Verse 8

I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger; se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpen dør, og ingen kan stenge den; for du har en liten styrke, og har beholdt mitt ord, og har ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Jeg kjenner gjerningene dine: Se, jeg har gitt deg en dør som står åpen foran deg, og ingen kan lukke den, for du har liten styrke, og du har bevart mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg kjenner ditt arbeid: Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpen dør, og ingen kan stenge den; for du har litt styrke, og har holdt mitt ord, og har ikke nektet mitt navn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, som ingen kan lukke, for du har liten kraft, men du har holdt fast på mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Jeg vet om dine gjerninger: Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, og ingen kan lukke den; for du har liten styrke, og har holdt fast på mitt ord, og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Jeg vet om dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, som ingen kan lukke, for du har liten styrke, men du har holdt mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger: Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, som ingen kan lukke; for du har litt styrke, og har holdt mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger: Se, jeg har stilt en åpen dør for deg som ingen kan lukke; for du har en liten kraft, men du har bevart mitt ord og ikke fornektt mitt navn.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger: Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpen dør, som ingen kan lukke; for du har liten styrke, og du har holdt fast på mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

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

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger: Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpen dør, som ingen kan lukke; for du har liten styrke, og du har holdt fast på mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg vet om dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, som ingen kan lukke; for du har liten styrke, men du har holdt mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut, because you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Revelation.3.8", "source": "Οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα: ἰδού, δέδωκα ἐνώπιόν σου θύραν ἀνεῳγμένην, καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται κλεῖσαι αὐτήν: ὅτι μικρὰν ἔχεις δύναμιν, καὶ ἐτήρησάς μου τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου.", "text": "*Oida* of-you the *erga*: *idou*, *dedōka enōpion* of-you *thyran aneōgmenēn*, and *oudeis dynatai kleisai* her: because *mikran echeis dynamin*, and *etērēsas* of-me the *logon*, and not *ērnēsō* the *onoma* of-me.", "grammar": { "*Oida*": "perfect with present meaning, 1st singular - I know", "*erga*": "accusative, neuter, plural - works/deeds", "*idou*": "aorist middle imperative - behold/look/see", "*dedōka*": "perfect active, 1st singular - I have given", "*enōpion*": "preposition + genitive - before/in front of", "*thyran*": "accusative, feminine, singular - door", "*aneōgmenēn*": "perfect passive participle, accusative, feminine, singular - having been opened", "*oudeis*": "nominative, masculine, singular - no one", "*dynatai*": "present middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able", "*kleisai*": "aorist active infinitive - to shut", "*mikran*": "accusative, feminine, singular - small/little", "*echeis*": "present active, 2nd singular - you have", "*dynamin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - power/strength", "*etērēsas*": "aorist active, 2nd singular - you kept/observed", "*logon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - word", "*ērnēsō*": "aorist middle, 2nd singular - you denied", "*onoma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - name" }, "variants": { "*Oida*": "know/am aware of", "*erga*": "works/deeds/actions", "*idou*": "behold/look/see", "*thyran*": "door/entrance/opportunity", "*aneōgmenēn*": "opened/unlocked/made accessible", "*dynatai*": "is able/can/has power", "*mikran*": "small/little/insignificant", "*dynamin*": "power/strength/ability", "*etērēsas*": "kept/observed/guarded", "*logon*": "word/message/account", "*ērnēsō*": "denied/disowned/refused" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Jeg vet om dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, som ingen kan lukke. For du har liten kraft, men du har holdt fast ved mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg veed dine Gjerninger; see, jeg haver stillet for dig en aabnet Dør, og Ingen kan lukke den; thi du haver en liden Kraft, dog haver du bevaret mit Ord og ikke fornegtet mit Navn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I know thy works: behold, I have set befo thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little stngth, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpen dør, som ingen kan lukke. For du har liten styrke, men du har holdt fast ved mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør som ingen kan lukke, for du har liten styrke, men har holdt fast ved mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg kjenner dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør som ingen kan lukke, for du har liten styrke; likevel har du holdt mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg vet om dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, som ingen kan lukke, for du har liten kraft, og du har holdt fast på mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg vet om dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør som ingen kan lukke, for du har litt styrke og har holdt fast på mitt ord, og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I knowe thy workes. Beholde I have set before the an open doore and no man can shut it for thou haste a lyttell strengthe and haste kept my sayinges: and haste not denyed my name.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I knowe thy workes. Beholde, I haue set before the an open doore, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a lyttell strength and hast not denyed my name.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I knowe thy workes: beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a litle strength and hast kept my worde, and hast not denied my Name.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I knowe thy workes: Beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a litle strength, & hast kept my sayinges: and hast not denyed my name.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door -- opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ‘I know your deeds.(Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 16:9 : 9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
• 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
• Luke 12:9 : 9 But he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
• Col 4:3 : 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains;
• John 17:6 : 6 I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens:
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.
• Rev 3:15 : 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I wish you were cold or hot.
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and have not denied my faith even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
• Rev 3:1 : 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you live, and are dead.
• Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Son Jesus; whom you delivered, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;
• 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
• 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:
• 1 John 2:22-23 : 22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you cannot bear those who are evil; and you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;
• John 14:21-24 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. 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 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
• Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full and deny You, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Dan 11:34 : 34 Now when they fall, they shall receive a little help; but many shall join them with flatteries.
• Matt 26:70-72 : 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what you are saying. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another servant girl saw him, and said to them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times, that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
• Rev 22:7 : 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he who keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book.