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OET (OET-RV) Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with goodness.
OET-LV Not be_being_overcome by the evil, but be_overcoming with the good the evil.
SR-GNT Μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν. ‡
(Maʸ nikō hupo tou kakou, alla nika en tōi agathōi to kakon.)
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 OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Do not be overcome by the evil, but overcome the evil with the good.
UST In other words, do not let what is evil defeat you by causing you to do what is evil. Rather, defeat what is evil by doing what is good.
BSB § Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
BLB Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
AICNT Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
OEB Never be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
WEBBE Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
LSV Do not be overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.
FBV Don't be defeated by evil—conquer evil with good.
TCNT Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
T4T Do not let evil things that others have done to you overcome you (sg) by making you do evil things to them! [PRS] Instead, overcome the evil things that they have done by doing good deeds to them!
LEB Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
BBE Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
Moff No Moff ROM book available
Wymth Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome the evil with goodness.
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ASV Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
DRA Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.
YLT Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.
Drby Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
RV Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Wbstr Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
KJB-1769 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
KJB-1611 Be not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with good.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll with good.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Gnva Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.
(Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with goodness. )
Cvdl Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome thou euell with good.
(Be not overcome with evil, but overcome thou/you evil with good.)
TNT Be not overcome of evyll: But overcome evyll with goodnes.
(Be not overcome of evil: But overcome evil with goodnes. )
Wycl Nyle thou be ouercomun of yuel, but ouercome thou yuel bi good.
(Nyle thou/you be ouercomun of evil, but overcome thou/you evil by good.)
Luth Laß dich nicht das Böse überwinden, sondern überwinde das Böse mit Gutem.
(Let you/yourself not the Böse überwinden, rather überwinde the Böse with Gutem.)
ClVg Noli vinci a malo, sed vince in bono malum.
(Noli vinci from malo, but vince in bono malum. )
UGNT μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν.
(maʸ nikō hupo tou kakou, alla nika en tōi agathōi to kakon.)
SBL-GNT μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν.
(maʸ nikō hupo tou kakou, alla nika en tōi agathōi to kakon.)
TC-GNT Μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν.
(Maʸ nikō hupo tou kakou, alla nika en tōi agathōi to kakon. )
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 / personification
μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν
not /be_being/_overcome by ¬the evil but /be/_overcoming with ¬the good ¬the evil
Paul describes evil as if it were a person who could conquer someone or be conquered by someone. He is referring to someone doing evil in response to someone doing evil to that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do not let evil cause you to do evil, but use good to prevent evil from influencing you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τοῦ κακοῦ & τῷ ἀγαθῷ & τὸ κακόν
¬the evil & ¬the good & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν)
If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of evil and good, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “evil things … evil things … good things”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ
not /be_being/_overcome by ¬the evil
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Do not let evil overcome you”