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as He is beggars

Spanish translation: tan superior a los reyes, como a los mendigos

17:03 Apr 14, 2015
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / Christian Novel
English term or phrase: as He is beggars
Hello,

I appreciate your help with the phrase "who is as high above kings as He is beggars."

"To God, being infi nitely great, who is as high above kings as He is beggars (Edwards), who stooped to breathe life into
my dead soul. I’m thankful for your mercy."


Thanks,

Elena
Ma.Elena Carrión de Medina
Ecuador
Local time: 08:47
Spanish translation:tan superior a los reyes, como a los mendigos
Explanation:
O
superior tanto a reyes como a mendigos
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George Rabel
Local time: 09:47
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1tan por encima de los reyes como de los mendigos
Ricardo Robina
3 +2tan superior a los reyes, como a los mendigos
George Rabel
5como de los mendigos
Enrique Chi
4quien esta tan alto por encima de los reyes como de los hombres
Jose Galindez
3que no podemos ni imaginar su majestad
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
3como lo está sobre los mendigos / como está por encima de los mendigos
JohnMcDove
Summary of reference entries provided
J. Edwars
InesV

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
as he is beggars
tan superior a los reyes, como a los mendigos


Explanation:
O
superior tanto a reyes como a mendigos

George Rabel
Local time: 09:47
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jessica Noyes
9 hrs
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agree  JohnMcDove: Sin más contexto, me parece una interpretación plausible...
1 day 6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
as he is beggars
quien esta tan alto por encima de los reyes como de los hombres


Explanation:
El problema es que ven la traduccion tacita de Beggar como mendigo y no determinan que tambien tiene otras traducciones... beggar no solo es NOUN... tambien es VERB...
A mi punto de vista y para una mejor traduccion no solo basta la frase facilitada...

Jose Galindez
Venezuela
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
as he is beggars
que no podemos ni imaginar su majestad


Explanation:
Entiendo que beggars es verbo.

beggar belief vtr + n (be unbelievable)
beggar description v expr (be indescribable)
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=beg...

Esta sería mi sugerencia de traducción por si pudiera servirte:

"A Dios, que a pesar de ser infinitamente grande y tan superior a los reyes que no podemos ni imaginar su majestad, bajó hasta mí para infundir vida en mi alma muerta etc."

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as he is beggars
tan por encima de los reyes como de los mendigos


Explanation:
Una ligera variante a las sugerencias anteriores que me parece preferible

Ricardo Robina
Mexico
Local time: 07:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MollyRose: Sounds the best to me, too.
1 day 6 hrs
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
as he is beggars
como lo está sobre los mendigos / como está por encima de los mendigos


Explanation:
“A Dios, siendo infinitamente grande, quien está tan por encima de los reyes como lo está sobre los mendigos...”

“... como está por encima de los mendigos...”

Un par de fraseos adicionales, siguiendo la interpretación de George, con la que me parece estar de acuerdo (a falta de más contexto...)

Saludos cordiales.


JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 06:47
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
as he is beggars
como de los mendigos


Explanation:
La cita no está precisa. Es tomada del mensaje "On the Mercy Of Christ", de Jonathan Edwards. La cita dice así: "Thus God being infinitely great, he is as much above kings as he is above beggars; he is as much above both the highest angel as he is above the meakest worm."

En tal caso, no resulta tan difícil de intepretar: "Luego Dios siendo infinitamente grande, está tan por encima de los reyes como de los mendigos..."


    Reference: http://deadpuritansociety.org/jonathan-edwards-on-the-mercy-...
Enrique Chi
United States
Local time: 08:47
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Reference comments


5 hrs
Reference: J. Edwars

Reference information:
He encontrado esta página y una alusión al pasaje de "Great Guilt No Obstacle to the Pardon of the Returning Sinner" donde aparece la frase en cuestión.

El otro enlace es de un libro sobre su obra.


    Reference: http://www.iglesiapueblonuevo.es/index.php?codigo=bio_edward...
    Reference: http://https://books.google.es/books?id=HUFDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA11...
InesV
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