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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)
OET (OET-RV) Don’t return evil to anyone, but do good to everyone.
OET-LV To_no_one evil for evil giving_back, providing good things before all people.
SR-GNT Μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων. ‡
(Maʸdeni kakon anti kakou apodidontes, pronooumenoi kala enōpion pantōn anthrōpōn.)
Key: khaki:verbs, 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 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
MSB (Same as BSB above)
BLB repaying to no one evil for evil, providing right before all men;
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 No LEB ROM book available
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.
SLT Giving hack evil for evil to none. Providing good things before 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 No Bshps ROM book available
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 No Cvdl ROM book available
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 No Wycl ROM book available
Luth No Luth ROM book available
ClVg nulli malum pro malo reddentes: providentes bona non tantum coram Deo, sed etiam coram omnibus hominibus.
(nulli evil for I_prefer returnntes: providentes good(s) not/no only before to_God, but also before to_all to_humans. )
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;)
RP-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).
12:9-21 The many injunctions in these verses do not follow a neat logical arrangement. The overall topic, stated at the beginning, is sincere love. Paul shows how we are to love both those inside the church (12:10, 13, 15-16) and those outside the church (12:14, 17-21).
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]