The Greek in Revelation 14:16 that is translated as “swung his sickle over the earth” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as schickte Schnitter mit der Sichel zur Erde or “sent reapers with the sickle to earth.”
she answered him
bowed with his face to the ground
fasten his belt
The Greek in Luke 12:37 that is translated as “fasten his belt” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Kellnerschürze umbinden or “tie on the waiter’s apron.”
In Yakut it is translated with the idiom “he will roll up his sleeves.” (Source: David Clark in The Bible Translator 2015, p. 117ff. ))
See also be dressed for action.
agony of death
The Greek in Acts 2:24 that is translated as “agony of death” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Fesseln des Todes or “shackles of death.” They explain: “Literally: ‘the pangs of death”; however, the speaker is probably referring to the expression ‘the cords of death’ in the Hebrew Bible, namely in Psalm 18:5 and 116:3. The Hebrew word chäbäl, ‘cord,’ was possibly read as chebel, ‘agony, pang.'”
by such work
The Greek in Acts 20:35 that is translated as “by such work” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with man muss hart arbeiten or “one has to work hard.”
without a parable
The Greek in Matthew 13:34 that is translated as “without a parable” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with als Gleichnis verschlüssselt or “encoded as a parable.”
they went out from us but they did not belong to us
The Greek in 1 John 2:19 that is translated as “they went out from us but they did not belong to us” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Diese Leute kommen aus unserser Kirche, aber sie stammen nicht wirklich aus unserer Gemeinschaft or “These people come from our church, but they don’t really come from our community.”