Verse 1

Again I looked and saw all the oppression that is done under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter. Power was on the side of their oppressors, and they had no comforter.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da vendte jeg meg og så all uretten som skjer under solen. Se, tårene til de undertrykte, men ingen gir dem trøst! Makten er hos undertrykkerne, og det finnes ingen som kan trøste dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så jeg vendte tilbake og betraktet all undertrykkelsen som er gjort under solen: Se, tårene til de undertrykte, og de hadde ingen trøster; kraften lå hos deres undertrykkere, men de hadde ingen trøster.

• Norsk King James

  Så jeg vendte tilbake og betraktet all undertrykkelsen som skjer under solen: og se, tårene til de som er undertrykt; de hadde ingen trøst; og undertrykkerne har makt; men de hadde ingen til å trøste.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Deretter så jeg på alle de undertrykte som behandles dårlig under solen, og jeg så at de gråt uten at noen trøstet dem. De var maktesløse i hendene på de som undertrykte dem, og likevel var det ingen som ga dem trøst.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og jeg vendte tilbake og så all undertrykkelsen som skjer under solen. Se, tårene til de undertrykte, og de har ingen trøster. På sidene til undertrykkerne deres er det makt, men de har ingen trøster.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så vendte jeg tilbake og betraktet alle undertrykkelsene som skjer under solen: og se tårene hos dem som var undertrykt, og de hadde ingen trøster; og hos deres undertrykkere fantes det makt, men de hadde ingen trøster.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så vendte jeg tilbake og undret meg over all undertrykkelsen som skjer under solen. Jeg så tårer fra dem som var undertrykt, og de hadde ingen trøst, mens makten lå hos deres undertrykkere.

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

  Så vendte jeg tilbake og betraktet alle undertrykkelsene som skjer under solen: og se tårene hos dem som var undertrykt, og de hadde ingen trøster; og hos deres undertrykkere fantes det makt, men de hadde ingen trøster.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da vendte jeg meg og så all undertrykkelsen som skjer under solen. Se, tårene til de undertrykte, og det er ingen som trøster dem. På deres undertrykkeres side er det makt, men de har ingen trøster.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og jeg vendte tilbake og så alle de undertrykte som blir gjort under solen. Se, tårene til de undertrykte, og ingen trøster dem. Makten er i undertrykkernes hånd, og ingen trøster dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derefter vendte jeg mig om og saae alle de Undertrykte, som ilde medhandles under Solen, og see, (der var) deres Graad, som vare undertrykte, og (der var) Ingen, som trøstede dem, og (der gik) Kraft af deres Haand, som undertrykte dem; derimod havde de Ingen, som trøstede dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så jeg vendte tilbake og betraktet all undertrykkelsen som skjer under solen: Se, tårene til de undertrykte, som hadde ingen til å trøste dem; og på siden til undertrykkerne var det makt, men ingen til å trøste dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da vendte jeg tilbake og så all undertrykkelsen som skjer under solen: Se, tårene til de undertrykte, og ingen trøstet dem; makt var på undertrykkernes side, men de hadde ingen trøster.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg snudde meg og så all undertrykkelse som skjer under solen. Se, tårer tilhører de undertrykte, og de har ingen trøster; mens makten ligger hos deres undertrykkere, og de har ingen trøster.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så vendte jeg tilbake og så alle undertrykkelsene som skjer under solen: Se, tårene til de undertrykte, og de hadde ingen trøster; på undertrykkernes side var det makt, men de hadde ingen trøster.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og igjen så jeg alt det grusomme som skjer under solen; der var gråten fra dem som lider urett, og de hadde ingen trøster. Makten lå i overtredernes hender, men de hadde ingen trøster.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So I turned me, and considered all the violent wronge that is done vnder the Sonne: and beholde, the teares of soch as were oppressed, and there was no man to comforte them, or that wolde delyuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, & none comforteth them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne: and beholde the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that woulde deliuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors `is' power, and they have no comforter.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Evil Oppression on Earth So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 3:16 : 16 And I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.
• 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.
• Lam 1:2 : 2 Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
• Lam 1:9 : 9 Her uncleanness clings to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. "Look, LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed."
• Mal 2:13 : 13 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offering or accepts it with favor from your hands.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
• Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
• 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them. 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully made and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
• 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.
• Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bow down so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk over.
• Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to do evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; ruin and destruction are in their paths.
• Isa 59:13-15 : 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. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD saw this and was displeased, for there was no justice.
• Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
• Exod 1:13-14 : 13 The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
• Exod 1:16 : 16 "When you help the Hebrew women give birth and observe them on the birthing stools, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
• Exod 1:22 : 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.
• Exod 2:23-24 : 23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Exod 5:16-19 : 16 "No straw is given to your servants, yet we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people." 17 Pharaoh said, "Lazy! That’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.' 18 "Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks." 19 The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you each day."
• Deut 28:33 : 33 A people you don’t know will eat the fruit of your land and the result of your labor. You will be oppressed and crushed continually.
• Deut 28:48 : 48 You will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and total destitution. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
• Judg 4:3 : 3 The Israelites cried out to the LORD for help, for Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the Israelites cruelly for twenty years.
• Judg 10:7-8 : 7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites. 8 They crushed and oppressed the Israelites that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the Israelites who were on the east side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
• Neh 5:1-5 : 1 There arose a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, 'We, along with our sons and daughters, are numerous. Let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.' 3 Others were saying, 'We have had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and houses to get grain during the famine.' 4 Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.' 5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'
• Job 6:29 : 29 Relent, let there be no injustice; yes, relent, my righteousness still stands.
• Job 16:4 : 4 I could also speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
• Job 19:21-22 : 21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, because the hand of God has struck me. 22 Why do you pursue me as God does and are not satisfied with my flesh?
• Job 24:7-9 : 7 They spend the night naked without clothing, having no covering in the cold. 8 They are drenched by the mountain rains and embrace the rocks for lack of shelter. 9 They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge. 10 They go about naked without clothing, and they carry sheaves while hungry. 11 They press oil between the rows, they tread the wine presses, yet they go thirsty. 12 From the city, the dying groan, and the life of the wounded cries out, but God does not regard their folly.
• Job 35:9 : 9 People cry out because of the multitude of oppressions; they plead for help because of the power of the mighty.
• Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net. 10 He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.
• Ps 12:5 : 5 Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'
• Ps 42:3 : 3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
• Ps 42:9 : 9 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
• Ps 69:20 : 20 You know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all my adversaries are before you.
• Ps 80:5 : 5 LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
• Ps 102:8-9 : 8 I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on a housetop. 9 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.
• Ps 142:4 : 4 When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.
• Prov 19:7 : 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.
• Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
• Prov 28:15-16 : 15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people. 16 A ruler lacking understanding is abundant in extortions, but one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.