ROM 15:9 Parallel Verse View

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ULT and also for the Gentiles to glorify God because of his mercy, just as it is written,
⇔  “For this reason, I will confess you among the Gentiles
⇔  and sing psalms to your name.”

UST Jesus also did this in order for the nations to glorify God because he is so merciful. This is what David meant when he wrote in the Scriptures, “So I will proclaim who you are when I am among the nations, and I will praise you by singing songs.”

15:9 GOC and F35 include O Lord.

15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49

BLB and for the Gentiles to glorify God for mercy, as it has been written: "Because of this I will praise You among the Gentiles, and will I sing to Your name."

AICNT and for the Gentiles to glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, “For this reason I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”[fn]

15:9, 2 Samuel 22:50, Psalms 18:49

OEB and that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As scripture says – “Therefore will I make acknowledgment to you among the Gentiles and sing in honour of your name.”

WEBBE and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
⇔ “Therefore I will give praise to you amongst the Gentiles
⇔ and sing to your name.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “ Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”

LSV and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it has been written: “Because of this I will confess to You among nations, and to Your Name I will sing praise”;

FBV He also came that foreigners could praise God for his mercy, as Scripture says, “Therefore I will praise you among the foreigners; I will sing praises to your name.”[fn]

15:9 Quoting Psalms 18:49.

TCNT so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
⇔ “Therefore I will confess yoʋ among the [fn]Gentiles;
⇔ I will sing praise to yoʋr name.”

15:9 Gentiles; ¦ Gentiles, O Lord; ANT PCK

T4T And by acting mercifully to them, he also caused non-Jews to praise him. What he has done for non-Jews fulfills what is written in the Scriptures that David said to God: “So I will praise you (sg) when I am among the non-Jews, and I will sing to you [MTY].”

LEB and that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, just as it is written,
• “Because of this, I will praise you among the Gentiles,
• and I will sing praise to your name.”[fn]

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BBE And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

Moff and also in order that the Gentiles should glorify God for His mercy--as it is written,
⇔ Therefore will I offer praise to Thee among the Gentiles,
⇔ and sing to thy name;

Wymth and that the Gentiles also have glorified God in acknowledgment of His mercy. So it is written, "For this reason I will praise Thee among the Gentiles, and sing psalms in honour of Thy name."

ASV and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written,
⇔ Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles,
⇔ And sing unto thy name.

DRA But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.

YLT and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, 'Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

Drby and that the nations should glorify [fn]God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among [the] nations, and will sing to thy name.

15.9 Elohim

RV and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.
(and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee/you among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy/your name. )

SLT And the nations to glorify God for mercies; as has been written, For this will I acknowledge to thee in the nations; and I will play on, the harp to thy name.

Wbstr And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

KJB-1769 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
(And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee/you among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy/your name. )

KJB-1611 And that the Gentiles might glorifie God for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I will confesse to thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And that the gentiles myght prayse God for his mercie, as it is written: For this cause I wyll praise thee among the gentiles, and syng vnto thy name.
(And that the gentiles might praise God for his mercy, as it is written: For this cause I will praise thee/you among the gentiles, and sing unto thy/your name.)

Gnva And let the Gentiles prayse God, for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.
(And let the Gentiles praise God, for his mercy, as it is written, For this cause I will confess thee/you among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy/your Name. )

Cvdl and that the Heythen mighte prayse God because of mercy, as it is wrytten: For this cause wyl I prayse the amoge the Getyles, and synge vnto thy name.
(and that the Heathen might praise God because of mercy, as it is written: For this cause will I praise the among the Getyles, and sing unto thy/your name.)

TNT And let the gentyls prayse god for his mercy as it is written: For this cause I will prayse the amonge the gentyls and synge in thy name.
(And let the gentiles praise god for his mercy as it is written: For this cause I will praise the among the gentiles and sing in thy/your name. )

Wycl And hethene men owen to onoure God for merci; as it is writun, Therfor, Lord, Y schal knowleche to thee among hethene men, and Y schal synge to thi name.
(And heathen men owen to honour God for mercy; as it is written, Therefore, Lord, I shall acknowledge to thee/you among heathen men, and I shall sing to thy/your name.)

Luth daß die Heiden aber GOtt loben um der Barmherzigkeit willen, wie geschrieben stehet: Darum will ich dich loben unter den Heiden und deinem Namen singen.
(that the heathens but God praise around/by/for the/of_the compassion will, as/like written stands: Therefore will I you/yourself praise under the heathens and your name(s) sing.)

ClVg gentes autem super misericordia honorare Deum, sicut scriptum est: Propterea confitebor tibi in gentibus, Domine, et nomini tuo cantabo.[fn]
(people/nations however over mercy to_honour God, like written it_is: That's_why I_will_confess to_you in/into/on nations, Master, and to_the_name your I_will_sing. )

15.9 Confitebor. Confessio autem non tantum peccatorum est, sed et laudis.

15.9 I_will_confess. Confession however not/no only of_sins/sinners it_is, but and of_praise.

UGNT τὰ δὲ ἔθνη, ὑπὲρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τὸν Θεόν; καθὼς γέγραπται, διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσι, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ.
(ta de ethnaʸ, huper eleous doxasai ton Theon; kathōs gegraptai, dia touto exomologaʸsomai soi en ethnesi, kai tōi onomati sou psalō.)

SBL-GNT τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ὑπὲρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τὸν θεόν· καθὼς γέγραπται· Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσι, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ.
(ta de ethnaʸ huper eleous doxasai ton theon; kathōs gegraptai; Dia touto exomologaʸsomai soi en ethnesi, kai tōi onomati sou psalō.)

RP-GNT τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ὑπὲρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τὸν θεόν, καθὼς γέγραπται, Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσιν, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ.
(ta de ethnaʸ huper eleous doxasai ton theon, kathōs gegraptai, Dia touto exomologaʸsomai soi en ethnesin, kai tōi onomati sou psalō.)

TC-GNT τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ὑπὲρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τὸν Θεόν, καθὼς γέγραπται,
⇔ Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν [fn]ἔθνεσι,
⇔ καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ.
(ta de ethnaʸ huper eleous doxasai ton Theon, kathōs gegraptai,
⇔ Dia touto exomologaʸsomai soi en ethnesi,
⇔ kai tōi onomati sou psalō. )

15:9 εθνεσι ¦ εθνεσι κυριε ANT PCK

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–13: Believers should help one another

In this section, Paul said that believers who are strong, as he defined “strong” in 14:1–9, should help believers who are weak (also as in 14:1–9). The strong are to encourage the weak, with the result that all may have hope in God.

Paul prayed that God would help the believers, strong and weak, to live in unity and glorify God.

Paul urged the believers to always welcome one another, because doing that glorifies God. Jesus served the Jews to show that God’s word was true and confirm his promises, which in turn encourages the non-Jews to glorify God for his mercy to them.

Then Paul prayed that God would fill them with joy and peace in their faith, with the result that the Holy Spirit would fill them with hope.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

Carry weak believers, encourage them and accept them

Help believers who are not strong

15:9a

so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy.

and so that Gentiles would praise God for his mercy.
It also caused non-Jews to honor God because God had compassion on them and helped them.

so that: This phrase introduces another purpose for Christ becoming a servant to the Jews to show God’s truthfulness (15:8a–b). Not only do the Jews see that Jesus has confirmed the promises to the patriarchs (15:8c), but the Gentiles also glorify God because of him.

the Gentiles: Not all Gentiles will glorify God because of Jesus. Your translation should not indicate or imply that all Gentiles will do that. In English, dropping the word the implies some Gentiles. For example:

Gentiles

Gentiles: Here this word refers to all people groups except the Jews. See how you translated this word in 1:13 or 11:25.

glorify God: Here the word glorify refers to praising and honoring God, which adds to his glory. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

give glory to God (NJB)

praise God (GNT)

mercy: This word refers to being concerned for someone who is in a bad situation and helping him in some way, including even forgiving him for something bad he did. See how you translated this word in 9:15 or 11:31.

General Comment on 15:9a

15:9a is a purpose clause. Some Gentiles have already praised God for Jesus and more later will praise him for the same reason. So this purpose is already partly fulfilled. Consider how to translate this clause indicating or implying that meaning.

15:9b

As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles;

It is as the Scriptures say, “Therefore I will tell the Gentiles that you^(sing) are good,
That is like what David wrote in God’s Book, “And so, when I am with non-Jews, I will praise you

15:9c

I will sing hymns to Your name.”

and sing songs of praise to your name.”
and I will sing songs that honor you.”

15:9b–c

As it is written: This clause introduces quotes from Scripture. The quotes were written hundreds of years before Paul wrote the letter to the Romans. In some languages a literal translation would wrongly indicate the quote was written at the same time as Paul wrote here. If that is true in your language, indicate it was written long before Paul wrote this letter. For example:

As it was written long ago

This clause is passive. Some languages must use another kind of clause here. For example:

As the writer of Scripture wrote long ago

It is like it says in the Holy Book

See how you translated this clause in 1:17 or 15:3.

Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name: These words are quoted from either Psalm 18:49 or 2 Samuel 22:50. If you indicate the location of quotes from the Old Testament with cross-references, you may want to do so here.

praise: This word refers to this person saying that God is good and other such things.

sing hymns to Your name: This phrase indicates that the songs honored and praised God. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

sing praises of/to your name

I will praise you (sg) with my songsKankanaey Back Translation on TW.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

τὰ δὲ ἔθνη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τά δέ ἔθνη ὑπέρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τόν Θεόν καθώς γέγραπται Διά τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαι σοί ἐν ἔθνεσιν καί τῷ ὀνόματι σοῦ ψαλῶ)

Here, and indicates that what follows is a second reason why Christ became a “servant of the circumcision.” Use a natural way in your language for introducing a purpose clause. Alternate translation (without a comma preceding): [and also for the purpose of the Gentiles]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐλέους

mercy

See how you translated mercy in [9:23](../09/23.md).

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

καθὼς γέγραπται

See how you translated this phrase in [1:17](../01/17.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καθὼς γέγραπται

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. Since Paul is referring to something David wrote ([Psalm 18:49](../psa/018/049.md)), you could indicate David as the subject. Alternate translation: [just as David wrote] or [just as God said through David]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσι, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ

This sentence is a quotation of [Psalm 18:49](../psa/018/049.md). It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τῷ ὀνόματί σου

˱to˲_the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τά δέ ἔθνη ὑπέρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τόν Θεόν καθώς γέγραπται Διά τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαι σοί ἐν ἔθνεσιν καί τῷ ὀνόματι σοῦ ψαλῶ)