Verse 3

Why do You make me see wrongdoing and observe trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvorfor ser du på urett og elendighet? Ødeleggelse og vold omgir meg; det er strid og kaos rundt meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og betrakte nød? Ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg; det er strid og uenighet som reiser seg.

• Norsk King James

  Hvorfor viser du meg urett og lar meg se urettferdighet? Ødeleggelser og vold er foran meg, og strid bryter ut.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett og bivåne elendighet? Ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg, det er strid og stridigheter må jeg tåle.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvorfor lar du meg se ondskap og holder øye med urett? Ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg; det oppstår strid, og krangel brer seg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og ser på urettferdighet? Ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg; det er strid og konflikt som reises.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvorfor lar du meg få se urett, og hvorfor får du meg til å iaktta lidelse? For jeg ser ødeleggelse og vold overalt, og det finnes de som skaper strid og uenighet.

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

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og ser på urettferdighet? Ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg; det er strid og konflikt som reises.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og hvor lenge skal jeg se på ulykker? Foran meg er herjing og vold; det oppstår trette og misnøye.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og hvorfor ser du på ondskap? Herjing og vold er foran meg, det er strid og krangel overalt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor lader du mig see Uret og skue Møie? baade Ødelæggelse og Vold er for mig, og der er Kiv og Trætte, som man maa bære.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett og påfører meg lidelse? Ran og vold er foran meg, og det er strid og splid.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to behold trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; there are those who raise up strife and contention.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og ser på ondskap? For ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg. Det er strid, og krangel oppstår.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og lar meg se ondskap? Ran og vold er foran meg, det er strid og krangel reiser seg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvorfor lar du meg se ondskap og hvorfor ser du på urett? Ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg, og det er strid og konflikter som stiger opp.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvorfor lar du meg se urett, og hvorfor ser jeg på ondskap? For ødeleggelse og vold er foran meg; det er strid og bitre uenigheter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Why lettest thou me se weerynesse and laboure? Tyrany and violence are before me, power ouergoeth right:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Why doest thou shewe mee iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling, and violence are before me: and there are that rayse vp strife and contention.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Why doest thou shew me iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling and violence are before me, & there are that rayse vp stryfe and contention,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause [me] to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up strife and contention.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence `are' before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift `itself' up,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 55:9-9 : 9 I would hurry to a place of refuge, away from the stormy wind and tempest. 10 Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 11 Day and night they surround it on its walls, and trouble and wickedness are within it.
• 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.
• Ps 120:5-6 : 5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, and live among the tents of Kedar. 6 Too long has my soul dwelled with those who hate peace.
• Eccl 4:1 : 1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that is done under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter. Power was on the side of their oppressors, and they had no comforter.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.
• Jer 9:2-6 : 2 They bend their tongues like a bow to shoot lies, not for truth do they grow strong in the land; they go from one evil to another, and they do not know me, declares the Lord. 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander. 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing. 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord. 6 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?
• Jer 20:8 : 8 Whenever I speak, I cry out, proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long.
• Ezek 2:6 : 6 You, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not fear though briars, thorns, or scorpions are around you. Do not be afraid of their words or terrified by their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
• Mic 7:1-4 : 1 Woe is me, for I am like those gathering summer fruit, like those gleaning after the harvest; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desires. 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets. 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes. 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day your watchmen foretold has come, the day of your visitation. Now confusion is upon them.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.
• 2 Pet 2:8 : 8 (For that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.)
• Ps 12:1-2 : 1 For the director of music. According to the eighth. A psalm of David. 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.