ROM 7:9 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
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ULT Now at one time I was alive without law, but the commandment having come, sin came to life again,

UST There was a time when I was living without being aware of the laws God gave the Jews. But, when I became aware of those commandments, I wanted to sin even more.

BSB § Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

BLB And I once was alive apart from Law; but the commandment having come, sin revived, and I died;

AICNT I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin[fn] came to life

7:9, sin: The word for sin in a general sense means to “miss the mark, error, do wrong” (BDAG, ἁμαρτάνω).

OEB There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

WEBBE I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

LSV And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, sin revived, and I died;

FBV I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications of that commandment, then sin came back to life, and I died.

TCNT Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.

T4T Formerly, when I did not know what God’s laws required, I used to live without worrying about what I was doing. But when I became aware that God commanded, “You must not covet,” I suddenly realized [PRS] that I was sinning,

LEB And I was alive once, apart from the law, but when[fn] the commandment came, sin sprang to life

7:9 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal

BBE And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;

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Wymth Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;

ASV And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

DRA And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,

YLT And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

Drby But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.

RV And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

Wbstr For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

KJB-1769 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

KJB-1611 For I was aliue without the Law once, but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued, and I died.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps I once lyued without lawe: But when the commaundement came, sinne reuyued,
(I once lyued without lawe: But when the commandment came, sin revived,)

Gnva For I once was aliue, without the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,
(For I once was alive, without the Law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, )

Cvdl As for me, I lyued some tyme without lawe. Howbeit whan the commaundement came, synne reuyued, but I was deed.
(As for me, I lyued some time without law. Howbeit when the commandment came, sin revived, but I was dead.)

TNT I once lived with out lawe. But when the commaundement came synne revyved and I was deed.
(I once lived with out law. But when the commandment came sin revyved and I was dead. )

Wycl And Y lyuede withouten the lawe sumtyme; but whanne the comaundement was comun, synne lyuede ayen.
(And I lyuede without the law sumtyme; but when the commandment was comun, sin lyuede ayen.)

Luth Ich aber lebte etwa ohne Gesetz. Da aber das Gebot kam, ward die Sünde wieder lebendig.
(I but lebte approximately without law. So but the Gebot came, what/which the Sünde again lifedig.)

ClVg Ego autem vivebam sine lege aliquando: sed cum venisset mandatum, peccatum revixit.[fn]
(I however vivebam without lege aliquando: but when/with venisset mandatum, peccatum revixit. )

7.9 Ego autem vivebam. Patet: quia non ex sua, sed ex persona hominis generaliter loquitur. Ego autem vivebam. Nota duos homines in eodem, interiorem et exteriorem, id est rationem et fomitem, qui est in carne. Interiorem dicit consentire legi, et ejus testimonio bonam esse legem approbat. Exteriorem vero contra interiorem et contra legem repugnare et captivare et per legem majorem potestatem peccandi habere. Sed cum venisset, etc. Hic secundus actus sub lege. Id est: Hic loquitur Apostolus in statu hominis positi sub lege. Revixit. Cœpit apparere et rebellare. Revixit, ait, non vixit. Vixerat enim aliquando in paradiso, quando contra præceptum datum satis apparebat admissum. Sed cum homines nati peccatores sine mandato viverent, tanquam mortuum latebat sine cognitione, quia sine cohibitione: sed data lege, in notitia hominis revixit, quod in notitia primi hominis aliquando vixerat.

7.9 I however vivebam. Patet: because not/no from sua, but from persona of_man generaliter loquitur. I however vivebam. Nota duos homines in eodem, interiorem and exteriorem, id it_is rationem and fomitem, who it_is in carne. Interiorem dicit consentire legi, and his testimonio bonam esse legem approbat. Exteriorem vero on_the_contrary interiorem and on_the_contrary legem repugnare and captivare and through legem mayorem potestatem peccandi habere. But when/with venisset, etc. Hic secundus actus under lege. That it_is: Hic loquitur Apostolus in statu of_man positi under lege. Revixit. Cœpit apparere and rebellare. Revixit, ait, not/no vixit. Vixerat because aliquando in paradiso, when on_the_contrary præceptum datum satis apparebat admissum. But when/with homines nati peccatores without mandato viverent, tanquam mortuum latebat without cognitione, because without cohibitione: but data lege, in notitia of_man revixit, that in notitia primi of_man aliquando vixerat.

UGNT ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ; ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν,
(egō de ezōn ⱪōris nomou pote; elthousaʸs de taʸs entolaʸs, haʸ hamartia anezaʸsen,)

SBL-GNT ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ· ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν,
(egō de ezōn ⱪōris nomou pote; elthousaʸs de taʸs entolaʸs haʸ hamartia anezaʸsen,)

TC-GNT Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ· ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπέθανον·
(Egō de ezōn ⱪōris nomou pote; elthousaʸs de taʸs entolaʸs, haʸ hamartia anezaʸsen, egō de apethanon; )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

χωρὶς νόμου

apart_from law

Here Paul speaks about the law as if it did not exist before he knew about it. Paul means that he was not aware of God’s law at one time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [while unaware of the law] or [without knowledge of the law]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἐλθούσης & τῆς ἐντολῆς

/having/_come & the commandment

Paul speaks of the commandment as if it were a person who could come to Paul. He means that he became aware of the commandment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when I became aware of the commandment]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἡ ἁμαρτία

the commandment the sin

See how you translated commandment and sin in the previous verse.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῆς ἐντολῆς

the commandment

Here, the commandment could refer to: (1) all the commandments that make up God’s law. Alternate translation: [God’s commandments] (2) the commandment against coveting, as mentioned in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [the commandment against coveting]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν

the sin revived

Here Paul speaks of sin as if it were a person who could come to life. This could mean: (1) Paul’s desire to sin was stimulated, as mentioned in the previous verse. Alternate translation: my desire to sin was stimulated] (2) Paul realized that he was sinning, as mentioned in [7:7. Alternate translation: [I became aware of my sin]

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