ROM 2:19 Parallel Verse View

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ULT and you have become confident that you are a guide to blind men, a light to the ones in darkness,

UST You have even convinced yourselves that you Jews are the only ones who can teach those non-Jewish people who do not know about God. You are convinced that only you can enable ignorant people to understand who God is.

BLB and you are persuaded that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness,

AICNT and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,

OEB Perhaps you are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in the dark, an instructor of the unintelligent,

WEBBE and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

LSV and have confidence that you yourself are a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

FBV You're absolutely sure that you can guide the blind, and that you are a light to those in the dark.

TCNT And yoʋ have confidence that yoʋ yoʋrself are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,

T4T You are certain that you are able to show God’s truth to non-Jews, as guides show the road to those who are blind [MET]. You are certain that by what you say you can show God’s way to the non-Jews who do not understand it, as a light shows the way to those who walk in the darkness [MET, DOU].

LEB and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,

BBE In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,

Moff and are persuaded that you are a guide to the blind, a light to darkened souls,

Wymth and have persuaded yourself that, as for you, you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

ASV and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

DRA Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

YLT and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

Drby and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who [are] in darkness,

RV and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,
(and art confident that thou/you thyself/yourself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, )

SLT And art persuaded thou thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of them in darkness,

Wbstr And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in darkness,

KJB-1769 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
(And art confident that thou/you thyself/yourself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, )

KJB-1611 And art confident that thou thy selfe art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde, a lyght of them which are in darknesse,
(And believest that thou/you thyself/yourself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,)

Gnva And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse,
(And persuadest thyself/yourself that thou/you art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, )

Cvdl thou prouest what is best to do, and presumest to be a leader of the blynde: a lighte of them yt are in darcknes:
(thou/you prouest what is best to do, and presumest to be a leader of the blind: a lighte of them it are in darcknes:)

TNT and belevest that thou thy silfe arte a gyde vnto the blynde a lyght to them which are in darcknes
(and believest that thou/you thy/your self art a guide unto the blind a light to them which are in darkness )

Wycl and tristist thi silf to be a ledere of blynde men, the liyt of hem that ben in derknessis,
(and tristist thyself/yourself to be a leader of blind men, the light of hem that been in darkness,)

Luth und vermissest dich, zu sein ein Leiter der Blinden ein Licht derer, die in Finsternis sind,
(and I_missst you/yourself, to/for be a Leiter the/of_the blind_people a light(n) those/of_those, the in darkness are,)

ClVg confidis teipsum esse ducem cæcorum, lumen eorum qui in tenebris sunt,[fn]
(you_trust yourself to_be leader cæcorum, the_light their who/which in/into/on darkness are, )

2.19 Decem esse. Cæcos et in tenebris existentes dicit gentiles, qui et ratione privati cæci sunt; et si quid sciunt, tamen in tenebris sunt.

2.19 Ten to_be. Cæcos and in/into/on darkness existentes he_says Gentiles, who/which and by_reason privati blind are; and when/but_if what they_know, nevertheless in/into/on darkness are.

UGNT πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
(pepoithas te seauton hodaʸgon einai tuflōn, fōs tōn en skotei,)

SBL-GNT πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
(pepoithas te seauton hodaʸgon einai tuflōn, fōs tōn en skotei,)

RP-GNT πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
(pepoithas te seauton hodaʸgon einai tuflōn, fōs tōn en skotei,)

TC-GNT πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
(pepoithas te seauton hodaʸgon einai tuflōn, fōs tōn en skotei, )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:17–29: The Jews and the law of Moses

In this section, Paul talked to the Jews about themselves. He continued to use the singular “you,” as in the previous section. This form of teaching is called a “diatribe.” (See Section 2:1–16.)

Using this diatribe, Paul rebuked the Jews because they had the law of Moses but they disobeyed it.

Paul showed them that an outward sign of religion is of no use to people if they did not do what is right. He told them that God praises those whose heart is right with God.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

God praises a changed heart

Truly following God comes from the heart

2:19a

if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind,

and are confident that you are a guide to those who need to know about God,
and if you^(plur) are certain that you guide the non-Jews, people who are like blind people because they do not know God’s ways,

if you are convinced: The Greek is literally “having confidence.” The BSB supplies the phrase if you to make the connection to the “if” in 2:17 clear. Consider how to make that connection clear in your language.

a guide for the blind: This is a metaphor. A person who does not know about God and his ways is like a blind person. The Jews thought of non-Jews in that way. And they thought of themselves as those who could show non-Jews how to live in God’s ways.

In some languages a literal translation would wrongly refer only to actual blind people. If that is true in your language, translate the correct meaning. You may want to:

Make the point of reference of the metaphor explicit in the text. For example:
a religious teacher who is like a guide for the blind
Translate the meaning of the metaphor in the text. For example:
a religious teacher to those who know nothing of God
Translate the literal meaning and explain it in a footnote. Here is an example footnote:
This is a metaphor. A person who does not know about God and his ways is like a blind person. Jews teaching Gentiles about God would help them “see” who God is.

2:19b

a light for those in darkness,

like a light shining for those in darkness,
and are certain that you guide them like a light for people wandering in the darkness without God,

a light for those in darkness: This is also a metaphor. The meaning is similar to the “guide for the blind.” Here the phrase addresses the Jews. And they thought of themselves as those who could show non-Jews how to live in God’s ways.

In some languages a literal translation would wrongly refer only to people walking in actual darkness. If that is true in your language, translate the correct meaning. You may want to:

Make the point of reference of the metaphor explicit in the text. For example:
a religious teacher who is like a light to those who are in darkness
Translate the meaning of the metaphor in the text. For example:
and shows God’s ways to them
Translate the literal meaning and explain it in a footnote. Here is an example footnote:
This is a metaphor. Jews considered Gentiles like people walking in darkness. Jews teaching them about God would help them “see” who God is.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι