God knows

English Alternative forms en God only knows goodness knows gosh knows en heaven knows heaven only knows en Lord knows Lord only knows Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-God knows.wav Southern England Phrase phr ~know[s] It is only known to God; it is unknown to people. en I don't know who knows en Don't touch that! God knows who else put their hands on that thing! en 1837 Moses Stuart A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews 4th 73 Origen himself does not say this. His words are simply, "Who wrote it [i.e. penned it down], God knows, ἡ δὲ εἰς ἡμᾶς φθάσασα ἱστορία", but a report has come to us, that it was either Clement or Luke. en 1994 Daryl Simmons & Babyface Aretha Franklin Willing to Forgive I paid the rent, washed your clothes / Cooked your food and only God knows / Only God knows why I stay with you / I guess I'm in love en television production 1995 w:Tom Gammill and Max Pross Seinfeld 7 10 The Gum So, you want my father to pay for this? – You saw him. He was fiddling with the engine. God knows what he did there. en often modifying a parenthetic concession It is known unto God; it is certainly true. en certainly of course obviously en God knows many kids don't like going to school! en 1700 August 8 w:Matthew Henry A Sermon Preached at the Opening of the New Meeting-House at Chester Misc. Works 1830 1134 those therefore that appeal to him upon every trivial occasion, and with a slightly superficial God knows, while they never think of God, nor have any regard to his knowledge, profane his name by taking it in vain en 1984 w:Joseph Heller God Knows (novel) God Knows 8 I have my faults, God knows, and I may even be among the first to admit them, but to this very day I know in my bones that I'm a much better person than He is. en 1992 television production w:Larry David Seinfeld 4 11 The Contest No, no, no. Don't do it. Don't do it! For my sake! God knows I don't ask you for much! Now, come on. Please, Jerry. Please! I'm beggin' ya! Please! Come on! Please! Usage notes In the sense “nobody knows”, an interrogative pronoun often follows: “God knows where”, “God knows why” etc. Derived terms en God knew Translations only known to God; only known to the gods Arabic: ar اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم Tunisian Arabic: aeb لَندرَى landrā Azerbaijani: az Allah bilir Belarusian: be бог ве́дае, be бог яго́ ве́дае Bulgarian: bg Бог зна́е Chinese: Cantonese: yue 鬼知 gwai2 zi1 devil knows Mandarin: cmn 天知道 tiān zhīdào heaven knows Czech: cs bůhví, cs bůh ví Danish: da det må guderne vide, da Vorherre ved Dutch: nl Joost mag het weten Finnish: fi Luoja tietää, fi ties French: fr Dieu sait, fr Dieu seul le sait Georgian: ka ღმერთმა უწყის German: de Gott weiß, de weiß Gott Greek: el ένας θεός ξέρει Hebrew: he אלוהים יודע elohím yodéa Hindi: hi भगवान जाने, hi राम जाने, hi ईश्वर जाने Hungarian: hu Isten tudja Icelandic: is það má hamingjan vita Irish: ga ag Dia atá a fhios Italian: it vattelappesca, it Dio sa Japanese: ja 神のみぞ知る kami no zo shiru Konkani: kok ದೆವಾ ಗೊತ್ತು devā gottu Korean: ko 아무도 모른다 Latvian: lv Dievs vien zina Macedonian: mk Господ знае Maltese: mt T'hemm fuq jaf Norwegian: Bokmål: nb gudene vet Old English: ang God wāt Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira خُدا می‌دانَد, fa-ira اَللّٰهُ اَعْلَم Polish: pl Bóg wie, pl Bóg raczy wiedzieć, pl Bóg jeden wie, pl Bóg jedyny wie Portuguese: pt Deus sabe, pt vai saber, pt sabe-se lá Punjabi: Western Punjabi: pnb اَللّٰہ جاݨے allāh jāṇe, pnb خُدا جاݨے Romanian: ro Dumnezeu știe, ro Dumnezeu mai știe Russian: ru бог его́ зна́ет box jevó znájet, ru бог зна́ет box znájet, ru бог весть box vestʹ Sanskrit: sa देवः वेत्ति m, sa ईश्वरः वेत्ति m Scottish Gaelic: gd aig sealbh tha brath Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бог зна Latin: sh Bog zna Slovak: sk pánbohvie, sk bohvie, sk boh vie Slovene: sl bogve, sl bogvedi Spanish: es sabrá Dios, es Dios sabe, es sólo Dios sabe Swedish: sv det vete gudarna, sv Gud vet, sv guvet somewhat colloquial Thai: th มีเพียงพระเจ้าที่รู้ mii piiang prá-jâao tîi rúu Turkish: tr Allah bilir Ukrainian: uk бог зна́є, uk бог зна, uk бо́зна, uk бог його́ зна́є Urdu: ur اَللّٰہ جانْتا ہَے, ur خُدا جانْتا ہَے, ur اَللّٰہ جانے, ur خُدا جانے Welsh: cy Duw a wyr en sentences