Verse 11

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

Other Translations

  • Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

    Hvis dere da, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres far i himmelen gi gode ting til dem som ber ham?

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk

    Hvis dere, som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer vil ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber Ham?

  • Norsk King James

    Hvis dere, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer vil ikke Faderen deres i himmelen gi gode ting til dem som ber ham?

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Når dere som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal da deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

    Hvis dere da, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor mye mer skal deres Far i himmelen gi gode ting til dem som ber ham!

  • Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

    Hvis da dere, som er onde, vet å gi barna deres gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Hvis dere som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal ikke da deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Om dere, som er ondsinnede, vet å gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor mye mer skal da deres himmelske Far gi gode ting til dem som ber ham om det!

  • gpt4.5-preview

    Hvis da dere, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer vil ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham?

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

    Hvis da dere, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer vil ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham?

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hvis da dere, som er onde, vet å gi barna deres gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Matthew.7.11", "source": "Εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς, πονηροὶ ὄντες, οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς δώσει ἀγαθὰ τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν;", "text": "If *oun hymeis*, *ponēroi ontes*, *oidate domata agatha didonai tois teknois hymōn*, how much *mallon ho Patēr hymōn ho en tois ouranois dōsei agatha tois aitousin auton*?", "grammar": { "*Ei*": "conditional particle - if", "*oun*": "inferential conjunction - therefore/then", "*hymeis*": "nominative plural - you", "*ponēroi*": "nominative plural masculine - evil/wicked", "*ontes*": "present active participle, nominative plural masculine - being", "*oidate*": "perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - you know/understand", "*domata*": "accusative plural neuter - gifts", "*agatha*": "accusative plural neuter - good", "*didonai*": "present active infinitive - to give", "*tois teknois*": "dative plural neuter - to the children", "*hymōn*": "genitive plural - your", "*posō*": "dative singular neuter of degree - by how much", "*mallon*": "comparative adverb - more/rather", "*ho Patēr*": "nominative singular masculine - the Father", "*ho en tois ouranois*": "the in the heavens", "*dōsei*": "future active indicative, 3rd person singular - he will give", "*agatha*": "accusative plural neuter - good things", "*tois aitousin*": "dative plural masculine present active participle - to the ones asking", "*auton*": "accusative singular masculine - him" }, "variants": { "*ponēroi*": "evil/wicked/sinful/morally deficient", "*oidate*": "know/understand/have knowledge of", "*domata*": "gifts/presents/offerings", "*agatha*": "good things/beneficial things/excellent things", "*didonai*": "to give/to grant/to bestow", "*teknois*": "children/offspring/descendants", "*Patēr*": "Father [referring to God]", "*ouranois*": "heavens/sky/realm above earth", "*aitousin*": "asking/requesting/petitioning" } }

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

    Hvis da dere som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Dersom I da, som ere onde, vide at give eders Børn gode Gaver, hvor meget mere skal eders Fader, som er i Himlene, give dem gode Gaver, som ham bede!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Hvis dere da, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Når dere som er onde, vet å gi barna deres gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Hvis altså dere som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hvis dere som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal da deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Hvis da dere, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf ye then which are evyll cane geve to youre chyldren good gyftes: how moche moore shall youre father which is in heve geve good thynges to them yt axe hym?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    yf ye then which are euell, can geue youre chyldren good gyftes: how moche more shall youre father which is in heauen, geue good thynges to them that axe hym?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If ye then, which are euill, can giue to your children good giftes, howe much more shall your Father which is in heauen, giue good thinges to them that aske him?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If ye then, beyng euyll, knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes: howe much more shall your father, which is in heauen, geue good thynges, to them that aske hym?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who `is' in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 11:11-13 : 11 If a son asks bread from any of you who is a father, will you give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will you give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will you offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
  • 2 Cor 9:8-9 : 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work: 9 As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness; 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but is also abundant through many thanksgivings to God; 13 While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men; 14 And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.
  • Eph 2:1-5 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
  • 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.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy and truth.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Jer 33:14 : 14 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
  • Hos 11:8-9 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I deliver you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not a man; the Holy One among you, and I will not enter the city.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so we will offer the sacrifice of our lips.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name?
  • Luke 2:10-11 : 10 And the angel said to them, Do not fear, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • Ps 103:11-13 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him.
  • Ps 85:12 : 12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
  • Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 Whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 That having been justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • Rom 3:9 : 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Rom 5:8-9 : 8 But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.