Verse 2

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For jeg vitner for dem at de har iver for Gud, men ikke i samsvar med kunnskap.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For jeg vitner om dem at de har en iver for Gud, men ikke med kunnskap.

• Norsk King James

  For jeg vitner om dem at de har en sterk tro på Gud, men ikke i samsvar med kunnskap.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For jeg kan vitne at de har iver for Gud, men uten kunnskap.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For jeg kan vitne om dem at de har nidkjærhet for Gud, men ikke etter kunnskap.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For jeg vitner om at de har nidkjærhet for Gud, men ikke i kunnskap.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For jeg vitner om at de har iver for Gud, men ikke etter kunnskap.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For jeg vitner om at de har en iver etter Gud, men ikke etter sann kunnskap.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For jeg gir dem det vitnesbyrd at de har en nidkjærhet for Gud, men ikke med den rette innsikt.

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

  For jeg gir dem det vitnesbyrd at de har en nidkjærhet for Gud, men ikke med den rette innsikt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jeg vitner om dem at de har en iver for Gud, men ikke etter kunnskap.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on true knowledge.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Romans.10.2", "source": "Μαρτυρῶ γὰρ αὐτοῖς ὅτι ζῆλον Θεοῦ ἔχουσιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ κατʼ ἐπίγνωσιν.", "text": "*Martyrō gar autois hoti zēlon Theou echousin*, *all' ou kat' epignōsin*.", "grammar": { "*Martyrō*": "present indicative, 1st singular - I testify/bear witness", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for", "*autois*": "dative, masculine, plural - to/for them", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*zēlon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - zeal", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God", "*echousin*": "present indicative, 3rd plural - they have", "*all'*": "strong adversative conjunction - but", "*ou*": "negative particle - not", "*kat'*": "preposition + accusative - according to", "*epignōsin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - knowledge/full knowledge" }, "variants": { "*zēlon*": "zeal/enthusiasm/jealousy", "*epignōsin*": "knowledge/full knowledge/recognition/discernment" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For jeg vitner om at de har iver for Gud, men ikke med innsikt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  thi jeg giver dem det Vidnesbyrd, at de have Nidkjærhed for Gud, men ikke med Kundskab.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For jeg kan vitne om at de har en iver for Gud, men ikke basert på riktig kunnskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For jeg vitner om dem at de har en iver for Gud, men ikke i samsvar med kunnskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For jeg vitner om at de har en iver for Gud, men ikke i samsvar med kunnskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For jeg vitner at de har en iver for Gud, men ikke etter kunnskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For jeg vitner om at de har en sterk iver for Gud, men ikke etter kunnskap.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For I beare them recorde that they have a fervet mynde to God warde but not accordinge to knowledge.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For I beare them recorde, that they are zelous for Gods cause, but not wt vnderstondinge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I beare them recorde, that they haue a zeale of God: but not accordyng to knowledge.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 21:20 : 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous for the law:
• Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
• Phil 3:6 : 6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.
• Rom 9:31-32 : 31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;
• Rom 10:3 : 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 8:3 : 3 For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they were willing of themselves;
• Gal 1:14 : 14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
• Gal 4:15 : 15 Where then is that blessing you spoke of? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.
• Gal 4:17-18 : 17 They zealously court you, but not for good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may have zeal for them. 18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.
• Acts 21:28 : 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and furthermore he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.
• Acts 22:3 : 3 I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.
• Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
• 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
• Ps 14:4 : 4 Do all the workers of iniquity have no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the LORD?
• Prov 19:2 : 2 Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.
• Col 4:13 : 13 For I bear him witness, that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.