interlinear Bible in Parallel Bible Versions window

Is there a reason why when u put a interlinear Bible in the "Compare Parallel Bible Versions" tool, it only shows the English but not the original language? I did this with the ESV+Greek and ESV+Hebrew. Both English and original language show fine in a window by itself but once they were placed in the parallel Bible versions window, all the original is gone...

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dean

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Chris Ease

I have wondered the same thing too!

Chris Ease

I've tried everything I can think of and I can't change the way Logos displays the interlinears. You could always open 2 interlinears in 2 windows and link them together and read them side by side, assuming you want to compare greek text with greek text and the english text with english text.

Alex Scott

Oh oh! Listen!! Can you hear George coming???

George Somsel

Oh oh! Listen!! Can you hear George coming???

I'm about ready to give up on those who use interlinears pretending that they're gaining something from the original language. They're a bunch of poor lost souls. They would do better to get a good translation if they don't want to spend the time to really learn the language, but they can't understand that fact.

Todd Phillips

Is there a reason why when u put a interlinear Bible in the "Compare Parallel Bible Versions" tool, it only shows the English but not the original language? I did this with the ESV+Greek and ESV+Hebrew.

First of all, only the English line in the ESV Reverse Interlinear is a "version". The other lines, including the Greek Alignment, are really just reference tools and notes on the English text. (In a regular interlinear, the Greek is the "version" and the English gloss and morphology lines are the "notes".) If you want to see an original language in the "Compare Parallel Bible Versions" tool, use the NA27 or BHS.

However, the "Compare Parallel Bible Versions" tool is actually comparing the words and highlighting differences, so mixing languages doesn't make sense with that tool. Use the "Parallel Bible Versions" tool instead.

Dave Hooton

The other lines, including the Greek Alignment, are really just reference tools and notes on the English text.

Fundamentally, the Greek text is in the wrong order so the Compare tool would have to perform additional work.

Todd Phillips

The
other lines, including the Greek Alignment, are really just reference
tools and notes on the English text.

Fundamentally, the Greek text is in the wrong order so the Compare tool would have to perform additional work.

Word order is one of the differences that it highlights, so it really makes no sense to compare the Greek alignment to anything.

Dean Chao

I've tried everything I can think of and I can't change the way Logos displays the interlinears. You could always open 2 interlinears in 2 windows and link them together and read them side by side, assuming you want to compare greek text with greek text and the english text with english text.

actually, my intention is to read the original language, and then compare the different translations see where they put the emphasis in a certain verse. I guess I was trying to mimic the behaviour of Bibleworks, which I use for my Greek and Hebrew seminary classes

Dean Chao

The
other lines, including the Greek Alignment, are really just reference
tools and notes on the English text.

Fundamentally, the Greek text is in the wrong order so the Compare tool would have to perform additional work.

Word order is one of the differences that it highlights, so it really makes no sense to compare the Greek alignment to anything.

actually sometimes it's quite helpful. Because in many instances the Greek verbs were implied, or a conjunction may modify multiple words/clauses before/after it. Or if you have a S-PN construction, so on and so forth. In this case, it's helpful to see how different translations were done and you can see the interpretations/assumptions the translators made when they translated the verse.

One example is in Ephesians 5:15. ESV renders " Look carefully then how you walk...." In Greek, carefully can modify look or walk. ESV thinks it modifies look, and I believe a few translations think it modifies walk. It may not be important theologically. But exegetically, this is a very interesting case study as it concerns Paul's writing style, and also what word order can best bring out the "flavor" of the teaching.

I feel like Logos was excellent in many ways but Bibleworks is better for exegetical studies. So I was trying to make Logos behaves more like Bibleworks.....