ROM 7:11 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

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 RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For sin, having taken the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it, killed me.

UST This is so because I wanted to sin even more because I knew what God had commanded. When I sinned, I tricked myself. Then disobeying what God had commanded killed me spiritually.

BLB For sin, having taken an occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it put me to death.

AICNT For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

OEB Sin took advantage of the commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.

WEBBE for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.

LSV for sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, deceived me, and through it, slew [me],

FBV because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!

TCNT For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

T4T My desire to sin found a way [PRS] to deceive me by making me think wrongly that I could keep on sinning and at the same time obey those laws enough so that I would live eternally, and thus it caused me to be separated from God [PRS].

LEB For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

BBE For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.

Moff The command gave an impulse to sin, sin beguiled me and used the command to kill me.

Wymth For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death.

ASV for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.

DRA For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.

YLT for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay [me];

Drby for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].

RV for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.
(for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled/deceived me, and through it slew/killed me. )

SLT For sin having taken occasion by the command, deceived me completely, and by it killed me.

Wbstr For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me .

KJB-1769 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
(For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew/killed me. )

KJB-1611 For sinne taking occasion by the commandement, deceiued me, and by it slew me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, hath deceaued me, and by the same slewe me.
(For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, hath/has deceived me, and by the same slew/killed me.)

Gnva For sinne tooke occasion by the commandement, and deceiued me, and thereby slewe me.
(For sin took occasion by the commandment, and deceived me, and thereby slew/killed me. )

Cvdl For synne toke occasion at the comaundement, and disceaued me, and slewe me by the same commaundement.
(For sin took occasion at the commandment, and deceived me, and slew/killed me by the same commandment.)

TNT For synne toke occasion by the meanes of the comaundement and so disceaved me and by the selfe commaundement slewe me.
(For sin took occasion by the means of the commandment and so disceaved me and by the self commandment slew/killed me. )

Wycl For synne, thorouy occasioun takun bi the comaundement, disceyuede me, and bi that it slow me.
(For sin, through occasioun taken by the commandment, disceyuede me, and by that it slow me.)

Luth Denn die Sünde nahm Ursache am Gebot und betrog mich und tötete mich durch dasselbige Gebot.
(Because the sin(n) took cause in/at/on_the commandment/command and betrog me and killed me through the_same commandment/command.)

ClVg Nam peccatum occasione accepta per mandatum, seduxit me, et per illud occidit.
(For/Surely sin on_occasion accepted through command(n), seduced me, and through it/this/that killed. )

UGNT ἡ γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἐξηπάτησέν με καὶ δι’ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν.
(haʸ gar hamartia aformaʸn labousa dia taʸs entolaʸs, exaʸpataʸsen me kai di’ autaʸs apekteinen.)

SBL-GNT ἡ γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξηπάτησέν με καὶ διʼ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν.
(haʸ gar hamartia aformaʸn labousa dia taʸs entolaʸs exaʸpataʸsen me kai diʼ autaʸs apekteinen.)

RP-GNT ἡ γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξηπάτησέν με, καὶ δι' αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν.
(haʸ gar hamartia aformaʸn labousa dia taʸs entolaʸs exaʸpataʸsen me, kai di' autaʸs apekteinen.)

TC-GNT ἡ γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξηπάτησέ με, καὶ [fn]δι᾽ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν.
(haʸ gar hamartia aformaʸn labousa dia taʸs entolaʸs exaʸpataʸse me, kai di autaʸs apekteinen. )

7:11 δι ¦ δια ANT

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

SOTN SIL Open Translation Notes:

Section 7:7–12: It is sin that is bad, not the laws

In the last section Paul said that believers died to the law of Moses (7:4), that it is obsolete (7:6), and that it arouses sinful passions (7:5). In this section Paul answered a possible wrong conclusion that someone might make from what he just said. Someone might think that Paul meant that the law is sinful. But Paul clearly indicated that he did not think that. The laws of Moses point out what is sin, and sin causes people to want to do the things that the law says are sin. Sinning leads to death. The laws of Moses are holy and good. But the commandments make it clear what sin is and at the same time arouse sinful passions. Those passions lead to death.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

What about the Laws of Moses and sin?

