Verse 24

But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men hvis den rettferdige vender om fra sin rettferdighet og begår urett ved å gjøre alle de avskyelige ting som den onde gjør, skal han da leve? Ingen av hans rettferdige gjerninger skal bli husket. For sin troløshet og sin synd skal han dø.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet, og gjør urett, ifølge alle de avskyelige ting som den onde gjør, skal han da leve? Alle hans rettferdighet som han har gjort, skal ikke komme i hu: i sin overtredelse som han har gjort, og i sin synd som han har syndet, skal han dø.

• Norsk King James

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og begår urett, skal ikke hans rettferdighet bli nevnt: i de overtredelser han begår, skal han dø.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men om en rettferdig vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, og handler som den onde, skal han da leve? Ingen av hans rettferdige gjerninger skal huskes; på grunn av sin overtredelse og synder skal han dø.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett og gjør alle de vederstyggelige ting som den urettferdige gjør, skal han da leve? Ingen av de rettferdige gjerningene han har gjort, skal huskes. På grunn av den troløshet han har vist og den synd han har begått, skal han dø.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet, og begår synd, og gjør i henhold til alle de avskyeligheter den onde mannen gjør, skal han leve? Alt han har gjort av rettferdighet skal ikke nevnes: for sitt frafall, som han har begått, og for sin synd, som han har syndet, skal han dø.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet, begår urett og gjør alt det grusomme som den onde gjør, skal han leve? All den rettferdighet han har gjort, skal ikke bli tatt opp; i den overtredelsen og synden han har gjort, skal han dø.

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

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet, og begår synd, og gjør i henhold til alle de avskyeligheter den onde mannen gjør, skal han leve? Alt han har gjort av rettferdighet skal ikke nevnes: for sitt frafall, som han har begått, og for sin synd, som han har syndet, skal han dø.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men når en rettferdig vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett og alle de avskyelige gjerningene som den ugudelige gjør, skal han leve? Ingen av hans rettferdighet skal huskes; han skal dø for sin urett.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men når en rettferdig mann vender om fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, gjør alle de avskyelige handlinger som den onde gjør, skal han da leve? Ingen av de rettferdighetene han har gjort, skal bli husket. På grunn av det svik han har begått, og på grunn av den synd han har gjort, skal han dø.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men naar en Retfærdig vender sig af fra sin Retfærdighed og gjør Uret, gjør efter alle de Vederstyggeligheder, som den Ugudelige gjør, skulde han da leve? alle hans Retfærdigheder, som han haver gjort, skulle ikke ihukommes; i sin Forgribelse, som han haver forgrebet sig med, og i sin Synd, som han haver syndet, i dem skal han døe.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet, og gjør urett, og gjør etter alle de avskyeligheter som den ugudelige gjør, skal han leve? Alle de rettferdigheter han har gjort, skal ikke bli nevnt: i sin overtredelse som han har forbrutt, og i sin synd som han har syndet, i dem skal han dø.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men når den rettferdige vender bort fra sin rettferdighet, og begår urett, og gjør ifølge alle de styggedommer den urettferdige gjør, skal han leve? Ingen av hans rettferdige gjerninger han har gjort skal bli husket: i sin overtredelse han har gjort, og i sin synd han har syndet, i dem skal han dø.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, gjør som alle de avskyelige ting den onde gjør – skal han da leve? Alle de rettferdige gjerningene han har gjort skal ikke bli husket, for sin synd som han har gjort, og for sitt brudd skal han dø.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet, og gjør urett, og begår alle de styggedommer som den ugudelige gjør, skal han leve? Ingen av hans rettferdige gjerninger som han har gjort skal huskes: i sin troløshet som han er troløs med, og i sin synd som han har syndet, i dem skal han dø.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men når en rettferdig mann vender seg vekk fra sin rettferdighet, og begynner å gjøre ondskap, vil han leve? Ingen av hans gode gjerninger skal huskes; i sin synd og de onde handlingene han har gjort vil han dø.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Agayne: yf the rightuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes, and do iniquyte, acordinge to all the abhominacions, that ye wicked ma doth: shal he lyue? All the rightuousnes that he hath done, shall not be thought vpo: but in the fawte that he hath offended withall, and in the synne that he hath done, he shal dye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if the righteous turne away from his righteousnes, & commit iniquitie, and doe according to all the abominations, that the wicked man doeth, shall he liue? all his righteousnes that he hath done, shall not be mentioned: but in his transgression that he hath committed, and in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them shal he die.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Agayne, if the righteous turne from his righteousnesse, and do iniquitie, and shall do according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth: shall he liue? All the righteousnesse that he hath done shall not be remembred, but in his transgression that he hath committed, in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them he shall dye.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 33:18 : 18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits iniquity, they will die because of it.
• 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.
• 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
• 2 Chr 24:17-22 : 17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to their advice. 18 They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and started worshiping the Asherah poles and idols. As a result, God's wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt. 19 The Lord sent prophets among them to bring them back to Him, but though the prophets testified against them, they refused to listen. 20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. Standing above the people, he said to them, 'This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and bring about your own failure? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.' 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.'
• Prov 21:16 : 16 A person who wanders from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
• Gal 3:4 : 4 Did you suffer so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?
• Ezek 18:22 : 22 None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteousness they have practiced, they will live.
• Ezek 18:26 : 26 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed, they will die.
• John 8:24 : 24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
• 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
• Ezek 33:12-13 : 12 Therefore, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous person will not save them on the day of their transgression, nor will the wickedness of the wicked person cause them to fall on the day they turn from their wickedness. The righteous person cannot live by their righteousness on the day they sin.' 13 If I say to the righteous person, 'You will surely live,' but they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous acts will be remembered. They will die because of the iniquity they have committed.
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are hidden reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, shepherding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Rev 3:11 : 11 I am coming quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.
• Rom 1:28-31 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, unloving, unforgiving, and unmerciful.
• 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I fear that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be strife, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. 21 I fear that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will grieve over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality they have practiced.
• Ezek 20:27 : 27 Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'
• Gal 5:7 : 7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
• 2 Tim 3:1-5 : 1 But know this: In the last days, difficult times will come. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and unholy. 3 They will be unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, and hostile to what is good. 4 They will be traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. 5 They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.
• Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.
• Heb 10:26-31 : 26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severe punishment do you think someone deserves who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, 'Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,' says the Lord. And again, 'The Lord will judge His people.' 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith for the preservation of the soul.
• 2 Pet 2:18-22 : 18 For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery. 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them. 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
• 1 John 5:16-18 : 16 If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not lead to death, they should pray, and God will give life to them—those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying that one should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and yet there is sin that does not lead to death. 18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.
• Ezek 3:20-21 : 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 21 But if you warn a righteous person not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he heeded the warning, and you will have saved yourself.
• Ezek 18:10-13 : 10 Suppose he has a violent son who sheds blood or does any of these evil things, 11 even though the father did none of them: He eats at the mountain shrines, defiles his neighbor’s wife, 12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things, 13 He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.
• Ezek 18:18 : 18 But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.
• Ps 36:3-4 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated. 4 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
• Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?' 23 Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
• Matt 12:43-45 : 43 When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through arid places seeking rest but does not find it. 44 Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.
• Matt 13:20-21 : 20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
• Mark 13:13 : 13 Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.
• John 6:66-70 : 66 From that time, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67 So Jesus asked the Twelve, 'Do you also want to leave?' 68 Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.' 70 Jesus answered them, 'Did I not choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.'
• John 8:21 : 21 Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."