ROM 3:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But what if some didn’t believe? Wouldn’t the unbelief of Jews make faith that comes from God worthless?

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 For what if some were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

UST So you might say, “Some of these Jews were certainly unfaithful to God! How unfaithful those people are certainly cannot invalidate how faithful God is!”

BSB § What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

BLB What if indeed some disbelieved? Will their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

AICNT What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God?

OEB What follows then? Some, no doubt, showed a want of faith; but will their want of faith make God break faith? Heaven forbid!

WEBBE For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

LSV for what, if certain were faithless? Will their faithlessness make the faithfulness of God useless?

FBV What if some of them didn't trust in God? Does their lack of trust in God obliterate the trustworthiness of God?

TCNT Now what if some of them were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God?

T4T Many Jews did not obey God as they promised that they would. So someone might ask, “Does their not being faithful mean that God will not bless us Jews as he promised that he would?”

LEB What is the result[fn] if some refused to believe? Their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

3:3 Literally “for what”

BBE And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

Moff No Moff ROM book available

Wymth For what if some Jews have proved unfaithful? Shall their faithlessness render God's faithfulness worthless?

ASV For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

DRA For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid.

YLT for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless?

Drby For what? if some have not believed, shall their unbelief make the faith of [fn]God of none effect?

3.3 Elohim

RV For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

Wbstr For what if some did not believe? will their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

KJB-1769 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

KJB-1611 For what if some did not beleeue? shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?
(For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?)

Bshps What then though some of them dyd not beleue? Shal their vnbeliefe make the fayth of God without effect?
(What then though some of them did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?)

Gnva For what, though some did not beleeue? shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?
(For what, though some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? )

Cvdl But where as some of them dyd not beleue theron, what then? Shulde their vnbeleue make the promes of God of none effecte?
(But where as some of them did not believe theron, what then? Should their unbelief make the promes of God of none effecte?)

TNT What then though some of them did not beleve? shall their vnbeleve make the promes of god with out effecte?
(What then though some of them did not believe? shall their unbeleve make the promes of god with out effecte? )

Wyc And what if summe of hem bileueden not? Whethir the vnbileue of hem hath auoidid the feith of God?
(And what if some of them believed not? Whethir the unbelief of them hath/has auoidid the faith of God?)

Luth Daß aber etliche nicht glauben an dasselbige, was liegt daran? Sollte ihr Unglaube Gottes Glauben aufheben?
(That but several not believe at dasselbige, what/which liegt daran? Sollte you/their/her Unglaube God’s faith aufheben?)

ClVg Quid enim si quidam illorum non crediderunt? numquid incredulitas illorum fidem Dei evacuabit? Absit.[fn]
(Quid because when/but_if quidam illorum not/no crediderunt? numquid incredulitas illorum faith of_God evacuabit? Absit. )

3.3 Nunquid incredulitas. AMBR. Non, inquit, quia aliqui credere noluerunt, præjudicabitur cæteris Judæis, ne digni dicantur accipere quod Deus promisit fidelibus, quippe cum sic facta sit promissio ut credentibus proficeret. Fidem. ORIG. Eam intelligimus quam habet Deus cum his quibus credit eloquia sua, vel eam qua quidam credunt Deo.

3.3 Nunquid incredulitas. AMBR. Non, inquit, because aliqui credere noluerunt, præyudicabitur cæteris Yudæis, not digni dicantur accipere that God promisit fidelibus, quippe when/with so facts let_it_be promissio as credentibus proficeret. Fidem. ORIG. Eam intelligimus how habet God when/with his to_whom he_believes elobecause sua, or her which quidam credunt Deo.

UGNT τί γάρ εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες? μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν, τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταργήσει?
(ti gar ei aʸpistaʸsan tines? maʸ haʸ apistia autōn, taʸn pistin tou Theou katargaʸsei?)

SBL-GNT τί γάρ; εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες, μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ καταργήσει;
(ti gar; ei aʸpistaʸsan tines, maʸ haʸ apistia autōn taʸn pistin tou theou katargaʸsei;)

TC-GNT Τί γὰρ εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες; Μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταργήσει;
(Ti gar ei aʸpistaʸsan tines; Maʸ haʸ apistia autōn taʸn pistin tou Theou katargaʸsei; )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γάρ

for

For here indicates that what follows is a response to what Paul said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “If these things are true, then”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί & εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες? μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν, τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταργήσει?

what & if disbelieved some not the unbelief ˱of˲_them the faith ¬the ˱of˲_God /will_be/_nullifying

In this verse Paul is not asking for information, but is using these two questions here to express the objections that a Jew might have to what Paul said in the previous verse. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “But some of them were unfaithful! Their unfaithfulness surely cannot nullify the faithfulness of God!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

τί γάρ εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες? μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν, τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταργήσει?

what for if disbelieved some not the unbelief ˱of˲_them the faith ¬the ˱of˲_God /will_be/_nullifying

In this verse Paul is speaking as if he himself were a non-Christian Jew arguing against Paul. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

τινες

some

The pronoun some refers to some Jewish people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “some Jewish people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν, τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταργήσει

not the unbelief ˱of˲_them the faith ¬the ˱of˲_God /will_be/_nullifying

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of unfaithfulness or faithfulness, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “The fact that they are unfaithful will not nullify God’s faithful acts, will it”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ

the faith ¬the ˱of˲_God

Paul is using the possessive form to describe the faithfulness that characterizes God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the faithfulness that characterizes God”

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