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UST Now, I am addressing you who identify yourselves as Jews: You depend on the laws God gave you to avoid God’s judgment. You brag that you know God.

BSB § Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

AICNT {But if you}[fn] call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God,

2:17, But if you: Later manuscripts read “Behold you.” BYZ TR

OEB But, perhaps, you bear the name of “Jew,” and are relying on Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,

WEBBE Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

LSV Behold, you are named a Jew, and rest on the Law, and boast in God,

FBV What about you who call yourself a Jew? You rely on the written law and boast about having a special relationship to God.

TCNT [fn]Behold, yoʋ call yoʋrself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in [fn]God.

2:17 Behold, ¦ But if CT

2:17 God. Yoʋ ¦ God; if yoʋ CT

T4T Now I have something to say to any one of you Jews to whom I am writing: You (sg) boast about yourself saying, “I am a Jew.” You (sg) trust that God will save you because you possess the laws that he gave to Moses. You boast that you belong to God.

LEB But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God

BBE But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

Moff No Moff ROM book available

Wymth And since you claim the name of Jew, and find rest and satisfaction in the Law, and make your boast in God,

ASV But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

DRA But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

YLT Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

Drby But if thou art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in [fn]God,

2.17 Elohim

RV But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

Wbstr Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

KJB-1769 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
(Behold, thou/you art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy/your boast of God, )

KJB-1611 Behold, thou art called a Iew, and restest in the Law, and makest thy boast of God:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Behold, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the lawe, and makest thy boast of God,
(Behold, thou/you art called a Yewe, and restest in the law, and makest thy/your boast of God,)

Gnva Beholde, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the Lawe, and gloriest in God,
(Behold, thou/you art called a Yewe, and restest in the Lawe, and gloryst in God, )

Cvdl But take hede, thou art called a Iewe, and trustest in the lawe, & makest thy boost of God,
(But take hede, thou/you art called a Yewe, and trustest in the law, and makest thy/your boost of God,)

TNT Beholde thou arte called a Iewe and trustest in the lawe and reioysist in God
(Behold thou/you art called a Yewe and trustest in the law and reioysist in God )

Wycl But if thou art named a Jew, and restist in the lawe, and hast glorie in God,
(But if thou/you art named a Yew, and restist in the law, and hast glory in God,)

Luth Siehe aber zu, du heißest ein Jude und verlässest dich aufs Gesetz und rühmest dich Gottes
(Siehe but to, you heißest a Yude and leave you/yourself onto law and rühmest you/yourself God’s)

ClVg Si autem tu Judæus cognominaris, et requiescis in lege, et gloriaris in Deo,[fn]
(When/But_if however you Yudæus cognominaris, and requiescis in lege, and gloriaris in Deo, )

2.17 Si autem tu, etc. Hic Judæos aggreditur, gravius accusans eos de peccatis, eo quod plura haberent auxilia.

2.17 When/But_if however you, etc. Hic Yudæos aggreditur, gravius accusans them about peccatis, eo that plura haberent auxilia.

UGNT εἰ δὲ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ, καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ νόμῳ, καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν Θεῷ,
(ei de su Youdaios eponomazaʸ, kai epanapauaʸ nomōi, kai kauⱪasai en Theōi,)

SBL-GNT ⸂Εἰ δὲ⸃ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ ⸀νόμῳ καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν θεῷ
(⸂Ei de⸃ su Youdaios eponomazaʸ kai epanapauaʸ ⸀nomōi kai kauⱪasai en theōi)

TC-GNT [fn]Ἴδε σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ, καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ [fn]τῷ νόμῳ, καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν Θεῷ,
(Ide su Youdaios eponomazaʸ, kai epanapauaʸ tōi nomōi, kai kauⱪasai en Theōi, )

2:17 ιδε ¦ ει δε CT

2:17 τω ¦ — CT

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

but

Connecting Statement:

But here indicates that in 2:17–29 Paul changes topics from talking about non-Jewish people who don’t know the law of Moses to Jews who know the law. He explains why the Jews as well cannot escape God’s judgment. Alternate translation: [You also need to know that] or [However]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἰ

Here, if indicates the beginning of a conditional sentence that extends from this verse to 2:21. Paul speaks as if these descriptions of Jews were hypothetical possibilities, but he means that they are actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might misunderstand and think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you can translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: [since] or [because]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

σὺ

you

Even though Paul is speaking to Jewish people, he is hypothetically addressing an individual, so you and your and yourself is singular throughout 2:17–27 unless otherwise noted. If the singular form would not be natural in your language for someone who was speaking to a group of people, you could use the plural forms of you and your and yourself in your translation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ

you /a/_Jew /is/_being_named

Paul speaks of the Jews as if they named themselves. He means that they consider themselves to be Jews. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture or express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation, “you call yourself Jewish” or “you regard yourself as truly Jewish”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἐπαναπαύῃ νόμῳ,

/are/_resting_on ˱on˲_/the/_law

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context, which is God’s judgment of sinners. Alternate translation: [rely upon the law to escape God’s judgment] or [rely upon the law to save you from God’s judgment]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καυχᾶσαι ἐν Θεῷ

/are/_boasting in God

Paul speaks of the Jews as if they were boasting inside of God. He means that the Jews brag that they are the only nation that knows God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation, “brag that you are the only ones who know God”

Parallel ROM 2:17

Connecting Statement: