Verse 25

I frustrate the signs of false prophets and make fools of diviners; I turn wise men backward and make their knowledge foolish.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg forvirrer spåmenn og gjør dem til dårer; jeg snur kloke menns visdom bakfram og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  som gjør tegnenes løgnere til ingenting, og gjør spåmennene gale; som vender de vise bakover, og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap,

• Norsk King James

  Som skaper vanære for løgnaktige tegn, og gjør spådommene gale; som vender vise menn tilbake, og gjør deres kunnskap tåpelig.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  som gjør tegnene fra de falske spåmennene til intet, og forvandler de kloke til dumskaller, som vender de vises klokskap til dårskap,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som gjør tegnene til løgn og spåmennene til dårer, som snur de vise tilbake og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Som gjør tegnene til løgnerne ugyldige og gjør spåmennene til dårer; som vender vismennene tilbake og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han forvirrer løgnernes tegn og gjør spåmenn gale; han vender vise mennesker om og gjør deres forstand til dårskap.

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

  Som gjør tegnene til løgnerne ugyldige og gjør spåmennene til dårer; som vender vismennene tilbake og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg som gjør tegnene til løgnere til intet og gjør spåmenn gale, jeg som får vise menn til å falle tilbake og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han tilintetgjør tegnenes luer og får spåmenn til å opptre som tåpelige. Han bringer vismenn tilbake og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  som gjør løgnagtige Tegn til Intet, og gjør Spaamændene galne, som vender de Vise tilbage, og skal gjøre deres Vidskab til Daarlighed,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  som gjør løgnens tegn til intet, og gjør spåmenn gale; som vender de kloke baklengs, og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gjør planer til intet, og gjør spåmenn gale, for å vende de vise tilbake, og deres kunnskap til dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  som gjør spåmenns tegn til intet, og får spådommer til å gå fra vettet; som vender vise menn tilbake og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som gjør tegnene til de som forutsier fremtiden til intet, slik at de som har kunnskap om hemmelighetsfulle kunstner mister sitt vett; snur de vise tilbake, og gjør deres kunnskap til dårskap:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I destroye the tokens of witches, and make the Sothsayers go wronge. As for the wise, I turne them bacward, and make their conninge folishnesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I destroy the tokens of ye southsayers, and make them that coniecture, fooles, and turne the wise men backwarde, and make their knowledge foolishnesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I destroy the tokens of witches, and make the soothsayers fooles: As for the wise I turne them backwarde, and make their cunning foolishnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:

• World English Bible (2000)

  who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then someone told David, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.' So David prayed, 'O LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.'
• Job 5:12-14 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled. 14 They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.
• Ps 33:10 : 10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
• Jer 50:36 : 36 A sword is against her diviners, and they will act foolishly. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be shattered.
• Jer 51:57 : 57 I will make her officials, wise men, governors, commanders, and warriors drunk, and they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
• Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, I will again do extraordinary things with this people, with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise will perish, and the understanding of their discerning will vanish.
• Isa 47:12-14 : 12 Persist then with your spells and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth—perhaps you might succeed, perhaps you might cause terror. 13 You are wearied with your many counsels; let those who divide the heavens, those who gaze at the stars, those who announce the months, stand now and save you from what is coming upon you. 14 Behold, they are like stubble; fire consumes them. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coal for warming oneself, nor fire to sit before.
• Jer 27:9-9 : 9 So do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, soothsayers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10 They are prophesying lies to you, and the result will be that I will drive you far from your land, and you will perish.
• Jer 28:9-9 : 9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the LORD only if his word comes to pass. 10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it. 11 And Hananiah declared in the presence of all the people, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: Within two years, I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, from the necks of all the nations.' At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way. 12 After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying: 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: You have broken wooden yokes, but in their place you have made iron yokes.' 14 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I have placed an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations, to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control over the beasts of the field.' 15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, 'Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you have led this people to trust in falsehood.' 16 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.' 17 And the prophet Hananiah died that same year, in the seventh month.
• Jer 49:7 : 7 Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom become corrupted?
• Isa 19:11-14 : 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; Pharaoh's wisest counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am a descendant of the wise, a son of ancient kings'? 12 Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and make known what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. They have led Egypt astray, the cornerstone of its tribes. 14 The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion, and they have led Egypt astray in all that it does, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.
• Exod 9:11 : 11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.
• Dan 1:20 : 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
• Dan 2:10-12 : 10 The Chaldeans answered the king, saying, "There is no man on earth who can declare the king's matter. No great and powerful king has ever asked such a thing from any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean. 11 What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one can reveal it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals." 12 Because of this, the king became angry and extremely furious, and he commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
• Dan 4:7 : 7 These were the visions I saw while lying on my bed: I looked, and there stood a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was enormous.
• Dan 5:6-8 : 6 Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His hips became weak, and his knees knocked together. 7 The king called out loudly to bring in the enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners. He declared to the wise men of Babylon, 'Whoever reads the writing and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain placed around their neck, and be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.' 8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
• 1 Cor 1:20-27 : 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish? 21 For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles, 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. 26 Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
• 1 Cor 3:19-20 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.' 20 And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'
• 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone inquiring of God. Such was all of Ahithophel’s advice to both David and Absalom.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, set out for his house in his hometown, set his house in order, and then hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.
• 1 Kgs 22:11-12 : 11 Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made iron horns, and he declared, 'This is what the LORD says: With these, you will gore the Arameans until they are completely destroyed.' 12 And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, 'Go up to Ramoth Gilead and triumph, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.'
• 1 Kgs 22:22-25 : 22 ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked. 'I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. The LORD replied, 'You will succeed in enticing him. Go and do it.' 23 So now the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has decreed disaster for you. 24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah on the cheek and demanded, 'Which way did the spirit of the LORD go when he left me to speak to you?' 25 Micaiah replied, 'You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inner room.'
• 1 Kgs 22:37 : 37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.
• 2 Chr 18:11 : 11 All the other prophets were prophesying the same, saying, 'Go up to Ramoth Gilead and be victorious, for the LORD will give it into the king's hand.'
• 2 Chr 18:34 : 34 The battle raged throughout the day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. Then, at sunset, he died.