ROM 5:13 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Sin was in the world before Mosheh’ law, but it wasn’t being charged against them, because the law had not yet been given.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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 until law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged, there being no law.

UST Indeed, people throughout the world sinned before God gave his laws to the Jews. However, God did not legally regard what they did as sinning, since those laws did not yet exist to identify what it means to sin.

BSB For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

BLB For until the Law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed, there being no law.

AICNT for until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not counted when there is no law.

OEB Even before the time of the Law there was sin in the world; but sin cannot be charged against someone where no Law exists.

WEBBE For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

LSV for until law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

FBV Even before the law was given, sin was in the world, however it wasn't counted as sin because there was no law.

TCNT For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to anyone's account when there is no law.

T4T People in [MTY] the world sinned before God gave his laws to Moses. But people are not considered by God {God does not consider people} to be guilty for their sins if there is no law stating that what they did was sinful.

LEB For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one’s account when there[fn] is no law.

5:13 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as temporal

BBE Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

Moff No Moff ROM book available

Wymth For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.

ASV for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

DRA For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not.

YLT for till law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

Drby (for until law sin was in [the] world; but sin is not put to account when there is no law;

RV for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Wbstr For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

KJB-1769 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

KJB-1611 For vntill the Law sinne was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no Law.
(For until the Law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no Law.)

Bshps For vnto the lawe, was sinne in the worlde: but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe.
(For unto the law, was sin in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.)

Gnva For vnto the time of the Law was sinne in the worlde, but sinne is not imputed, while there is no lawe.
(For unto the time of the Law was sin in the world, but sin is not imputed, while there is no law. )

Cvdl euen so wente death also ouer all men, in so moch as they all haue synned. For synne was in ye worlde vnto the lawe: but where no lawe is, there is not synne regarded.
(even so went death also over all men, in so much as they all have sinned. For sin was in ye/you_all world unto the lawe: but where no law is, there is not sin regarded.)

TNT For even vnto the tyme of the lawe was synne in the worlde: but synne was not regarded as longe as ther was no lawe:
(For even unto the time of the law was sin in the world: but sin was not regarded as long as there was no lawe: )

Wyc For `til to the lawe synne was in the world; but synne was not rettid, whanne lawe was not.
(For `til to the law sin was in the world; but sin was not rettid, when law was not.)

Luth (denn die Sünde war wohl in der Welt bis auf das Gesetz; aber wo kein Gesetz ist, da achtet man der Sünde nicht,
((denn the Sünde what/which probably in the/of_the world until on the law; but where kein law is, there achtet man the/of_the Sünde not,)

ClVg Usque ad legem enim peccatum erat in mundo: peccatum autem non imputabatur, cum lex non esset.[fn]
(Usque to legem because peccatum was in mundo: peccatum however not/no imputabatur, when/with lex not/no esset. )

5.13 Usque ad legem, etc. Id est quia nec lex potuit auferre peccatum, sed auxit, sive naturalis, sive scripta: sed non imputabatur, id est ignorabatur: regnavit tamen usque ad Moysen, id est legem: quia nec ipsa potuit regnum mortis auferre, quæ regnat dum non sinit reatus peccati ad vitam æternam venire, sed ad gehennam trahit. Hoc regnum sola gratia Christi destruxit etiam in antiquis: præter quos in omnes regnavit: etiam in eos qui non sua propria voluntate peccaverunt, sicut Adam, sed originali vitio tenebantur ut pueri.

5.13 Usque to legem, etc. That it_is because but_not lex potuit auferre peccatum, but auxit, if/or naturalis, if/or scripta: but not/no imputabatur, id it_is ignorabatur: reigned tamen until to Moysen, id it_is legem: because but_not herself potuit kingdom mortis auferre, which regnat dum not/no sinit reatus peccati to life eternal venire, but to gehennam trahit. This kingdom sola gratia of_Christ destruxit also in antiquis: præter which in everyone reigned: also in them who not/no his_own propria voluntate peccaverunt, like Adam, but originali vitio tenebantur as pueri.

UGNT ἄχρι γὰρ νόμου, ἁμαρτία ἦν ἐν κόσμῳ, ἁμαρτία δὲ οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται, μὴ ὄντος νόμου.
(aⱪri gar nomou, hamartia aʸn en kosmōi, hamartia de ouk ellogeitai, maʸ ontos nomou.)

SBL-GNT ἄχρι γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία ἦν ἐν κόσμῳ, ἁμαρτία δὲ οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται μὴ ὄντος νόμου,
(aⱪri gar nomou hamartia aʸn en kosmōi, hamartia de ouk ellogeitai maʸ ontos nomou,)

TC-GNT ἄχρι γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία ἦν ἐν κόσμῳ· ἁμαρτία δὲ οὐκ [fn]ἐλλογεῖται, μὴ ὄντος νόμου.
(aⱪri gar nomou hamartia aʸn en kosmōi; hamartia de ouk ellogeitai, maʸ ontos nomou. )

5:13 ελλογειται ¦ ελλογαται WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

For here indicates that what follows in 5:13–14 explains what came before it. Here it explains how death and sin existed before the law. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “In fact,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἄχρι γὰρ νόμου & μὴ ὄντος νόμου

until for /the/_law & not being /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. Alternate translation: “For until the law came … as that was when there was no law”

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

νόμου & νόμου

/the/_law & /the/_law

In this verse law refers to the laws that God gave the Jews. See how you translated law in 2:12.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἁμαρτία & ἁμαρτία

sin & sin

See how you translated sin in the previous verse.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἁμαρτία ἦν ἐν κόσμῳ

sin was in world

Here Paul speaks of sin as if it were an object that could exist in a place. Paul means that people sinned in the world before God gave his laws to Moses. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people sinned in the world”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 2) ἁμαρτία & οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται

sin & not /is_being/_imputed

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, Paul implies that “God” did it. Alternate translation: “God did not charge them with sinning” or “God did not reckon it as sin”

(Occurrence 2) ἁμαρτία & οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται

sin & not /is_being/_imputed

Alternate translation: “a record of sin is not kept” or “no account is kept of sins”

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

μὴ ὄντος νόμου

not being /the/_law

Here, being could indicate: (1) the reason why sin is not charged. Alternate translation: “because there was no law” (2) the time when sin is not charged. Alternate translation: “when there was no law”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μὴ ὄντος νόμου

not being /the/_law

Here, no law implies that God had not yet given people his laws that could help them identify what sin is. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “being no law to identify to people what sin is”

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