Listen and see why the Lord's Prayer gets new words
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026 • 5:29 PM UTC - in Denmark
The Lord's Prayer gets new words in a new translation of the Bible. Among other things, "Helliget blive dit navn" becomes "Lad dit navn være helligt", while "forlad os vor skyld" becomes "tilgiv os vores skyld". But why change a prayer that generations of Danes have learned by heart? Author and language consultant Dy Plambeck explains for us. show more
The Lord's Prayer gets new words in a new translation of the Bible. Among other things, "Helliget blive dit navn" becomes "Lad dit navn være helligt", while "forlad os vor skyld" becomes "tilgiv os vores skyld". But why change a prayer that generations of Danes have learned by heart? Author and language consultant Dy Plambeck explains for us.
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