Verse 14

As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som han kom naken fra sin mor, skal han vende tilbake uten noe. Han kan ikke ta noe av sitt arbeid med seg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men den rikdommen går tapt i et onde strev, og han får en sønn, men det er ingenting i hans hånd.

• Norsk King James

  Men disse rikdommene går tapt på grunn av dårlig arbeid: og han får en sønn, men har ingenting i hånden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som han kom naken fra sin mors liv, skal han fare bort, akkurat som han kom, og han skal ikke ta med seg noe fra sitt arbeid som han kan bære i hånden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som han kom fra sin mors liv, så skal han gå igjen, naken som han kom, og han skal ikke ta noe med seg av sitt strev.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men denne rikdommen går tapt ved en ulykke, og han får en sønn, men det er ingenting i hans hånd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Disse rikdommene forgår gjennom ond strabasiøs arbeid; en mann kan etterlate en sønn, men likevel har han ingenting som varer.

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

  Men denne rikdommen går tapt ved en ulykke, og han får en sønn, men det er ingenting i hans hånd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Slik som han kom ut av sin mors liv, naken skal han vende tilbake, som han kom, og han kan ikke ta noe som han har arbeidet for med seg i hånden når han drar.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Som han kom ut av sin mors liv, naken vil han vende tilbake og dra avsted som han kom. Ingenting kan han ta med seg fra sitt strev som han kan bære i hånden.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ligesom han udkom af sin Moders Liv, saa skal han nøgen fare igjen, og gaae, saasom han kom, og han skal ikke tage Noget (med sig) af sit Arbeide, som han kan bortføre i sin Haand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men disse rikdommene går tapt gjennom vanskeligheter, og han får en sønn, men det er ingenting i hans hånd.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Disse rikdommer går tapt ved en ulykke, og hvis han har fått en sønn, er det ingenting i hans hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og denne rikdommen har gått tapt i en dårlig handel, og han har fått en sønn, men det er ingenting igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og disse rikdommene går tapt i et uhell; og hvis han har fått en sønn, er det ingenting igjen i hans hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som han kom ut av sin mors skjød, så går han igjen; han får ingen belønning fra sitt arbeid som han kan ta med seg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 2:6-8 : 6 'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.' 7 'The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He humbles and He exalts.' 8 'He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to sit with nobles and inherit a seat of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.'
• 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 Everyone left of your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and they will plead, ‘Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a morsel of bread to eat.’
• 1 Kgs 14:26 : 26 He carried off the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
• Job 5:5 : 5 The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.
• Job 20:15-29 : 15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach. 16 He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him. 17 He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter. 18 He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it. 19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build. 20 Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures. 21 Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. 22 In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the hand of all who toil will come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats. 24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him. 25 It is drawn out and comes forth from his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come over him. 26 Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent. 27 The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him. 28 The produce of his house will be carried away, flowing away on the day of God's wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.
• Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay, 17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver.
• Ps 39:6 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
• Ps 109:9-9 : 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes. 11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 12 Let there be no one to show him kindness, and no one to be gracious to his fatherless children.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
• Hag 1:9 : 9 You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house.
• Hag 2:16-17 : 16 from that time, when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, only ten were there; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, only twenty were there. 17 I struck you—all the work of your hands— with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to me—this is the declaration of the LORD.
• Matt 6:19-20 : 19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moths nor rust destroy, and where thieves do not break in or steal.