Verse 44

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Dere er av deres far djevelen, og dere vil gjøre deres fars begjær. Han var morder fra begynnelsen og stod ikke i sannheten, fordi det ikke er noen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og faren til løgnen.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Dere er av deres far, djevelen, og dere vil gjøre deres fars begjær. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og har ikke stått i sannheten, for det finnes ikke sannhet i ham.

• Norsk King James

  Dere er av deres far, djevelen, og dere vil gjøre det deres far ønsker. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen, og ble ikke i sannheten, fordi det ikke er sannhet i ham. Når han taler en løgn, taler han ut fra sitt eget, for han er en løgner, og faren til løgnen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Deres far er djevelen, og dere vil gjøre det deres far ønsker. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og står ikke i sannheten, for sannhet finnes ikke i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre deres fars lyster. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og står ikke i sannheten, fordi det ikke er sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre deres fars lyster. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og stod ikke i sannheten, for sannhet er ikke i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere er av djevelen, og dere vil gjøre deres fars lyster. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og står ikke i sannheten, for det er ingen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvorfor forstår dere ikke budskapet mitt? Det er fordi dere ikke kan høre mitt ord.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere ønsker å gjøre deres fars lyster. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og stod ikke i sannhet; for det finnes ingen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han ut fra sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

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

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere ønsker å gjøre deres fars lyster. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og stod ikke i sannhet; for det finnes ingen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han ut fra sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre det deres far ønsker. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og står ikke i sannheten, for det er ingen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han ut fra sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre det deres far ønsker. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen av og står ikke i sannheten, for det er ingen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han ut fra sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den Fader, I ere af, er Djævelen, og I ville gjøre eders Faders Begjæringer. Han var en Manddraber fra Begyndelsen af og blev ikke bestaaende i Sandheden; thi Sandhed er ikke i ham. Naar han taler Løgnen, taler han af sit Eget; thi han er en Løgner og Løgnens Fader.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre de ting han begjærer. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og holdt seg ikke til sannheten, for det er ingen sannhet i ham. Når han lyver, taler han ut fra sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre det deres far begjærer. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og står ikke i sannheten; for det er ingen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere er av djevelen som er deres far, og dere vil gjøre de lyster deres far har. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen, og stod ikke i sannheten, fordi det ikke er sannhet i ham; når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre deres fars lyster. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og står ikke i sannheten, for det er ingen sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere har djevelen til far, og dere vil gjøre deres fars lyster. Han var en morder fra begynnelsen og stod ikke i sannheten, fordi det ikke finnes sannhet i ham. Når han taler løgn, taler han av sitt eget, for han er en løgner og løgnens far.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Ye are of youre father the devyll and the lustes of youre father ye will folowe. He was a murtherer from the beginnynge and aboode not in the trueth because ther is no trueth in him. When he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his awne. For he is a lyar and the father therof.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye are of the father the deuell, and after the lustes of youre father wyl ye do. The same was a murthurer from the begynnynge, and abode not in the trueth: for the trueth is not in him. Whan he speaketh a lye, then speaketh he of his awne: for he is a lyar, and a father of the same.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye are of your father the deuyll, and the lustes of your father wyll ye do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the trueth: because there is no trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his owne: For he is a lyer, and the father of the same thyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Ye are of› [your] ‹father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Referenced Verses

• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
• 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
• Acts 13:10 : 10 And said, O full of all deceit and all trickery, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
• 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
• John 8:41 : 41 You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
• John 8:38 : 38 I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.
• Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
• Rev 20:7-9 : 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison, 8 And will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Matt 13:38 : 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
• John 6:70 : 70 Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
• 1 John 3:15 : 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
• Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.
• Rev 13:6-8 : 6 And he opened his mouth to blaspheme against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and power was given him over all tribes, tongues, and nations. 8 And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 13:14 : 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear none of those things which you will suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.
• Rev 9:11 : 11 They had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
• 1 John 2:4 : 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
• Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• Jas 4:1-7 : 1 From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members? 2 You desire and do not have; you kill, and covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it on your desires. 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns jealously? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• Gen 3:3-7 : 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die. 4 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die: 5 For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
• Gen 4:8-9 : 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him. 9 And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
• 1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
• 1 Chr 21:1 : 1 And Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to count Israel.
• 2 Chr 18:20-22 : 20 Then a spirit came forward, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said to him, How? 21 And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, You shall entice him, and you shall also prevail; go out, and do so. 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, and the LORD has declared disaster against you.
• Job 1:11 : 11 But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face."
• Job 2:4-6 : 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life. 5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face. 6 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but spare his life.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.