Verse 10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til all ondskap; noen har i sin streben etter dette feilet i troen og tilført seg selv mange sorger.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til all ondskap; ved å jage etter den har noen blitt villfarne fra troen og påført seg selv mange smerter.

• Norsk King James

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt; de som lengter etter penger, har feilet i troen og påført seg selv mange sorger.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For kjærlighet til penger er roten til alt ondt, og i sin trang til det har noen forvillet seg bort fra troen og påført seg selv mange smerter.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt, og mens noen har lengtet etter det, har de faret vill fra troen og gjennomboret seg selv med mange sorger.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt. Noen, fordi de trakter etter det, har faret vill fra troen og har påført seg selv mange smerter.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt. Mange som har higen etter det, har forvillet seg bort fra troen og påført seg selv mange sorger.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt; de som blir besatt av den, har kommet bort fra troen og påført seg mange sorger.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For kjærlighet til penger er roten til alt ondt. Drevet av denne grådighet har noen kommet bort fra troen og påført seg selv mange lidelser.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For kjærlighet til penger er roten til alt ondt. Drevet av denne grådighet har noen kommet bort fra troen og påført seg selv mange lidelser.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt. Noen har vært så ivrige etter penger at de har faret bort fra troen og gjennomboret seg selv med mange sorger.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt. Noen som strakte seg etter det, har veiledet seg bort fra troen og gjennomboret seg selv med mange smerter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  thi Pengegjerrighed er en Rod til alt Ondt; derfor, da Nogles Lyst stod til den, fore de vild fra Troen og have gjennemstunget sig selv med mange Smerter.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt; som noen har higet etter, og dermed har de forvillet seg fra troen og gjennomboret seg selv med mange sorger.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt. Noen har i sin grådighet forvillet seg bort fra troen og påført seg selv mange sorger.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt; og i sin iver etter penger har mange forvillet seg bort fra troen og påført seg selv mange sorger.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For kjærligheten til penger er roten til alt ondt; i sin trang til det har noen faret vill fra troen og påført seg selv mange lidelser.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For kjærligheten til penger er en rot til alt vondt; og noen som higer etter det, har vendt seg bort fra troen og påført seg selv mange sorger.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For coveteousnes is the rote of all evyll which whill some lusted after they erred fro the fayth and tanglyd them selves with many sorowes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell, which whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled them selues with many sorowes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the desire of money is the roote of all euill, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and pearced themselues through with many sorowes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 3:11 : 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.'
• Isa 56:11 : 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.
• Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns them back,
• Deut 16:19 : 19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
• Ps 32:10 : 10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but the steadfast love of the Lord surrounds those who trust in him.
• Prov 1:19 : 19 Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
• Isa 1:23 : 23 Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.
• Gen 29:31-35 : 31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren. 32 Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, 'Because the LORD has seen my misery, surely now my husband will love me.' 33 She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, 'Because the LORD heard that I am unloved, He has given me this one too.' So she named him Simeon. 34 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, 'Now at this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore, he was named Levi. 35 She conceived yet again and gave birth to a son and said, 'This time I will praise the LORD.' Therefore, she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
• Gen 34:23-24 : 23 Won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree to them, and they will dwell with us." 24 All who went out of the gate of the city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised—all who went out of the gate of the city.
• Gen 38:16 : 16 He turned aside to her by the roadside and said, 'Come now, let me sleep with you.' He did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She asked, 'What will you give me to sleep with you?'
• Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. 8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
• Deut 23:4-5 : 4 No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation; none of their descendants may ever enter the assembly of the LORD. 5 This is because they did not meet you with bread and water on your way out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram Naharaim to curse you.
• Deut 23:18 : 18 There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute or sacred male among the sons of Israel.
• Judg 17:10-11 : 10 Micah said to him, 'Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living expenses.' The Levite agreed to stay. 11 The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became like one of his own sons.
• Judg 18:19-20 : 19 They answered him, 'Be quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Isn’t it better for you to be a priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel rather than for one man's household?' 20 The priest was glad in his heart. He took the ephod, the household gods, and the carved image and went along with the people.
• Judg 18:29-31 : 29 They named the city Dan, after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel. However, the city had been named Laish previously. 30 The Danites set up for themselves the carved image, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, the son of Moses, along with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the land’s captivity. 31 They kept the carved image that Micah had made throughout the time the house of God was in Shiloh.
• 2 Sam 4:10-11 : 10 When someone told me, 'Saul is dead,' thinking he was bringing me good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news. 11 How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?
• 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.' Then Gehazi went out from Elisha's presence, leprous, as white as snow.
• 2 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless, 8 (For that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.)
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed headlong for profit into Balaam’s error, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.
• Jer 5:27-28 : 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich. 28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.
• Ezek 13:19 : 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not live.
• Ezek 16:33 : 33 All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your acts of prostitution.
• Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
• Mic 7:3-4 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes. 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day your watchmen foretold has come, the day of your visitation. Now confusion is upon them.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors so you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will not accept any offerings from your hands.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
• Acts 1:16-19 : 16 “Brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who served as a guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17 He was one of our number and shared in this ministry. 18 (With the reward he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.) 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their own language, Akeldama, which means 'Field of Blood.'
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.
• 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
• 1 Tim 6:21 : 21 Some, by professing it, have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
• Titus 1:11 : 11 They must be silenced because they are upsetting whole households by teaching things they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.
• Rev 18:13 : 13 and cinnamon, spice, incense, ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, and human bodies and souls.
• Gen 29:14 : 14 Then Laban said to him, 'Surely you are my own flesh and blood.' Jacob stayed with him for a month.
• Gen 29:26 : 26 Laban replied, 'It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter before the older one.'
• Rev 2:14-15 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have those there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the Israelites—to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans, which I hate.