Greek καί and Latin Et open the clause paratactically; the Peshitta omits any coordinating conjunction here, beginning directly with the verb ܚܪ, a stylistic preference for asyndeton common in Syriac narrative.
EN He looked up, and said, “I see men; for I see them like trees walking.”
ES Y él mirando, dijo: Veo los hombres, pues veo que andan como árboles.
ZH-HANS 他就抬头一看,说:「我看见人了;他们好像树木,并且行走。」
ZH-HANT 他就抬頭一看,說:「我看見人了;他們好像樹木,並且行走。」
Greek καί and Latin Et open the clause paratactically; the Peshitta omits any coordinating conjunction here, beginning directly with the verb ܚܪ, a stylistic preference for asyndeton common in Syriac narrative.
Greek ἀναβλέψας ('having looked up', with the prefix ἀνα- denoting upward gaze, fitting the healing of the blind man) and Latin aspiciens both render a participial 'looking'; the Peshitta ܚܪ (root kh-w-r, 'to gaze/stare intently') lacks the directional 'up' component and uses a finite verb rather than a participle.
Greek ἔλεγεν is an imperfect ('he was saying'); the Peshitta ܘܐܡܪ uses a coordinated finite verb with the conjunction prefixed; the Vulgate ait with explicit colon punctuation introduces direct speech, a construction the Greek and Syriac mark only lexically.
Greek βλέπω and Latin Video are simple first-person verbs; the Peshitta renders the periphrastic ܚܙܐ ܐܢܐ ('I-seeing I'), employing the enclitic pronoun ܐܢܐ as an obligatory subject marker with the participle, a normal Syriac construction lacking a separate equivalent in Greek or Latin.
Greek τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ('the men') and Latin homines are simple plural nouns; the Peshitta uses the construct phrase ܒܢܝ ܐܢܫܐ ('sons of men'), a Semitic idiom for 'human beings' that introduces the additional lexeme ܒܢܝ without changing the sense.
Greek includes the conjunction ὅτι ('that/for') introducing the content of perception; neither the Peshitta nor the Vulgate transmit a corresponding particle, instead joining the comparison directly, which streamlines the syntax.
Greek δένδρα and Latin arbores are plural ('trees'); the Peshitta ܐܝܠܢܐ, while morphologically singular in form, functions as a collective/generic for 'trees', a typical Syriac usage that does not differ in meaning.
Greek redundantly repeats the act of seeing with ὁρῶ ('I see [them]'), a feature of the original's somewhat halting first-person report; both the Peshitta and Vulgate omit this second verb of perception, retaining only the single verb earlier in the clause.
Greek περιπατοῦντας and Latin ambulantes are accusative present participles agreeing with the object; the Peshitta ܕܡܗܠܟܝܢ (root h-l-k) uses a relative-prefixed participle ('who are walking'), expressing the same circumstance through a relative construction rather than direct participial agreement.