Acts 15:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'—things known long ago.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Γνωστὰ ἀπʼ αἰῶνός ἐστιν τῷ Θεῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὑτοῦ.

Transliteration

Gnōsta ap' aiōnos estin tō Theō panta ta erga hautou.

Grammar Details

• *gnōsta*: nominative, neuter, plural - known
• *ap'*: preposition + genitive - from
• *aiōnos*: genitive, masculine, singular - eternity/age
• *estin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - is
• *tō Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - to God
• *panta*: nominative, neuter, plural - all
• *ta erga*: nominative, neuter, plural - the works
• *hautou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of himself

Word Meanings

• *gnōsta*: known/familiar/understood
• *aiōnos*: eternity/age/world
• *erga*: works/deeds/actions
• *hautou*: of himself/his own

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Known to God are all His works from the beginning of the world.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Saith the Lord,{G2316} who{G846} maketh{G2076} these{G3956} things{G2041} known{G1110} from{G575} of old.{G165}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Known{G1110} unto God{G2316} are{G2076}{(G5748)} all{G3956} his{G846} works{G2041} from{G575} the beginning of the world{G165}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynninge of the worlde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynnynge of ye worlde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  From the beginning of the worlde, God knoweth all his workes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Knowen vnto God are all his workes from the begynnyng of the worlde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All his works are known to God from eternity.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Known from the ages to God are all His works;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All his works are known to God from eternity.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  known from long ago.

Referenced Verses

• Num 23:19 : 19 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'
• Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Tell us, you idols, what is going to happen. Tell us the former things, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come. 23 Tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we might be dismayed and filled with awe.
• Isa 44:7 : 7 Who is like Me? Let him declare and explain it. Let him present it to Me since I established the ancient people. Let them declare the things that are to come and what will happen.
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
• Isa 46:9-9 : 9 Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is no one like Me. 10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I desire.'
• Matt 13:35 : 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Acts 17:26 : 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.
• Eph 1:4 : 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence in love.
• Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him we have also obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
• Eph 3:9 : 9 and to bring to light for everyone the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth.
• 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel when they see the beast, because it was, is not, and yet is.