Verse 15

They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  og sa: Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi også er menneskebeslekt med dere, og forkynner for dere at dere skal vende om fra disse tomme ting til den levende Gud, som skapte himmel og jord, havet og alt som er i dem.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og de sa: "Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker som dere, og vi forkynner dere det gode budskapet så dere kan vende dere bort fra disse meningsløse avgudene til den levende Gud, som har skapt himmelen, jorden, havet, og alt som er i dem."

• Norsk King James

  Og sa: Mennesker, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker som dere, og vi forkynner dere at dere skal vende dere bort fra disse meningsløse tingene til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen, jorden, havet og alt som er der i.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  ropte og sa: Mennesker! Hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker, med samme livsbetingelser som dere, og vi forkynner evangeliet for dere, for at dere skal vende om fra disse tomme gudene til den levende Gud, som har skapt himmelen og jorden, havet og alt som er i dem,

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  «Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker med de samme lidenskapene som dere, og vi forkynner at dere skal vende dere bort fra disse tomheter til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen og jorden og havet og alt som er i dem.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  "Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker, akkurat som dere, og vi forkynner evangeliet for dere, for at dere skal vende dere bort fra disse tomme ting til den levende Gud, som har skapt himmelen, jorden og havet og alt som er i dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  "Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker med samme natur som dere, og vi forkynner dere at dere skal vende dere fra disse tomme tingene til den levende Gud, som laget himmelen, jorden og havet og alt som er i dem."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Herrer, hvorfor gjør dere slike ting? Vi er mennesker med de samme lidenskapene som dere, og vi forkynner for dere at dere skal vende om fra disse tomme ting til den levende Gud, som har skapt himmel, jord, hav og alt som finnes der.

