11 translations · Greek
Revelation 3:8
“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.
Revelation 3:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- I have known your works; behold, I have set before you a door having been opened, which no one is able to shut it, because you have little power, and yet have kept My word, and have not denied My Name;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I know what you have accomplished—look, I've opened a door for you that no one can shut. I know that you only have a little strength, but you did what I told you, and you did not deny me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Οἶδά | Oida | I know | G1492 εἴδω to perceive: understand |
| σου | sou | your | G4771 σύ you |
| τὰ | ta | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἔργα | erga | deeds | G2041 ἔργον work |
| ἰδοὺ | idou | Behold | G2400 ἰδού look! |
| δέδωκα | dedōka | I have placed | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ἐνώπιόν | enōpion | before | G1799 ἐνώπιον before |
| σου | sou | you | G4771 σύ you |
| θύραν | thyran | door | G2374 θύρα door |
| ἠνεῳγμένην | ēneōgmenēn | an open | G455 ἀνοίγω to open |
| ἣν | hēn | which | G3739 ὅς which |
| οὐδεὶς | oudeis | no one | G3762 οὐδείς none |
| δύναται | dynatai | can | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| κλεῖσαι | kleisai | shut | G2808 κλείω to shut |
| αὐτήν | autēn | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ὅτι | hoti | [I know that] | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| μικρὰν | mikran | only a little | G3398 μικρός small |
| ἔχεις | echeis | you have | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| δύναμιν | dynamin | strength | G1411 δύναμις power |
| καὶ | kai | yet | G2532 καί and |
| ἐτήρησάς | etērēsas | you have kept | G5083 τηρέω to keep: observe |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λόγον | logon | word | G3056 λόγος word |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| οὐκ | ouk | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἠρνήσω | ērnēsō | have not denied | G720 ἀρνέομαι to deny |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὄνομά | onoma | name | G3686 ὄνομα name |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 16:9
for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
- Colossians 4:3
praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
- Revelation 3:7
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- 2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
- Acts 14:27
When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
- Luke 12:9
but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
- Revelation 2:13
“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
- John 17:6
I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
- Revelation 3:15
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
7 “To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
8 “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.
9 Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
Read all of Revelation 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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