ROM 9:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) (not by actions but by God’s calling), she was told, ‘The older child will serve the younger one.’

Key: yellow: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 not by works, but by the one calling—it was said to her, “The older will be enslaved to the younger.”

UST God did not choose only one of her sons because of what he did. Rather, it was because God summons those whom he chooses. This is why God told Rebekah in the Scriptures, “Your older son will become a slave to your younger son.”

BSB not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[fn]

9:12 Genesis 25:23

BLB not of works, but of the One calling, it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger."

AICNT not by works, but by the one who calls, it was said to her, “The greater shall serve the lesser,”[fn]

9:12, Genesis 25:23

OEB that the elder would be a servant to the younger.

WEB it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”

NET it was said to her, “ The older will serve the younger,”

LSV it was said to her, “The greater will serve the less”;

FBV she was told, “The older brother will serve the younger one.”[fn]

9:12 Quoting Genesis 25:23.

TCNT she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

T4T 11-12 11-12Before the twins, Jacob and Esau, were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, God said to Rebecca about the twins she was to bear, “The older one shall later serve the younger one, contrary to normal custom.” God said this in order that we might clearly understand that what he purposed for people was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s eternal destiny does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on God, the one who chooses them.

LEB not by works but by the one who calls—it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger,”[fn]

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BBE It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

MOF No MOF ROM book available

ASV it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

DRA Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.

YLT 'The greater shall serve the less;'

DBY it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

RV it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

WBS It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

KJB It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

BB It was sayde vnto her: The elder shall serue the younger.
(It was said unto her: The elder shall serve the younger.)

GNV It was said vnto her, The elder shall serue the yonger.
(It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the yonger. )

CB it was sayde thus vnto her: The greater shal serue the lesse.
(it was said thus unto her: The greater shall serve the lesse.)

TNT the elder shall serve the yonger.

WYC not of werkis, but of God clepynge, it was seid to hym,
(not of works, but of God clepynge, it was said to him,)

LUT nicht aus Verdienst der Werke, sondern aus Gnaden des Berufes, also: Der Größere soll dienstbar werden dem Kleinern,
(nicht out of Verdienst the Werke, rather out of Gnaden the Berufes, also: The Größere should dienstbar become to_him Kleinern,)

CLV non ex operibus, sed ex vocante dictum est ei quia major serviet minori,[fn]
(non ex operibus, but ex vocante dictum it_is to_him because mayor serviet minori,)

9.12 Non ex operibus. Futuris quæ bona vel mala non erant futura, nisi apposita gratia vel subtracta. AUG. Quod si futuros eorum mores dicitur divinum discrevisse judicium, etc., usque ad quomodo enim futura dicuntur, quæ nulla erunt?

9.12 Non ex operibus. Futuris which good or mala not/no they_were futura, nisi apposita gratia or subtracta. AUG. That when/but_if futuros eorum mores it_is_said divinum discrevisse yudicium, etc., usque to quomodo because futura dicuntur, which nulla erunt?

UGNT οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος, ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ, ὅτι ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.
(ouk ex ergōn, all’ ek tou kalountos, errethaʸ autaʸ, hoti ho meizōn douleusei tōi elassoni.)

SBL-GNT οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος, ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ ὅτι Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι·
(ouk ex ergōn allʼ ek tou kalountos, errethaʸ autaʸ hoti Ho meizōn douleusei tōi elassoni; )

TC-GNT [fn]ἐρρήθη αὐτῇ ὅτι Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.
(erraʸthaʸ autaʸ hoti Ho meizōn douleusei tōi elassoni.)

9:12 ερρηθη ¦ ερρεθη ANT CT HF PCK

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 / explicit

οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος

not of works but of the_‹one› calling

Here Paul is referring to the election of one of Rebekah’s sons, Jacob, as stated in the next verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “God did not elect Jacob by works, but by the one who calls”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔργων

works

Here, works refers to human actions in general. It does not refer to “the works of the law” because God had not yet given his law to Moses when Jacob and Esau lived. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “what people do”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ καλοῦντος

the_‹one› calling

Here, the one who calls refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “God who calls”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

τοῦ καλοῦντος

the_‹one› calling

Paul is leaving out a word that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply the word from the context. Alternate translation: “the one who calls people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ

˱it˲_/was/_said ˱to˲_her

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God said to her”

Note 6 topic: writing-quotations

ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ

˱it˲_/was/_said ˱to˲_her

This phrase indicates that what follows is a quotation from an Old Testament book (Genesis 25:23). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Paul is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “it was said to her, as recorded in the Scriptures”

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτῇ

˱to˲_her

Here, the pronoun her refers to Rebekah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly, as in the UST.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι

the greater /will_be/_serving ˱for˲_the lessor

This sentence is a quotation from Genesis 25:23. 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 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι

the greater /will_be/_serving ˱for˲_the lessor

The phrases the older and the younger refer to Rebekah’s older and younger twin sons. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly, as in the UST.

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