Verse 7

You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De forvrenger rettferdighet til bitterhet og kaster sannheten ned i jorden.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere som gjør dom til malurt og forlater rettferdighet på jorden,

• Norsk King James

  Dere som forvrenger rett til malurt og vender rettferdigheten bort fra landet,

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere som gjør rett til bitt og lar rettferdighet ligge på jorden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere som forvandler rett til malurt og kaster rettferdighet til jorden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere som forvandler rett til malurt og lar rettferdighet ligge på jorden,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dere som forvandler dom til bitterhet og forlater rettferdigheten i landet,

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

  Dere som forvandler rett til malurt og lar rettferdighet ligge på jorden,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De som forvandler rett til malurt, og lar rettferdigheten falle til jorden.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere som forvandler rett til malurt og kaster rettferdigheten til jorden!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I, som omvende Ret til Malurt, og lade Retfærdighed ligge paa Jorden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere som gjør rettferdighet bitter som malurt og lar rettferdighet falle til jorden,

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere som forvandler rettferdighet til malurt, Og kaster rettferd til jorden:

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere som gjør dom til malurt og kaster rettferdighet til jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere som vender rettferdighet til malurt og kaster rettferd til jorden,

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere som gjør rettferd til en bitter ting, og trykker ned rettferdigheten til jorden;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, and cast downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You who turn justice to wormwood, And cast down righteousness to the earth:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

• World English Bible (2000)

  You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Referenced Verses

• Amos 6:12 : 12 Do horses run on rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
• Hos 10:4 : 4 They speak mere words, making covenants with false oaths, and judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
• Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine. 12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: oppressing the righteous, taking bribes, and turning aside the needy at the gate.
• Hab 1:12-14 : 12 Are You not from eternity, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; You, O Rock, have established them to rebuke. 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? 14 You have made mankind like the fish of the sea, like sea creatures who have no ruler.
• Deut 29:18 : 18 When such a person hears the words of this curse, they may bless themselves in their heart and say, 'I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the destruction of both the well-watered and the dry.
• Ps 36:3 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• 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.
• Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.
• Isa 10:1 : 1 Woe to those who enact unjust decrees and to those who write oppressive laws.
• Isa 59:13-14 : 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart. 14 Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off, for truth has stumbled in the streets, and honesty cannot enter.
• Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
• Ezek 18:24 : 24 But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.
• Ezek 33:12-13 : 12 Therefore, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous person will not save them on the day of their transgression, nor will the wickedness of the wicked person cause them to fall on the day they turn from their wickedness. The righteous person cannot live by their righteousness on the day they sin.' 13 If I say to the righteous person, 'You will surely live,' but they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous acts will be remembered. They will die because of the iniquity they have committed.
• Ezek 33:18 : 18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits iniquity, they will die because of it.