Verse 31

Now we know that God does not hear sinners: but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Nå vet vi at Gud ikke hører syndige mennesker, men hvis noen frykter Gud og gjør Hans vilje, hører Han dem.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører syndere, men hvis noen er gudfryktig og gjør hans vilje, hører han dem. "

• Norsk King James

  Nå vet vi at Gud ikke hører syndere; men hvis noen tilber Gud og gjør hans vilje, ham hører han.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører syndere, men om noen frykter Gud og gjør hans vilje, da hører han den.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere; men hvis noen er gudfryktig og gjør hans vilje, ham hører han.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører syndere; men hvis noen frykter Gud og gjør hans vilje, hører han ham.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men hvis noen ærer Gud og gjør hans vilje, så hører han på ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vi vet nå at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men hvis en person tilber Gud og gjør hans vilje, hører han på vedkommende.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men dersom noen frykter Gud og gjør hans vilje, ham hører han.

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

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men dersom noen frykter Gud og gjør hans vilje, ham hører han.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men hvis noen er gudfryktig og gjør hans vilje, hører han på dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to them.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "John.9.31", "source": "Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει: ἀλλʼ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ, καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ, τούτου ἀκούει.", "text": "We-*oidamen* but that *hamartōlōn* the *Theos* not *akouei*: but if anyone *theosebēs ē*, and the *thelēma* of-him *poiē*, of-this-one he-*akouei*.", "grammar": { "*oidamen*": "perfect active indicative, 1st plural with present meaning - we know", "*hamartōlōn*": "genitive masculine plural - of sinners", "*Theos*": "nominative masculine singular - God", "*akouei*": "present active indicative, 3rd singular - hears", "*theosebēs*": "nominative masculine singular - God-fearing", "*ē*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be", "*thelēma*": "accusative neuter singular - will", "*poiē*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd singular - might do", "*akouei*": "present active indicative, 3rd singular - hears" }, "variants": { "*oidamen*": "we know/understand", "*hamartōlōn*": "of sinners/transgressors", "*Theos*": "God/Deity", "*akouei*": "hears/listens to", "*theosebēs*": "God-fearing/devout/worshipper of God", "*ē*": "might be/is", "*thelēma*": "will/desire/wish", "*poiē*": "might do/perform/carry out" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Vi vet at Gud ikke lytter til syndere. Han lytter til den som tilber ham og gjør hans vilje.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vi vide, at Gud hører ikke Syndere; men dersom Nogen er gudfrygtig og gjør hans Villie, den hører han.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men hvis noen er gudfryktig og gjør hans vilje, hører han på ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vi vet at Gud ikke lytter til syndere, men hvis noen tilbeder Gud og gjør hans vilje, lytter han til dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men om noen frykter Gud og gjør hans vilje, da hører han ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører syndere, men hvis noen frykter Gud og gjør hans vilje, så hører han ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vi vet at Gud ikke hører på syndere, men hvis noen ærer Gud og følger hans vilje, hører han ham.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For we be sure that God heareth not synners. But yf eny man be a worshipper of God and do his will him heareth he.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For we knowe that God heareth not ye sinners: but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and doth his will, him heareth he.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For we be sure, that God heareth not sinners: But yf any man be a worshipper of God, and obedient vnto his wyll, hym heareth he.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

• World English Bible (2000)

  We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:29 : 29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Prov 28:9 : 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.
• Zech 7:13 : 13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as He called and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts:
• Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.
• Prov 1:28-29 : 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
• Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
• Job 35:12 : 12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
• Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
• Ps 34:15-16 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
• Ps 66:18-20 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
• 1 John 3:21-22 : 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.
• Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
• Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
• Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
• Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
• Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity;
• John 7:17 : 17 If anyone will do his will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.
• John 11:41-42 : 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 And I knew that you always hear me: but because of the people who stand by, I said it, that they may believe that you sent me.
• John 15:16 : 16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.
• Jas 5:15-18 : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
• Ps 99:6 : 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
• Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
• Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God: Your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
• Job 42:8 : 8 Therefore take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering, and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your foolishness, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
• 2 Chr 32:20-21 : 20 And for this reason, Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven. 21 And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed all the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame on his face to his own land. And when he entered the house of his god, his own sons killed him with the sword there.
• Gen 19:29 : 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the upheaval, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
• Gen 20:7 : 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that belong to you.
• 1 Kgs 17:20-22 : 20 And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray, let this child's soul come back to him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him again, and he revived.
• 1 Kgs 18:36-38 : 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you are the LORD God, and that you have turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
• Gen 18:23-33 : 23 And Abraham drew near and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are within it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose there should lack five of the fifty righteous; will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spoke to him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of forty. 30 And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty should be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
• Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God: yes, Your law is within my heart.
• Heb 10:7 : 7 Then I said, Behold, I have come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.