Verse 10

Whatever exists has already been given its name, and it is known what mankind is; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Det som eksisterer, har allerede fått sitt navn, og menneskets begrensninger er kjent; han kan ikke motsette seg det som er sterkere enn ham.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Det som har vært, er allerede nevnt, og det er kjent at det er mennesket; og man kan ikke stri med han som er sterkere enn han.

  • Norsk King James

    Det som har vært, er allerede kjent, og det er mennesket; han kan ikke stå imot ham som er sterkere enn ham.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hva en er, har navnet hans allerede blitt kjent, og det er vitterlig at han er et menneske, og han kan ikke stri med den som er mektigere enn han.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Alt som er, har allerede fått sitt navn, og det er kjent at det er menneske, og han kan ikke stri med den som er sterkere enn ham.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Det som har vært, er allerede blitt kalt ved navn, og det er kjent at det er mennesket. Han kan heller ikke strides med den som er mektigere enn han.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Det som har vært, har allerede fått sitt navn, og det er kjent at det dreier seg om mennesket; han kan ikke stå imot den som er mektigere enn ham.

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

    Det som har vært, er allerede blitt kalt ved navn, og det er kjent at det er mennesket. Han kan heller ikke strides med den som er mektigere enn han.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Det som skjer har allerede fått sitt navn, og det er kjent hvem mennesket er; han kan ikke stride med den som er sterkere enn ham.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Alt som eksisterer, er allerede blitt kalt ved navn, og det er kjent hva mennesket er; han kan ikke strides med den som er mektigere enn han.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvad som En er, (saa) er hans Navn allerede tilforn nævnt, og det er vitterligt, at han er et Menneske, og han kan ikke trætte med den, som ham er for mægtig.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Det som har vært, har allerede fått sitt navn, og det er kjent at det er mennesket: han kan ikke stritte mot den som er mektigere enn han.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    That which has been is already named, and it is known that it is man: nor can he contend with one mightier than he.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Det som har vært, har fått navn for lenge siden; og det er kjent hva mennesket er; heller ikke kan han strides med den som er mektigere enn han.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Hva er det som har vært? Det er allerede navngitt, og det er kjent at det er mennesket, som ikke kan strides med den som er sterkere enn ham.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hva enn det var, så fikk det navn for lenge siden; og det er kjent hva mennesket er; han kan heller ikke kjempe mot den som er mektigere enn ham.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Det som er, har blitt navngitt før, og av hva mennesket er, finnes det kunnskap. Han har ingen makt mot en sterkere enn han selv.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    What is more excellent then man? yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier the he:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    What `is' that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it `is' man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Futile Way Life Works Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:32 : 32 For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.
  • Eccl 3:15 : 15 Whatever has already been, and what will be has already been; and God seeks what has been pursued.
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker, like a piece of pottery among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’? 10 Woe to those who say to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.
  • 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 82:6-7 : 6 I said, 'You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.' 7 However, like men, you will die; and like one of the princes, you will fall.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.
  • Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which one can say, 'Look! This is something new'? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. 11 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.
  • Job 14:1-4 : 1 Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble. 2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure. 3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? 4 Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.
  • Gen 3:9 : 9 But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?'
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 To Adam He said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, "You must not eat from it," cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.' 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  • Job 9:3-4 : 3 If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times. 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Look, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a permanent pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom from its land, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me, and who can summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
  • Rom 9:19-20 : 19 You will say to me then, 'Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?' 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?'