Verse 27

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it is given to him from heaven.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Johannes svarte og sa: En mann kan ikke ta imot noe, unntatt det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Johannes svarte og sa: «En mann kan ikke ta noe som ikke er gitt ham fra himmelen.»

• Norsk King James

  Johannes svarte og sa: En mann kan ikke motta noe, med mindre det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Johannes svarte: Et menneske kan ikke ta imot noe hvis det ikke er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Johannes svarte og sa: Et menneske kan ikke motta noe, hvis det ikke er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Johannes svarte og sa: "Et menneske kan ikke ta imot noe, hvis det ikke er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Johannes svarte og sa: Et menneske kan ikke få noe, unntatt det som er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Johannes svarte: 'Ingen kan motta noe med mindre det blir gitt fra himmelen.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Johannes svarte og sa: «Et menneske kan ikke få noe, uten at det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

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

  Johannes svarte og sa: «Et menneske kan ikke få noe, uten at det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Johannes svarte: Ingen kan ta imot noe uten at det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  John replied, 'No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.'

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Johannes svarte og sa: «Et menneske kan ikke ta imot noe, med mindre det er gitt ham fra himmelen.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Johannes svarede og sagde: Et Menneske kan slet Intet tage, uden det bliver givet ham af Himmelen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  n answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Johannes svarte og sa: Et menneske kan ikke få noe, med mindre det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Johannes svarte: "Et menneske kan ikke motta noe uten at det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Johannes svarte: 'En mann kan ikke motta noe, hvis det ikke er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Johannes svarte og sa: Et menneske kan ikke få noe uten at det er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Johannes svarte: Ingen kan få noe, hvis det ikke er gitt ham fra himmelen.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Iohn answered and sayde: a man can receave no thinge at all except it be geve him fro heaven.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ihon answered and sayde: A man can receaue nothinge, excepte it be geuen him from heaue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Iohn answered, and saide, A man can receiue nothing, except it be giuen him fro heauen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

• World English Bible (2000)

  John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
• Matt 21:25 : 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
• Matt 25:15 : 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his own ability; and immediately went on his journey.
• Mark 11:30-31 : 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me. 31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?
• Mark 13:34 : 34 For the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
• Num 16:9-9 : 9 Does it seem like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? 10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also? 11 For this cause, both you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that you complain against him?
• Num 17:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod whom I choose shall blossom: and I will put an end to the murmurings of the children of Israel against you.
• 1 Chr 28:4-5 : 4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel: 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
• Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.
• Amos 7:15 : 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
• 1 Cor 12:11 : 11 But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle, not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,
• Eph 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
• Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
• Heb 5:4-5 : 4 And no man takes this honor unto himself, but only he who is called by God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, 'You are My Son, today I have begotten You.'
• 1 Pet 4:10-11 : 10 As every person has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• Rom 12:6 : 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
• 1 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
• 1 Cor 2:12-14 : 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
• Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;