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OET (OET-RV) Bless anyone who persecutes you—be a blesser and not a curser.
OET-LV Be_blessing the ones persecuting, you_all be_blessing and not be_cursing.
SR-GNT Εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς διώκοντας, ὑμᾶς εὐλογεῖτε καὶ μὴ καταρᾶσθε. ‡
(Eulogeite tous diōkontas, humas eulogeite kai maʸ katarasthe.)
Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object.
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 Bless the ones persecuting you; bless and do not curse;
UST Ask God to bless the people who mistreat you. Ask God to bless them rather than curse them.
BSB § Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
BLB Bless those persecuting you. Bless and do not curse;
AICNT Bless those who persecute [you];[fn] [bless][fn] and do not curse them.
12:14, you: ℵ(01) A(02) D(05) NA28[] THGNT BYZ TR ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. 𝔓46 B(03) SBLGNT
12:14, bless: Absent from 𝔓46.
OEB Bless your persecutors – bless and never curse.
WEBBE Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.
LSV Bless those persecuting you; bless, and do not curse;
FBV Bless those who persecute you—bless them, and don't curse them.
TCNT Bless those who persecute [fn]you; bless, and do not curse.
12:14 you ¦ — SBL WH
T4T Ask God to be kind to those who ◄persecute you/cause you to suffer► because you believe in Jesus! Ask him to be kind to them; do not ask him to cause bad things to happen to them.
LEB Bless those who persecute,[fn] bless and do not curse them.
12:14 Some manuscripts have “who persecute you”
BBE Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.
Moff No Moff ROM book available
Wymth Invoke blessings on your persecutors—blessings, not curses.
ASV Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.
DRA Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.
YLT Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;
Drby Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.
RV Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.
Wbstr Bless them who persecute you; bless, and curse not.
KJB-1769 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
KJB-1611 Blesse them which persecute you, blesse, and curse not.
(Blesse them which persecute you, bless, and curse not.)
Bshps Blesse them which persecute you, blesse, and curse not.
(Blesse them which persecute you, bless, and curse not.)
Gnva Blesse them which persecute you: blesse, I say, and curse not.
(Blesse them which persecute you: bless, I say, and curse not. )
Cvdl Blesse the that persecute you. Blesse, & curse not.
(Blesse the that persecute you. Blesse, and curse not.)
TNT Blesse the which persecute you: blesse but course not.
(Blesse the which persecute you: bless but course not. )
Wyc Blesse ye men that pursuen you; blesse ye, and nyle ye curse;
(Blesse ye/you_all men that pursuen you; bless ye/you_all, and nyle ye/you_all curse;)
Luth Segnet, die euch verfolgen; segnet, und fluchet nicht.
(Segnet, the you verfolgen; blesses, and fluchet not.)
ClVg Benedicite persequentibus vos: benedicite, et nolite maledicere.
(Benedicite persequentibus vos: benedicite, and nolite maledicere. )
UGNT εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς διώκοντας, εὐλογεῖτε καὶ μὴ καταρᾶσθε.
(eulogeite tous diōkontas, eulogeite kai maʸ katarasthe.)
SBL-GNT εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς ⸀διώκοντας, εὐλογεῖτε καὶ μὴ καταρᾶσθε.
(eulogeite tous ⸀diōkontas, eulogeite kai maʸ katarasthe.)
TC-GNT Εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς διώκοντας [fn]ὑμᾶς· εὐλογεῖτε, καὶ μὴ καταρᾶσθε.
(Eulogeite tous diōkontas humas; eulogeite, kai maʸ katarasthe. )
12:14 υμας ¦ — SBL WH
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
12:14 The exhortations in this verse closely resemble two sayings of Jesus (Matt 5:44; Luke 6:27-28). Although Paul does not introduce the commands as a quotation, he is almost certainly alluding to these sayings of Christ. Perhaps the words were so well known that he did not need to specify the source. The teaching of Rom 12–13 has many parallels with the teaching of Jesus.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
εὐλογεῖτε καὶ μὴ καταρᾶσθε
/be/_blessing /be/_blessing and not /be/_cursing
These two commands mean the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize what he is saying. If your language does not use repetition to do this, you could use one phrase and provide emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “you must absolutely bless”