[B-Greek] 2 Tim. 2:6

Emanuel Contac vaisamar at gmail.com
Sun Nov 22 14:57:21 EST 2009


 Dear List,

  Is there another way of understanding the syntax of the sentence in 2 Tim. 2:6?

τὸν κοπιῶντα γεωργὸν δεῖ πρῶτον τῶν καρπῶν μεταλαμβάνειν.
Ton kopiwnta gewrgon dei prwton twn karpwn metalambanein.

  Strangely enough, the Darby versions and Segond seem to have construed "kopiwnta" not as attribute of "gewrgon" but rather as an infinitive verb. Incidentally, this is also a translation problem, but I hope the members of B-Greek will not object to its being discussed here, from the syntactical point of view.

Geneva (1599) The husbandman must labour before he receiue the fruites.

Darby (1884/1890) The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

Darby (1885) il faut que le laboureur travaille premièrement, pour qu’il jouisse des fruits.

Elberfelder (1905) Der Ackerbauer muß, um die Früchte zu genießen, zuerst arbeiten.

Segond (1910)  Il faut que le laboureur travaille avant de recueillir les fruits.

  Emanuel Contac, Romania



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