Verse 9

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vokt deg for at det ikke finnes en ond tanke i hjertet ditt, og at du sier: 'Det sjuende året, sabbatsåret, nærmer seg,' så blikket ditt blir ondt mot din fattige bror, slik at du gir ham ingenting. Han kan da rope til Herren mot deg, og du vil bli regnet som skyldig i synd.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vokt deg så det ikke oppstår en ond tanke i ditt hjerte, og du sier: Det sjuende året, ettergivelsesåret, nærmer seg; og du ser ondt på din fattige bror, og ikke gir ham noe, slik at han roper til Herren mot deg, og det blir synd for deg.

• Norsk King James

  Vær på vakt så du ikke lar en ond tanke komme inn i hjertet ditt, som sier: Det syvende året, året for ettergivelse, nærmer seg; og ditt øye er ondt mot din fattige bror, så du gir ham ingenting; og han roper til Herren mot deg, og det vil bli en synd for deg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Pass på at det ikke er onde tanker i hjertet ditt, så du sier: Det syvende året, ettergivelsesåret, er nær, og dermed blir gjerrig mot din fattige bror og ikke gir ham noe. Da vil han rope til Herren mot deg, og det vil bli til synd for deg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vokt deg at du ikke lar en ond tanke oppstå i ditt hjerte og sier: 'Det syvende året, ettergivelsesåret, er nær', og at ditt blikk blir ondt mot din fattige bror, så du ikke gir ham noe. Da vil han rope til Herren over deg, og det vil være synd på din del.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Pass på at det ikke er en tanke i ditt onde hjerte som sier: Det syvende året, frigjøringsåret, er nær; og ditt øye er slemt mot din fattige bror, og du gir ham ingenting; og han roper til Herren mot deg, og det blir en synd for deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Pass på at du ikke utvikler en tanke i ditt onde hjerte om at den syvende år, frigjøringsåret, snart er kommen, og så at dine øyne ser ondt på din fattige bror slik at du ikke vil gi ham noe; for da vil han rope til Herren, og det vil bli en synd for deg.

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

  Pass på at det ikke er en tanke i ditt onde hjerte som sier: Det syvende året, frigjøringsåret, er nær; og ditt øye er slemt mot din fattige bror, og du gir ham ingenting; og han roper til Herren mot deg, og det blir en synd for deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vokt deg for at det ikke oppstår en ondsinnet tanke i ditt hjerte og du sier: 'Det syvende året, ettergivelsesåret, nærmer seg', og så ser du skjellende på din fattige bror og nekter å gi ham noe; da vil han rope til Herren mot deg, og det vil bli din synd.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vokt dere for å ha onde tanker i deres hjerter og si: 'Det nærmer seg det syvende året, ettergivelsesåret', så dere ser med onde øyne på deres fattige bror og ikke gir ham noe. Da vil han rope til Herren mot dere, og det vil være synd i dere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Tag dig vare, at der ikke er Belials Ord i dit Hjerte, at du skal sige: Det syvende Aar, Eftergivelsens Aar, er nær, og du skal være karrig imod din fattige Broder og ikke give ham; da skal han raabe over dig til Herren, og det skal være dig til Synd.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Pass på at det ikke blir en egoistisk tanke i ditt onde hjerte og si: 'Det syvende året, frigivelsesåret, nærmer seg'; og at ditt øye ser ondt på din fattige bror, og at du ikke gir ham noe, slik at han roper til Herren mot deg, og det blir til synd for deg.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Pass på at det ikke er en ond tanke i ditt hjerte og si: "Det syvende året, etterlattelsens år, er nært," så ditt øye blir ondt mot din fattige bror, og du ikke gir ham noe; og han roper til HERREN mot deg, og det blir din synd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vokt deg så det ikke er et snev av ondskap i hjertet som sier: Det nærmer seg det sjuende året, frisettelens år; og du er knipen mot din trengende bror og gir ham ikke, og han roper til Herren mot deg, og det blir synd på deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Pass på at det ikke er en ugunstig tanke i ditt hjerte, som sier: Det sjuende året, ettergivelsesåret, er nær; og ditt øye bli vondt mot din fattige bror, og du gir ham ingenting; og han roper til Herren mot deg, og det blir synd for deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og pass på at dere ikke har onde tanker i hjertet, og sier til dere selv: Det sjuende året, ettergivelsesåret, er nær; og så ser kaldt på deres fattige landsmann og gir ham ingenting. Da vil han rope til Herren mot dere, og det vil bli sett som synd hos dere.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And beware that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert, that thou woldest saye. The seuenth yere, the yere of fredome is at honde, and therfore it greue the to loke on thy poore brother and geuest him nought and he then crye vnto the Lorde agenst the and it be synne vnto the:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Bewarre, that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert, that thou woldest saye: The seuenth yeare, the yeare of Fredome is at honde. For yf thou lokest not fredly vpo thy poore brother, and geuest him nothinge then shall he crye ouer the vnto the LORDE, and it shall be synne vnto the:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, the seuenth yere, the yere of freedome is at hande: and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, and geuest hym naught, and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee, and it be sinne vnto thee:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 24:15 : 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Matt 20:15 : 15 'Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
• Prov 23:6 : 6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies.
• Prov 28:22 : 22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
• Exod 22:23 : 23 My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
• Job 34:28 : 28 He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
• Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
• 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
• 1 John 3:15-17 : 15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them. 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?
• Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said, 'I have surely seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cry on account of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.'
• Ps 9:12 : 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
• Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
• Deut 15:1 : 1 At the end of seven years, you shall institute a release.
• Deut 28:54-56 : 54 Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive. 55 He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities. 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.
• Prov 24:9 : 9 The plans of foolishness are sinful, and the mocker is detestable to others.
• Matt 25:41-45 : 41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you?’ 45 Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’
• Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, 22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
• Rom 7:8-9 : 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. 9 At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.
• Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?
• Jas 4:17 : 17 So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.