Verse 11

Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett; og dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Sannlig, sannlig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Norsk King James

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet og vitner om det vi har sett; men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Sannelig, sannelig, sier jeg deg: Vi taler det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett; og I tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vi vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot våre vitnesbyrd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Sannelig, sannelig, sier jeg deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler ut fra det vi har erfart og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

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

  Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "John.3.11", "source": "Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω σοι ὅτι Ὃ οἴδαμεν λαλοῦμεν, καὶ ὃ ἑωράκαμεν μαρτυροῦμεν· καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἡμῶν οὐ λαμβάνετε.", "text": "*Amēn, amēn, legō soi hoti Ho oidamen laloumen*, and what *heōrakamen martyroumen*; and the *martyrian hēmōn* not *lambanete*.", "grammar": { "*Amēn*": "Hebrew term - truly/verily [emphatic affirmation]", "*legō*": "present, 1st singular - I say/tell", "*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*Ho*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - what", "*oidamen*": "perfect, 1st plural - we know", "*laloumen*": "present, 1st plural - we speak", "*heōrakamen*": "perfect, 1st plural - we have seen", "*martyroumen*": "present, 1st plural - we testify/witness", "*martyrian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - testimony/witness", "*hēmōn*": "personal pronoun, genitive, 1st plural - our/of us", "*lambanete*": "present, 2nd plural - you receive/accept" }, "variants": { "*laloumen*": "speak/talk/tell", "*martyroumen*": "testify/bear witness/affirm", "*lambanete*": "receive/accept/take/grasp" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sandelig, sandelig siger jeg dig: Vi tale det, vi vide, og vidne det, vi have seet; og I annamme ikke vort Vidnesbyrd.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg deg, vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vi vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier deg: Vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett; men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Sannelig, jeg sier deg, vi taler om det vi vet, og vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Verely verely I saye vnto the we speake that we knowe and testify that we have sene: and ye receave not oure witnes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Verely I saye vnto ye: We speake that we knowe, and testifie that we haue sene, and ye receaue not oure wytnesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Verely, verely I say vnto thee, wee speake that we know, and testifie that we haue seene: but yee receiue not our witnesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, we speake that we do knowe, & testifie that we haue seene: and ye receaue not our witnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

Referenced Verses

• John 1:18 : 18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
• John 7:16 : 16 Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
• John 12:49 : 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
• John 14:24 : 24 He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
• John 8:14 : 14 Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.
• John 8:28-29 : 28 Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he who sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; for I always do those things that please him.
• Isa 53:1 : 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
• Isa 65:2 : 2 I have stretched out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts;
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
• John 1:11 : 11 He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.
• Isa 50:2 : 2 Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink because there is no water and die for thirst.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life; 2 For the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us; 3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 5:6-9 : 6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater, for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.
• Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Isa 55:4 : 4 Behold, I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people.
• John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
• John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
• John 3:13 : 13 No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
• John 3:32-34 : 32 What he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no one receives his testimony. 33 He who has received his testimony has certified that God is true. 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.
• John 8:38 : 38 I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.
• John 12:37-38 : 37 But although he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Acts 22:18 : 18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.
• Acts 28:23-27 : 23 And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till evening. 24 And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some did not believe. 25 And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word, The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, 26 saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them.