they not heard? No doubt their sound went out through all the earth, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.
(But I demaund, Have they not heard? No doubt their sound went out through all the earth, and their words into the endes of the world. )
Cvdl But I saye: Haue they not herde? No doute their sounde wete out into all londes, and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde.
(But I say: Have they not heard? No doute their sound went out into all londes, and their words in to the endes of the world.)
TNT But I axe: have they not herde? No dout their sounde went out into all londes: and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde.
(But I axe: have they not heard? No dout their sound went out into all londes: and their words in to the endes of the world. )
Wycl But Y seie, Whether thei herden not? Yhis, sothely the word of hem wente out in to al the erthe, and her wordis in to the endis of the world.
(But I say, Whether they heard not? Yhis, sothely the word of them went out in to all the earth, and her words in to the endis of the world.)
Luth Ich sage aber: Haben sie es nicht gehörte? Zwar es ist je in alle Lande ausgegangen ihr Schall und in alle Welt ihre Worte.
(I said aber: Haben they/she/them it not gehörte? Zwar it is each/ever in all land ausgegangen you/their/her Schall and in all world their/her Worte.)
ClVg Sed dico: Numquid non audierunt? Et quidem in omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eorum.[fn]
(But dico: Numquid not/no audierunt? And indeed in omnem the_earth/land exivit sonus their, and in fines orbis terræ words their. )
10.18 Et quidem. Vel equidem, id est certe, et ita inexcusabiles, sicut in Psalmis ostendit David dicens: In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum. AUG., epist. 80, quæ est ad Hesych. Non hoc tempore Apostoli impletum est, etc., usque ad sic et illud: Testes mihi eritis usque ad ultimum terræ Act. 1..
10.18 And quidem. Vel equidem, id it_is certe, and ita inexcusabiles, like in Psalmis ostendit David saying: In omnem the_earth/land exivit sonus their. AUG., epist. 80, which it_is to Hesych. Non this tempore Apostoli impletum it_is, etc., until to so and illud: Testes to_me eritis until to ultimum terræ Act. 1..
UGNT ἀλλὰ λέγω, μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν? μενοῦνγε, εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.
(alla legō, maʸ ouk aʸkousan? menounge, eis pasan taʸn gaʸn, exaʸlthen ho fthongos autōn; kai eis ta perata taʸs oikoumenaʸs, ta ɽaʸmata autōn.)
SBL-GNT Ἀλλὰ λέγω, μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; μενοῦνγε· Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.
(Alla legō, maʸ ouk aʸkousan; menounge; Eis pasan taʸn gaʸn exaʸlthen ho fthongos autōn, kai eis ta perata taʸs oikoumenaʸs ta ɽaʸmata autōn.)
TC-GNT Ἀλλὰ λέγω, μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; Μενοῦνγε·
⇔ Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν,
⇔ καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.
(Alla legō, maʸ ouk aʸkousan; Menounge;
⇔ Eis pasan taʸn gaʸn exaʸlthen ho fthongos autōn,
⇔ kai eis ta perata taʸs oikoumenaʸs ta ɽaʸmata autōn. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
10:18 Yes, they have: Paul quotes Ps 19:4 to show that the message of Good News was universally available through creation. And by the time Paul wrote Romans, early Christian missionaries had spread the Good News through most of the Roman Empire. Most Jews would have had ample opportunity to hear the message.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
ἀλλὰ
but
The word But introduces a contrast. Here, But indicates that what follows is in contrast to what Paul said in the previous verse. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: “By contrast”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
λέγω
˱I˲_/am/_asking
The pronoun I here refers to Paul. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I, Paul, say”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν
not not ˱they˲_heard
Here Paul is quoting himself. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν?
not not ˱they˲_heard
Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form here to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “They most surely heard!”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἤκουσαν
˱they˲_heard
See how you translated they in the previous verse.
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
μὴ οὐκ
not not
The phrase certainly not translates two negative words in Greek. Paul uses them together to emphasize what he is saying. If your language can use two negatives together for emphasis without them canceling each other to create a positive meaning, it would be appropriate to use that construction here.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν
not not ˱they˲_heard
See how you translated hear in 10:14.
Note 8 topic: writing-quotations
εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν
into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them
This sentence is a quotation from an Old Testament book (Psalm 19:4). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that indicates that Paul is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “David says in the Scriptures,”
Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν
into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them
In this sentence Paul quotes Psalm 19:4. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.
Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν
into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them
These two clauses mean the same thing. Paul quotes David saying the same thing twice, in slightly different ways, to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine the phrases into one. Alternate translation: “What they said went everywhere in the whole world”
Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν
into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them
In this sentence, both Their and their refer to the sun, moon, and stars as if they were people who could make a sound or speak words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “The sun, moon, and the stars are proof that went out into all the earth, and they are proof to the ends of the world.”
Note 12 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης
the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world
The phrase the ends of the world is an idiom that refers to every place on the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “everywhere on the earth”