Verse 6

Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore, fear God.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For mange drømmer og tomme ord fører til intet. Men frykt Gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  La ikke din munn føre ditt legeme til synd, og ikke si foran engelen at det var en feil. Hvorfor skulle Gud bli vred over din stemme og ødelegge dine henders verk?

• Norsk King James

  La ikke munnen din få deg til å synde; si ikke at det var en feil: hvorfor skulle Gud bli sint på deg og ødelegge verket av hendene dine?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som med mange drømmer, slik også med mange ord, er det tomhet; men frykt Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For i mange drømmer, så vel som i tomme ord, er det forfengelighet. Men frykt Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  La ikke din munn føre til at kroppen din synder, og si ikke foran engelen at det var en feil; hvorfor skulle Gud bli vred på din røst og ødelegge det arbeidet dine hender har gjort?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  La ikke din munn få din kropp til å synde, og si heller ikke til engelen at det var en feil. Hvorfor skulle Gud da bli sint på din stemme og ødelegge de verk du har skapt med dine hender?

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

  La ikke din munn føre til at kroppen din synder, og si ikke foran engelen at det var en feil; hvorfor skulle Gud bli vred på din røst og ødelegge det arbeidet dine hender har gjort?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For i mange drømmer, tomhet og mange ord, frykt Gud!

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For i mengden av drømmer og tomme ord er det mange forfengeligheter. Frykt derfor Gud!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi (ligesom) hvor mange Drømme ere, (der ere) og Forfængeligheder, (saa) og i mange Ord; men frygt Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  La ikke din munn føre til at ditt legeme synder; og si ikke foran engelen at det var et feilgrep: hvorfor skulle Gud bli vred på din røst og ødelegge det du har arbeidet for?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the angel that it was an error; why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  La ikke din munn føre deg til synd. Protester ikke foran budbringeren at det var en feil. Hvorfor skulle Gud bli vred på din stemme og ødelegge det arbeidet dine hender har gjort?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  La ikke munnen føre deg til synd, og si ikke til Guds budbærer at det var en feil. Hvorfor skal Gud bli sint på din stemme og ødelegge alt du har gjort?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  La ikke din munn føre til at ditt legeme synder; og si ikke foran engelen at det var en feil: hvorfor skulle Gud bli sint på din stemme og ødelegge dine henders verk?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For mye snakk kommer fra drømmer og formålsløse ting. Men la gudsfrykt være i deg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”

Referenced Verses

• Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Suddenly, the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—behold, he is coming,
• Acts 7:30-35 : 30 After forty years had passed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the wilderness near Mount Sinai. 31 Moses was amazed at what he saw. As he approached to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say, 32 'I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look closely. 33 Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.' 34 'I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning. I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.' 35 This same Moses, whom they had rejected by saying, 'Who made you ruler and judge?'—this is the one God sent as ruler and deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
• 1 Cor 3:13-15 : 13 each one’s work will become evident, for the Day will make it clear because it will be revealed by fire. The fire will test the quality of each one’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss, but they will still be saved, though only as one escaping through flames.
• 1 Cor 11:10 : 10 For this reason, a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head because of the angels.
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I solemnly charge you, in the presence of God, and of Christ Jesus, and of the chosen angels, to observe these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
• Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.
• Jas 3:2 : 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to also control his whole body.
• 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
• Gen 48:16 : 16 'The Angel who redeemed me from all harm, may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'
• Lev 5:4-6 : 4 Or if someone makes a rash oath to do something evil or good, whatever they may rashly utter with an oath, and it is hidden from them, but they later realize it, they are guilty in one of these cases. 5 When someone realizes their guilt in one of these matters, they must confess the sin they have committed. 6 They shall bring their guilt offering to the LORD for the sin they have committed: a female sheep or goat from the flock as a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for them concerning their sin.
• Lev 27:9-9 : 9 If it is an animal that can be offered as an offering to the LORD, whatever is given to the LORD shall be holy. 10 It must not be exchanged or substituted, whether good for bad or bad for good. If it is exchanged, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy.
• Num 15:25 : 25 The priest shall make atonement for the whole community of the Israelites, and they will be forgiven because it was unintentional. They shall bring their offering, a fire offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their sin of ignorance.
• Eccl 5:1-2 : 1 Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart rush to speak anything before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few. 2 Dreams come from too much activity, and a fool’s voice is known by many words.
• Hos 12:4-5 : 4 In the womb, he grasped his brother’s heel; and in his strength, he struggled with God. 5 He struggled with the angel and prevailed. He wept and pleaded for favor. He found Him at Bethel, and there He spoke with us.
• Hag 1:9-9 : 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. 10 Therefore, because of you, the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. 11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and everything the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.
• Hag 2:14-17 : 14 Then Haggai responded and said, 'So it is with this people, and so it is with this nation before me—this is the declaration of the LORD. So is every work of their hands, and whatever they offer there is defiled.' 15 Now think carefully from this day forward: Before a single stone was laid on another in the temple of the LORD— 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.