Verse 21

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Fordi de, da de kjente Gud, ikke ærte ham som Gud, og var ikke takknemlige; men ble tomme i sine tanker, og deres dårlige hjerte ble mørklagt.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  fordi da de kjente Gud, gav de Ham ikke ære som Gud, eller takket Ham; men de ble fordervet av fordervede tanker, og deres forstand ble mørklagt.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi da de kjente Gud, ga de ham ikke ære som Gud og var heller ikke takknemlige; men ble tomme i sine tanker, og deres uvettige hjerte ble mørklagt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For selv om de kjente Gud, æret eller takket de ham ikke som Gud, men ble forfengelige i sine tanker, og deres uforstandige hjerte ble formørket.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For selv om de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud, og takket ham ikke. I stedet ble deres tanker tomhet, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For selv om de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud eller takket ham, men ble tomme i sine tanker, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For selv om de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud, heller ikke var de takknemlige; men de ble forfengelige i sine tanker, og deres tåpelige hjerter ble formørket.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  for selv om de kjente Gud, ga de ham ikke ære som Gud eller var takknemlige; de ble forfengte i sine forestillinger, og deres tåpelige hjerter ble mørknet.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For enda de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud og var ikke takknemlige, men ble tomme i sine tanker, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

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

  For enda de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud og var ikke takknemlige, men ble tomme i sine tanker, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For selv om de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud, heller ikke takket de ham, men deres tankegang ble til intet, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For selv om de kjente Gud, æret de Ham ikke som Gud eller takket Ham, men deres tanker ble tomme, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi enddog de kjendte Gud, saa ærede eller takkede de ham dog ikke som Gud, men bleve forfængelige i deres Tanker, og deres uforstandige Hjerte blev formørket.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For selv om de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud, heller ikke var de takknemlige, men deres tanker ble meningsløse, og deres dårlige hjerter ble formørket.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fordi, selv om de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud, heller ikke takket de ham, men ble forgjeves i deres tankegang, og deres meningsløse hjerte ble formørket.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  fordi, selv om de kjente Gud, æret de Ham ikke som Gud, heller ikke takket de Ham, men ble tomme i sine tanker, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  for selv om de kjente Gud, æret de ham ikke som Gud og ga ham ikke takk, men ble tomme i sine tanker, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Fordi de kjente Gud, men ga ham ikke ære som Gud eller takket ham, og deres tanker ble tomme, og deres uforstandige hjerter ble formørket.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because that when they knewe God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankefull, but became vaine in their thoughtes, and their foolish heart was full of darkenesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Because that when they knewe God, they glorified hym not as God, neither were thankefull, but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolishe heart was blynded.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  because, having known God they did not glorify `Him' as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:5 : 5 Thus says the LORD, What wrong have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have followed idols, and have become idolaters?
• Eph 4:17-18 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
• 2 Kgs 17:15 : 15 They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; they followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves, and went after the nations that were around them, although the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.
• Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me: and to him who orders his conversation aright I will show the salvation of God.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been revealed.
• 2 Tim 3:2 : 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
• Rev 14:7 : 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea, and the springs of water.
• John 3:19 : 19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• Rom 1:19 : 19 Because what may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it to them.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
• Rom 11:10 : 10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and bend their backs always.
• Rom 15:9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
• 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.
• Deut 28:29 : 29 And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and plundered evermore, and no man shall save you.
• Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' desires, and they walked in their own counsels.
• Ps 86:9 : 9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name.
• Eccl 7:29 : 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 Those who make a carved image are all of them vanity; and their delightful things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14 He cuts down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it shall be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. 16 He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his carved image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my god. 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Isa 60:2 : 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.
• Jer 10:3-8 : 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move. 5 They stand upright like a palm tree, but do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. 6 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for it belongs to you: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you. 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.
• Jer 10:14-15 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation, they shall perish.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
• Hos 2:8 : 8 For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
• Hab 1:15-16 : 15 They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet; therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful.
• Luke 17:15-18 : 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?
• 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.