8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:


In Context

5 that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

7 So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

8 Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

9 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?

10 Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.

Galatians 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them, who, by nature, are not gods.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them which by nature are no gods:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8However then, when ye knew not God, ye did service to them which by nature are no gods.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8However, then, when you knew not God, you did service to them which by nature are no gods.