2TIM 2:23 Parallel Verse View

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ULT But avoid foolish and ignorant questions, knowing that they give birth to battles.

UST Do not let anyone begin to debate with you about matters that only uneducated and foolish people talk about. You know that when people talk about such things, they begin to quarrel.

BSB § But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.

BLB And refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they breed quarrels.

AICNT But avoid foolish and uneducated disputes, knowing that they generate strife.

OEB Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;

WEB But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

NET But reject foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed infighting.

LSV and be avoiding the foolish and uninstructed questions, having known that they beget strife,

FBV Avoid foolish and childish debates, for you know they only lead to fights.

TCNT Have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant controversies, knowing that they breed quarrels.

T4T Do not talk with anyone who foolishly wants to argue about matters that are not important. Do not talk with them, because you know that when people talk about foolish things, they begin to quarrel.

LEB But avoid foolish and uninformed controversies, because you[fn] know that they produce quarrels.

?:? *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal

BBE And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

MOF No MOF 2TIM book available

ASV But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.

DRA And avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strifes.

YLT and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

DBY But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.

RV But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.

WBS But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they gender contentions.

KJB But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

BB But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.
(But foolishe and unlearned questions put from thee, knowing that they do but gender strife.)

GNV And put away foolish and vnlearned questions, knowing that they ingender strife.
(And put away foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they ingender strife. )

CB As for folish questions and soch as teach not, put them fro the: for thou knowest that they do but geder stryfe.
(As for folish questions and such as teach not, put them from the: for thou/you knowst that they do but gather strife.)

TNT Folisshe and vnlearned questions put from the remebrynge that they do but gendre stryfe.
(Folisshe and unlearned questions put from the remebrynge that they do but gendre strife. )

WYC And eschewe thou foltische questiouns, and without kunnyng, wytynge that tho gendren chidyngis.
(And eschewe thou/you foltische questiouns, and without cunning/knowledge, wytynge that tho gendren chidyngis.)

LUT Aber der törichten und unnützen Fragen entschlage dich; denn du weißt, daß sie nur Zank gebären.
(But the törichten and unnützen Fragen entschlage dich; because you weißt, that they/she/them nur Zank gebären.)

CLV Stultas autem et sine disciplina quæstiones devita: sciens quia generant lites.[fn]
(Stultas however and without disciplina quæstiones devita: sciens because generant lites.)

2.23 Stultas autem et sine disciplina quæstiones devita. Non omnes quæstiones vitandæ, sed nutiles et sine disciplina.

2.23 Stultas however and without disciplina quæstiones devita. Non everyone quæstiones vitandæ, but nutiles and without disciplina.

UGNT τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι γεννῶσι μάχας.
(tas de mōras kai apaideutous zaʸtaʸseis paraitou, eidōs hoti gennōsi maⱪas.)

SBL-GNT τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι γεννῶσι μάχας·
(tas de mōras kai apaideutous zaʸtaʸseis paraitou, eidōs hoti gennōsi maⱪas; )

TC-GNT Τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι γεννῶσι μάχας.
(Tas de mōras kai apaideutous zaʸtaʸseis paraitou, eidōs hoti gennōsi maⱪas. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces how Timothy should treat foolish and uneducated questions in contrast to how he should “pursue” the good qualities that Paul listed in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “In contrast,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὰς & μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις

¬the & foolish and uneducated debates

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of controversies, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “debating about foolish and ignorant things”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους

foolish and uneducated

The terms foolish and uneducated mean similar things. Paul is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “very foolish” or “completely uneducated”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

γεννῶσι

˱they˲_/are/_bearing

Here Paul speaks of the controversies as if they were women giving birth to children, the battles. He means that these controversies cause the battles. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they cause”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μάχας

quarrels

Here Paul speaks of strife and quarrels within a community as if they were battles. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “quarrels that are like battles” or “strife”

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