Verse 15

In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg har sett alt i mine dager med tomhet: en rettferdig mann går til grunne i sin rettferdighet, mens en ond mann lever lenge i sin ondskap.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  I mine forfengelighets dager har jeg sett alt: det finnes en rettferdig mann som omkommer i sin rettferdighet, og det finnes en ugudelig mann som får leve lenge i sin ugudelighet.

• Norsk King James

  Alle ting har jeg sett i mine dager med meningsløshet: det finnes en rettferdig mann som omkommer i sin rettferdighet, og det finnes en ond mann som lever lenge i sin ondskap.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  I mine forgjengelighets dager har jeg sett alt slags: en rettferdig mann som går til grunne i sin rettferdighet, og en ugudelig som lever lenge i sin ondskap.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg har sett alt i min forgjengelighets dager. Det finnes rettferdige som dør i sin rettferdighet, og det finnes onde som forlenget livet i sin ondskap.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Alt dette har jeg sett i mine fåfengs dag: En rettferdig mann som omkommer i sin rettferdighet, og en ugudelig mann som forlenger sitt liv i sin ugudelighet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Alt har jeg erfart i mine forfengelighetstider: Det finnes en rettferdig mann som omkommer for sin rettferdighet, mens en ond mann kan forlenge sitt liv med sin ondskap.

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

  Alt dette har jeg sett i mine fåfengs dag: En rettferdig mann som omkommer i sin rettferdighet, og en ugudelig mann som forlenger sitt liv i sin ugudelighet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Alt dette har jeg sett i mine flyktige dager: Rettferdige som går til grunne i sin rettferdighet, og onde som lever lenge i sin ondskap.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Alt dette har jeg sett i mine tomhetens dager: Det er en rettferdig mann som går til grunne i sin rettferdighet, og en ugudelig mann som lever lenge i sin ondskap.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg haver seet Allehaande i min Forfængeligheds Dage; der er en Retfærdig, som omkommer i sin Retfærdighed, og der er en Ugudelig, som lever længe i sin Ondskab.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Alt dette har jeg sett i mine dager av tomhet: det er en rettferdig mann som omkommer i sin rettferdighet, og en ugudelig mann som forlenger sitt liv i sin ugudelighet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Alt dette har jeg sett i mine أيام av forgjengelighet: det er en rettferdig som går til grunne i sin rettferdighet, og det er en ugudelig som lever lenge i sin ondskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Alt har jeg sett i mine tomhetens dager: Det er en rettferdig som omkommer i sin rettferdighet, og en urettferdig som forlenger sitt liv i sin ondskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Alt dette har jeg sett i mine dager av tomhet: Det finnes en rettferdig mann som går til grunne i sin rettferdighet, og en ugudelig mann som forlenger sitt liv i sin onde gjerning.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  To ting har jeg sett i mitt meningsløse liv: en rettferdig mann som dør i sin rettferdighet, og en urettferdig mann hvis dager blir lange i ondskap.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 8:12-14 : 12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and lives a long time, I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who honor Him. 13 But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God. 14 There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'
• Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
• Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them. 2 Everything happens alike to everyone: the same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the pure and the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As with the good person, so with the sinner; as with those who swear oaths, so with those who avoid them.
• Eccl 9:9 : 9 Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your portion in life and in your hard work under the sun.
• Isa 65:20 : 20 No longer will there be an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought of as a mere youth, and one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
• Jer 12:1-2 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are near to their lips but far from their hearts.
• Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• John 16:2 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
• Gen 47:9 : 9 Jacob replied to Pharaoh, 'The days of my sojourning have been one hundred thirty years. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not compare to the years of the lives of my fathers during their sojourning.'
• 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 The king then commanded Doeg, 'Turn and strike down the priests!' So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, killing its men and women, children and infants, and also its oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 Two worthless men came and sat opposite Naboth. They testified against him before the people, saying, 'Naboth has cursed God and the king.' So they took him outside the city, stoned him to death, and he died.
• 2 Chr 24:21-22 : 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'
• Job 9:22-23 : 22 It makes no difference; therefore, I declare: He destroys both the blameless and the wicked. 23 When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
• Job 21:7-9 : 7 Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power? 8 Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. 10 Their bulls breed without failure; their cows give birth and do not miscarry. 11 They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about. 12 They sing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
• 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 73:3-9 : 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. 5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills. 6 Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice. 8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth. 10 Therefore His people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. 11 They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?' 12 Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree, they increase in wealth. 13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.
• Eccl 2:23 : 23 All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
• 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 5:16-17 : 16 Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger. 17 Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.