Verse 6

You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but are never satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be filled. You put on clothes but are not warm. The one who earns wages earns them to put into a bag with holes.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere har sådd mye, men bringer inn lite. Dere spiser, men har ikke nok. Dere drikker, men har ikke tilfredsstillelse. Dere kler dere, men ingen blir varm. Og den som tjener penger, legger dem i en hullete pung.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere har sådd mye, men bringer inn lite. Dere spiser, men blir ikke mette. Dere drikker, men blir ikke tilfredse. Dere kler dere, men ingen blir varme. Og den som tjener penger, legger dem i en pung med hull.

• Norsk King James

  Dere har sådd mye, men høstet lite; dere spiser, men blir ikke mette; dere drikker, men får ikke nok; dere klær dere, men blir ikke varme; og den som tjener penger, må putte dem i en lomme med hull.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere har sådd mye, men høstet lite. Dere spiser, men blir ikke mette. Dere drikker, men blir ikke utørste. Dere kler dere, men blir ikke varme. Og den som tjener penger, legger dem i en pung med hull.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere sår mye, men høster lite. Dere spiser, men blir ikke mette. Dere drikker, men får ikke nok. Dere kler dere, men ingen blir varm. Og den som tjener penger, gjør det for en lomme med hull.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere har sådd mye, men høster lite; dere spiser, men har ikke nok; dere drikker, men blir ikke mette; dere kler dere, men ingen blir varme; dere som arbeider, tjener penger for å legge dem i en pung med hull.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dere har sådd rikelig, men høster lite; dere spiser, men mettes ikke; dere drikker, men blir ikke beruset; dere kler dere, men dere får ingen varme; og den som tjener penger, tjener dem bare for å legge dem i en sekk med hull.

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

  Dere har sådd mye, men høster lite; dere spiser, men har ikke nok; dere drikker, men blir ikke mette; dere kler dere, men ingen blir varme; dere som arbeider, tjener penger for å legge dem i en pung med hull.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere har sådd mye, men høstet lite. Dere spiser, men blir ikke mette. Dere drikker, men blir ikke tilfredsstilt. Deres klær gir ikke varme, og den som tjener penger, legger dem i en hullete pung.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere har sådd mye, men høstet lite. Dere spiser, men blir ikke mette. Dere drikker, men blir ikke beruset. Dere kler dere, men får ikke varme. Den som tjener lønn, tjener den for å legge den i en pung med hull.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I saae Meget og føre Lidet ind, I æde og blive ikke mætte, drikke og blive ikke utørste, klæde eder og blive ikke varme (deraf), og den, som faaer Løn, faaer Løn i en brudden Pengeknude.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere har sådd mye, men høstet lite; dere har spist, men blir ikke mette; dere har drukket, men blir ikke forsynt; dere kledde dere, men blir ikke varme; og han som tjener lønn, legger den i en sekk med hull.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere har sådd mye, men innhøstet lite. Dere spiser, men blir ikke mette. Dere drikker, men blir ikke utørstet. Dere kler dere, men ingen blir varm, og han som tjener lønn, legger den i en pung med hull.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere har sådd mye, men høstet lite. Dere spiser, men blir ikke mette. Dere drikker, men blir ikke beruset. Dere klær dere, men ingen blir varm. Og den som tjener penger, tjener til en pung med hull.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere har sådd mye, men høster lite; dere spiser, men blir ikke mette; dere drikker, men blir ikke tilfredse; dere kler dere, men ingen blir varme; og den som tjener, tjener til en pung med hull.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Mye er plantet, men lite er høstet; dere spiser, men har ikke nok; dere drikker, men blir ikke mette; dere kler dere, men ingen blir varm; og den som jobber for lønn, legger det i en pung med hull.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  ye sowe moch, but ye bringe litle in: Ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not fylled: ye decke youre selues, but ye are not warme: & he yt earneth eny wage, putteth it in a broken purse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye haue sowen much, but ye bryng litle in: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye cloth you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”

Referenced Verses

• Hag 2:16 : 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.
• Hos 4:10 : 10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will commit fornication but not multiply, because they have abandoned the LORD to pursue their own ways.
• Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.
• Deut 28:38-40 : 38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink their wine or gather their grapes, for worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory, but you will not anoint yourself with oil, for your olives will drop off prematurely.
• Hag 1:9 : 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.
• Mal 3:9-9 : 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sake, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your ground. Your vine in the field will not fail to bear fruit, says the Lord of Hosts.
• Zech 5:4 : 4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
• Zech 8:10 : 10 For before those days, there was no wage for people or animals, and no one could go about safely because of the enemy, for I had turned everyone against their neighbor.
• Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.
• Joel 1:10-13 : 10 The fields are devastated, and the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the olive oil fails. 11 Be ashamed, you farmers; wail, you vinekeepers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree withers; the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple tree—all the trees of the field are dried up. Indeed, joy has withered away from the people. 13 Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God, for grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
• Amos 4:6-9 : 6 I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD. 7 I withheld the rain from you when there were still three months until harvest. I caused it to rain on one city but not on another; one field received rain, while another withered due to lack of it. 8 People staggered from city to city for water but were not satisfied, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD. 9 I struck you with blight and mildew; the locust devoured your many gardens, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.
• Mic 6:14-15 : 14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness will remain within you. You will store up but not save, and what you do save, I will give over to the sword. 15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not use their oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
• 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 During the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, and the Lord said, "It concerns Saul and his house, who are guilty of bloodshed, for he killed the Gibeonites."
• 1 Kgs 17:12 : 12 But she replied, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked. I only have a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a couple of sticks to go and prepare it for myself and my son so we may eat it and then die."
• Job 20:22 : 22 In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the hand of all who toil will come upon him.
• Job 20:28 : 28 The produce of his house will be carried away, flowing away on the day of God's wrath.
• Ps 107:34 : 34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
• Isa 5:10 : 10 For ten acres of vineyard will yield only a single bath of wine, and a homer of seed will produce merely an ephah of grain.
• Jer 14:4 : 4 Because the ground is cracked due to the lack of rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
• Jer 44:18 : 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by sword and famine.
• Ezek 4:16-17 : 16 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, I am about to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight and in anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in despair.' 17 'In this way, they will lack bread and water, and they will be appalled at one another and waste away because of their iniquity.'
• Lev 26:20 : 20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
• Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.