• gpt4.5-preview

  «Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også dødelige mennesker som dere, og forkynner dere det glade budskap at dere skal vende dere bort fra disse tomme avgudene til den levende Gud, som har skapt himmelen og jorden og havet og alt som er i dem.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  «Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også dødelige mennesker som dere, og forkynner dere det glade budskap at dere skal vende dere bort fra disse tomme avgudene til den levende Gud, som har skapt himmelen og jorden og havet og alt som er i dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  "Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er mennesker som dere, og vi forkynner evangeliet for dere, så dere skal vende om fra disse tomme ting til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen, jorden, havet og alt som er i dem.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  'Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også bare mennesker, av samme natur som dere. Vi forkynner evangeliet til dere, og sier at dere skal vende dere bort fra disse tomme tingene til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen og jorden og havet og alt som er i dem.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  raabte og sagde: I Mænd! hvi gjøre I dette? vi ere ogsaa Mennesker, lige Vilkaar undergivne med eder, og forkynde eder formedelst Evangelium, at I skulle vende om fra disse forfængelige (Guder) til den levende Gud, som haver gjort Himmelen og Jorden og Havet og alle Ting, som ere i dem,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preh unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De sa: Mennesker, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker med samme følelser som dere, og vi forkynner at dere skal vende dere fra disse tomme ting til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen, jorden, havet og alt som er i dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men with similar passions as you and preach to you that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things in them,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker med like følelser som dere, og vi forkynner et godt budskap for at dere skal vende om fra disse unyttige tingene til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen og jorden og havet og alt som er i dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og sa: ‘Mennesker, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker med de samme erfaringene som dere, og forkynner det gode budskapet for dere: at dere skal vende dere fra disse forgjeves ting til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen, jorden, havet og alt som er i dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Menn, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er også mennesker med de samme lidelser som dere, og vi forkynner dere det gode budskapet om å vende dere fra disse tomme tingene til den levende Gud, han som skapte himmelen og jorden, havet og alt som er i dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gode folk, hvorfor gjør dere dette? Vi er mennesker med samme følelser som dere, og vi kommer med det gode budskapet til dere for at dere skal vende dere bort fra disse meningsløse ting til den levende Gud, som skapte himmelen og jorden og havet og alt som er i dem.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and sayinge: syrs why do ye this? We are mortall men lyke vnto you and preache vnto you that ye shuld turne from these vanyties vnto ye lyvinge God which made heaven and erth and the see and all that in them is:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sayenge: Ye me, Why do ye this? We are mortall me also like vnto you, & preach vnto you ye Gospell, that ye shulde turne from these vayne thinges vnto ye lyuynge God, which made heaue and earth, and the see, and all that therin is,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And saying, O men, why doe yee these things? We are euen men subiect to the like passions that yee be, and preache vnto you, that yee shoulde turne from these vaine things vnto the liuing God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all things that in them are:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And saying: Sirs, why do ye these thynges? We are mortall men lyke vnto you, and preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities, vnto the lyuyng God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all thynges that are therin.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and saying, `Men, why these things do ye? and we are men like-affected with you, proclaiming good news to you, from these vanities to turn unto the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 Do not turn aside, for you would be following things that are worthless and cannot benefit or deliver you, for they are meaningless.
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Can the skies themselves send showers? No, it is You, LORD our God. Therefore, we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
• Acts 10:26 : 26 But Peter lifted him up and said, 'Stand up! I myself am also a man.'
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.
• Jas 5:17 : 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
• Rev 14:7 : 7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water."
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
• Deut 32:21 : 21 They made Me jealous with something that is not God; they provoked Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a nation; I will provoke them with a foolish nation.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
• Jer 8:19 : 19 Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: 'Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?' Why have they provoked me to anger with their idols, with their worthless foreign gods?
• Matt 16:16 : 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
• Acts 4:24 : 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, 'Sovereign Lord, you are the one who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'
• Acts 7:26 : 26 The next day, he appeared to two of them as they were fighting and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why are you hurting each other?'
• Josh 3:10 : 10 Joshua said, 'By this you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.'
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
• Heb 3:12 : 12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
• Eph 4:17 : 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!' 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
• Acts 13:32 : 32 We bring you the good news that what God promised to our ancestors.
• Acts 14:7 : 7 There they continued preaching the good news.
• Acts 14:21 : 21 After they had preached the gospel in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
• Acts 16:30 : 30 Then he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'
• Acts 17:16-18 : 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply troubled as he observed the city full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout people, and every day in the marketplace with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.
• Acts 17:24-30 : 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands. 25 Nor is he served by human hands as if he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else. 26 From one man, he made every nation of mankind to live on the entire face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation. 27 He did this so that they would seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel their way toward him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.' 29 Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone—an image formed by human skill and imagination. 30 In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
• Acts 26:17-20 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me. 19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
• Acts 27:10 : 10 "Men, I can see that our voyage will result in disaster and great loss, not only to the cargo and ship, but also to our own lives."
• Acts 27:21 : 21 After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not set sail from Crete, thereby avoiding this disaster and loss.
• Acts 27:25 : 25 So take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just as I was told.
• Rom 1:20-23 : 20 For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools. 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, 'Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.'
• Rev 19:19 : 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 But he said to me, "See that you don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"
• John 5:26 : 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son also to have life in Himself.
• John 7:18 : 18 The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is truthful, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
• Acts 3:12-13 : 12 When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: "Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release Him.
• Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah, Lord GOD! You made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
• Dan 2:28-30 : 28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions in your mind as you lay on your bed are as follows. 29 As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind while on your bed about what would happen in the future, and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what is to come. 30 But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me because of any wisdom that I have more than anyone else, but so that the interpretation may be made known to the king and that you may understand the thoughts of your heart.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will have no end.
• Amos 2:4 : 4 This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept His statutes. Their lies have led them astray, lies after which their ancestors walked.'
• Jonah 2:8 : 8 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.
• Zech 12:1 : 1 This is the Lord’s message concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit within humans, declares this:
• Jer 10:3-5 : 3 For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel. 4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers so it will not totter. 5 They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field; they cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm—nor can they do any good.
• Jer 10:8 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.
• Jer 10:10-11 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath. 11 Tell them this: 'The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'
• Jer 10:14-15 : 14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by their idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them. 15 They are worthless, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
• Gen 41:16 : 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, 'It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.'
• Exod 20:11 : 11 For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
• Deut 5:26 : 26 For who among all flesh has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and lived?
• 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 David said to the men standing with him, 'What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?'
• 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 'Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.'
• 1 Kgs 16:13 : 13 This happened because of all the sins of Baasha and the sins of his son Elah, which they committed and led Israel to commit, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
• 1 Kgs 16:26 : 26 He walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
• 2 Kgs 19:4 : 4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for the remnant that survives."
• 2 Kgs 19:16 : 16 Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to taunt the living God.
• Ps 31:6 : 6 Into your hand I entrust my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host.
• Ps 124:8 : 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
• Ps 146:5-6 : 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God. 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains faithful forever.
• Prov 8:23-31 : 23 From eternity I was established, from the beginning, before the origins of the earth. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs heavy with water. 25 Before the mountains were shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth. 26 Before He made the earth, the fields, or the first dust of the world. 27 When He established the heavens, I was there; when He marked out the horizon on the face of the deep. 28 When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong. 29 When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth. 30 Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman, delighting day by day, rejoicing always in His presence. 31 Rejoicing in His whole world and delighting in the sons of men.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame. 10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?
• Isa 44:19-20 : 19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?' 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For this is what the LORD says—He who created the heavens, He is God, He who formed the earth and made it, He established it, He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited—He says: 'I am the LORD, and there is no other.'
• Isa 45:20 : 20 Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save.
• Isa 46:7 : 7 They lift it on their shoulders and carry it; they set it in its place, and there it stays. It does not move from its spot. If someone cries to it, it cannot answer or save them from their troubles.