God’s Law Reveals Our Sin (NLT)

Sin deceives us but the law is holy

General Comment on 7:7–25

Paul used the word “I” in this section and 7:13–25 too. There are at least seven different waysSee Cranfield (pages 342–344). that scholars think what Paul meant by “I” here. Here are the five main ones:

Paul was referring to himself as a Christian,See Schreiner (pages 359–364). implying all believers think the same way and have the same struggles.
Paul, as a believer, spoke of his experience before he believed. He spoke generally enough so that other people can see that they had similar struggles.See Jewett (pages 441–444). Paul then spoke about where we stand as believers regarding these struggles in chapter 8.
It refers generally to anyone who is not a believer but wants to be a good person by following the law. Paul used “I” to make the struggles in these verses more personal. Chapter 8 then explains the victory that believers have in contrast to the person of 7:7–25.
Paul was referring to Adam and from that all people.
Paul was referring to the history of Israel.

It is recommended that you use “I” in these verses.The English versions also use “I” and do not explain it in their translations.

7:11a–b

sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me: There are three ways to interpret what the phrase through the commandment connects to:

It connects to the phrase seizing an opportunity, as in the BSB. (BSB, RSV, NIV, NJB, ESV, NABRE, NLT, GW, CEV, NET)
It connects to the phrase deceived me. For example:
Sin found its chance, and by means of the commandment it deceived me (GNT) (GNT)
It connects to sin or the whole clause. For example:
in the commandment sin found its opportunity to seduce me (REB) (REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), because it is unlikely that Paul would imply that the commandment had a part in deceiving him, as interpretation (2) implies.

7:11a

For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment,

¶ For sin took the opportunities/openings by using the command
¶ With that law/command as/like a tool, sin took any chance/occasion,

For: This word introduces an explanation of how the commandment now leads to death for Paul. Some languages, for a natural connection, will omit this word.

seizing its opportunity through the commandment: See how you translated these words in 7:8.

7:11b

deceived me

and tricked me
and it caused me to do wrong.

deceived me: Here Paul continued to speak of sin as a person. Some languages cannot speak of sin in that way. If that is true in your language, you may want to:

Make it a simile. For example:
like someone who deceived me
Translate without the figure of speech. For example:
caused me to sin

7:11c

and through the commandment put me to death.

and killed me by using it.
And it used that law/command to mark/destine me for death without end.

through the commandment put me to death: Here the word that the BSB translates as the commandment is literally “it.” For example:

through it killed me (ESV)

put me to death: Here Paul continued to speak of sin as a person. Some languages cannot speak of sin in that way. If that is true in your language, you may want to:

Make it a simile. For example:
like someone who killed me
Translate without the figure of speech. For example:
caused me to die

put…to death: Here this phrase refers to being marked for death.

In some languages a literal translation would wrongly refer only to physical death. If that is true in your language, you may want to explain it in your translation. For example:

marked/destined me for death

caused me to have God’s verdict of death

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἡ & ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς

¬the & sin (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἡ Γάρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμήν λαβοῦσα διά τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξηπάτησεν μέ καί διʼ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν)

See how you translated this clause in [7:8](../07/08.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἐξηπάτησέν με

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἡ Γάρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμήν λαβοῦσα διά τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξηπάτησεν μέ καί διʼ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν)

Here Paul speaks of sin as if it were a person who could deceive people. Paul means that his desire to sin tricked him into thinking that he could become righteous by obeying the commandment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [caused me to deceive myself]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

δι’ αὐτῆς

by it

The pronoun it refers to the commandment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [through the commandment]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἀπέκτεινεν

killed_off_‹me›