Galatians 4:1 (NIV)

Galatians 4:9 - But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[fn]? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

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Translations for Galatians 4:9

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[fn]? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elements? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless [fn]elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless [fn]elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

But now, having known God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless [fn]elemental things, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits, whose slaves you want to be once more?

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

and now, having known God -- and rather being known by God -- how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

But now, after ye have known God, or rather are known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage?

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elements, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

nunc autem cum cognoveritis Deum immo cogniti sitis a Deo quomodo convertimini iterum ad infirma et egena elementa quibus denuo servire vultis

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

أَمَّا الآنَ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللهَ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى عَرَفَكُمُ اللهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَرْتَدُّونَ أَيْضاً إِلَى تِلْكَ الْمَبَادِئِ الْعَاجِزَةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لَهَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟

MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)

νῦν δὲ γνόντες θεόν μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεύειν θέλετε

TRTR (read chapter in TR)

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

وَأَمَّا الآنَ إِذْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللهَ، بَلْ بِالْحَرِيِّ عُرِفْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ، فَكَيْفَ تَرْجِعُونَ أَيْضًا إِلَى الأَرْكَانِ الضَّعِيفَةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تُسْتَعْبَدُوا لَهَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Mas ahora, habiendo conocido á Dios, ó más bien, siendo conocidos de Dios, ¿cómo os volvéis de nuevo á los flacos y pobres rudimentos, en los cuales queréis volver á servir?

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

mas ahora, conociendo a Dios, o más bien, siendo conocidos por Dios, ¿cómo es que os volvéis de nuevo a los débiles y pobres rudimentos, a los cuales os queréis volver a esclavizar?

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

現在你們既然認識　神、更可說是被　神所認識的、怎麼還要歸回那懦弱無用的小學、情願再給他作奴僕呢。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

En cambio, ahora que habéis conocido a Dios, o mejor dicho, ya que habéis sido conocidos por Dios, ¿cómo es que os volvéis de nuevo a los débiles y pobres principios elementales? ¿Queréis volver a servirlos otra vez?

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

이제는 너희가 하나님을 알뿐더러 하나님의 아신바 되었거늘 어찌하여 다시 약하고 천한 초등 학문으로 돌아가서 다시 저희에게 종노릇하려 하느냐

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

mais à présent que vous avez connu Dieu, ou plutôt que vous avez été connus de Dieu, comment retournez-vous à ces faibles et pauvres rudiments, auxquels de nouveau vous voulez vous asservir encore?

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Nun ihr aber Gott erkannt habt, ja vielmehr von Gott erkannt seid, wie wendet ihr euch denn wiederum zu den schwachen und dürftigen Satzungen, welchen ihr von neuem an dienen wollt?

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Ныне же, познав Бога, или, лучше, получив познание от Бога, для чего возвращаетесь опять к немощным и бедным вещественным началам и хотите еще снова поработить себя им?

SESE (read chapter in SE)

mas ahora, habiendo conocido a Dios, o más bien, siendo conocidos de Dios, ¿cómo os volvéis de nuevo a los débiles y pobres elementos, en los cuales queréis volver a servir?

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