ROM 12:17 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULT paying back to no one evil for evil; giving careful thought to good things in the sight of all men;

UST Do not do something evil to someone who has done something evil to you. Think carefully about doing things that everyone considers to be good.

BSB § Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

AICNT Do not repay anyone evil for evil, providing good things in the sight of all men.

OEB Never return injury for injury. Aim at doing what everyone will recognise as honourable.

WEBBE Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honourable in the sight of all men.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

LSV giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

FBV Don't pay back anyone evil for evil. Make sure you show everybody that what you're doing is good,

TCNT Repay no one evil for evil, but have regard for what is right in the sight of all.

T4T Do not do something evil to anyone who has done something evil to you. Act in a way that all people will recognize as good!

LEB Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for what is good in the sight of all people.

BBE Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

Moff No Moff ROM book available

Wymth Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.

ASV Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

DRA To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of all men.

YLT giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

Drby recompensing to no one evil for evil: providing things honest before all men:

RV Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honourable in the sight of all men.

Wbstr Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

KJB-1769 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

KJB-1611 Recompence to no man euill for euill. Prouide things honest in the sight of all men.
(Recompence to no man evil for evil. Prouide things honest in the sight of all men.)

Bshps Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll. Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest, not only before God, but also in the syght of all men.
(Recompensyng to no man evil for evil. Prouydyng aforehand things honest, not only before God, but also in the sight of all men.)

Gnva Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.
(Recompence to no man evil for evil: procure things honest in the sight of all men. )

Cvdl Recompese vnto no man euell for euell. Prouyde honestie afore hade towarde euery ma.
(Recompese unto no man evil for evil. Prouyde honesty afore hade towarde every ma.)

TNT Recompence to no man evyll fore evyll. Provyde afore honde thinges honest in the syght of all men.
(Recompence to no man evil fore evil. Provyde afore hand things honest in the sight of all men. )

Wycl to no man yeldynge yuel for yuel, but purueye ye good thingis, not oneli bifor God, but also bifor alle men.
(to no man yeldynge evil for evil, but purueye ye/you_all good things, not oneli before God, but also before all men.)

Luth Haltet euch nicht selbst für klug. Vergeltet niemand Böses mit Bösem. Fleißiget euch der Ehrbarkeit gegen jedermann.
(Haltet you not himself/itself for klug. Vergeltet no_one Böses with Bösem. Fleißiget you the/of_the Ehrbarkeit gegen jedermann.)

ClVg nulli malum pro malo reddentes: providentes bona non tantum coram Deo, sed etiam coram omnibus hominibus.
(nulli evil for malo reddentes: providentes good not/no only coram Deo, but also coram to_all hominibus. )

UGNT μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων.
(maʸdeni kakon anti kakou apodidontes, pronooumenoi kala enōpion pantōn anthrōpōn.)

SBL-GNT μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες· προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων·
(maʸdeni kakon anti kakou apodidontes; pronooumenoi kala enōpion pantōn anthrōpōn;)

TC-GNT Μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες. Προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων.
(Maʸdeni kakon anti kakou apodidontes. Pronooumenoi kala enōpion pantōn anthrōpōn. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων

˱to˲_no_one evil for evil giving_back providing good_‹things› before all people

Paul is using statements to give commands. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural form for commands. Alternate translation: “repay no one evil for evil; give careful thought to good things in the sight of all men”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ & προνοούμενοι & ἐνώπιον

evil for evil & providing & before

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of evil, thought, and sight, you could express the ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “evil things for evil things; thinking carefully about … as seen by”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες

˱to˲_no_one evil for evil giving_back

Here Paul uses paying back to refer to doing something evil to someone in response to the evil that person has done. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “doing something evil to no one for the evil that person has done to you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων

good_‹things› before all people

Here Paul uses sight to refer to what people mentally perceive. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “do things that all men perceive to be good”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

πάντων ἀνθρώπων

all people

Although the term men is masculine, Paul is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “all people”

Parallel ROM 12:17