Verse 23

As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So, you are worshiping in ignorance the very one I proclaim to you.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For da jeg gikk forbi og så deres gudsyrkelser, fant jeg altaret med denne inskripsjonen: TIL DEN UKJENTE GUD. Derfor kunngjør jeg dere ham som dere uvitende tilber.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For da jeg gikk omkring og så på deres helligdommer, fant jeg også et alter med påskrift: "Til en ukjent Gud." Det jeg nå forkynner for dere, er denne.

• Norsk King James

  For mens jeg gikk omkring og så på deres tilbedelser, fant jeg et alter med denne inskripsjonen: TIL DEN UKJENTE GUD. Ham som dere derfor uten å vite tilber, forkynner jeg for dere.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For mens jeg gikk omkring og så på deres helligdommer, fant jeg også et alter med denne inskripsjonen: Til en ukjent gud. Det som dere tilber uten å kjenne, forkynner jeg for dere.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For da jeg gikk omkring og så på deres helligdommer, fant jeg også et alter med påskriften: FOR EN UKJENT GUD. Det dere altså dyrker uten å kjenne, det forkynner jeg dere.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For mens jeg gikk rundt og så på deres gjenstander tilbedt i hengivelse, kom jeg over et alter med denne innskripsjonen: 'Til den ukjente Gud'. Det dere derfor tilber uten å kjenne ham, det forkynner jeg nå for dere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For da jeg gikk omkring og så på deres helligdommer, fant jeg også et alter med inskripsjonen: FOR DEN UKJENTE GUD. Hva dere tilber uten å kjenne, det forkynner jeg for dere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For da jeg gikk forbi og observerte deres fromhet, fant jeg et alter med denne inskripsjonen: 'Til den ukjente Gud.' Den dere uvitende tilber, vil jeg nå forklare for dere.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For da jeg gikk omkring og betraktet deres helligdommer, fant jeg et alter med denne innskriften: «FOR EN UKJENT GUD.» Den Gud som dere altså dyrker uten å kjenne ham, han forkynner jeg nå for dere.

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

  For da jeg gikk omkring og betraktet deres helligdommer, fant jeg et alter med denne innskriften: «FOR EN UKJENT GUD.» Den Gud som dere altså dyrker uten å kjenne ham, han forkynner jeg nå for dere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For mens jeg gikk omkring og så på tingene dere tilber, fant jeg også et alter med påskriften: 'For en ukjent Gud.' Hva dere nå dyrker uten å kjenne, det forkynner jeg for dere.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For mens jeg gikk omkring og så på deres helligdommer, fant jeg også et alter med denne innskriften: ‘For en ukjent Gud.’ Det som dere altså tilber uten å vite, det forkynner jeg for dere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  thi der jeg gik omkring og betragtede eders Helligdomme, fandt jeg og et Alter, paa hvilket var skrevet: For en ukjendt Gud. Den, som I nu, uden at kjende ham, dyrke, ham forkynder jeg eder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For da jeg gikk omkring og betraktet deres gudsdyrkelse, fant jeg også et alter med påskriften: TIL DEN UKJENTE GUD. Det dere altså tilber uten å vite, det forkynner jeg for dere.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For as I passed by and observed your objects of worship, I found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the one whom you worship without knowing—Him I proclaim to you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da jeg gikk omkring og studerte gjenstandene for deres tilbedelse, fant jeg også et alter med denne inskripsjonen: 'FOR EN UKJENT GUD.' Det dere altså tilber uten å kjenne, det forkynner jeg dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For da jeg gikk omkring og så på deres hellige ting, fant jeg også et alter med innskriften: Til en ukjent Gud. Denne Gud, som dere tilber uten å kjenne, forkynner jeg for dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For mens jeg gikk omkring og iakttok gjenstandene for deres tilbedelse, fant jeg også et alter med denne inskripsjonen: FOR EN UKJENT GUD. Det dere tilber uten å kjenne, forkynner jeg dere nå.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For mens jeg gikk omkring og så på det dere tilber, fant jeg også et alter med innskriften: TIL DEN UKJENTE GUD. Det dere tilber uten å kjenne, gir jeg dere nå kunnskap om.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For as I passed by and behelde the maner how ye worship youre goddes I founde an aultre wher in was written: vnto ye vnknowen god. Whom ye then ignoratly worship him shewe I vnto you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I haue gone thorow, & sene youre gods seruyce, and founde an altare, where vpo was wrytten: To the vnknowne God. Now shewe I vnto you ye same, whom ye worshippe ignorauntly.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For as I passed by, and behelde your deuotions, I founde an altar wherein was written, Vnto The Vnknowen God. Whome yee then ignorantly worship, him shewe I vnto you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For as I passed by, and behelde the maner howe ye worship your gods, I founde an aulter, wherin was written, vnto the vnknowe god. Whom ye then ignorauntly worship, him shewe I vnto you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God -- unknown; whom, therefore -- not knowing -- ye do worship, this One I announce to you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

Referenced Verses

• John 4:22 : 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.
• Acts 17:30 : 30 In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
• John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• Gal 4:8-9 : 8 But in the past, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?
• 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Eph 2:12 : 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
• John 17:25 : 25 Righteous Father, though the world has not known You, I have known You, and they have known that You sent Me.
• Rom 1:20-25 : 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. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is forever praised. Amen.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
• 1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
• 1 Cor 8:5 : 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—just as there are many 'gods' and many 'lords'—
• 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
• John 8:54 : 54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, whom you claim as your God.
• Ps 50:21 : 21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and lay the case before your eyes.
• Ps 147:20 : 20 He has not done this for any other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
• Matt 15:9 : 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’