Verse 4

But I said, 'I have worked in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and futility. Yet surely my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men jeg sa: 'Jeg har arbeidet forgjeves, jeg har brukt opp styrken min på ingenting og tomhet; likevel er min rett hos Herren, og min belønning er hos min Gud.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg sa: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, brukt min styrke for intet og til ingen nytte. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Norsk King James

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har arbeidet forgjeves, jeg har brukt min styrke uten nytte; men min sak er hos Herren, og mitt arbeid er hos min Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men jeg sa: Jeg har strevet forgjeves, brukt min styrke til ingenting og tomhet, men min rett er hos Herren, og min gjerning hos min Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg strevd, til ingen nytte og tomhet har jeg brukt opp min kraft. Men min rett er hos Herren, min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, jeg har brukt min kraft for intet og til ingen nytte. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, slitt meg ut uten nytte, men min rettferdighet er hos Herren, og mitt virke hos min Gud.

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

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, jeg har brukt min kraft for intet og til ingen nytte. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg strevet, nytteløst og tomt har jeg forbrukt min kraft. Allikevel er min rett hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg strevd, til ingen nytte og tomhet har jeg oppbrukt min kraft. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men jeg, jeg sagde: Jeg haver bemøiet mig forgjæves, fortæret min Kraft for Intet og forfængeligen; alligevel min Ret er med Herren, og min Gjerning med min Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves; jeg har brukt min styrke til ingen nytte, og til fånyttes: men min rett er hos Herren, og min gjerning er hos min Gud.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men jeg sa: Jeg har arbeidet forgjeves, jeg har brukt min styrke til ingenting og tomhet; likevel er min rett med Herren, og min belønning hos min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg sa: 'Jeg har strevd forgjeves, brukt min kraft til ingen nytte og tomhet. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min belønning hos Gud.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men jeg sa: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, jeg har utslitt min kraft for ingenting og tomhet. Likevel er min rettferdighet hos Herren, og min belønning er hos min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg sa: Jeg har slitt forgjeves, brukt min styrke til ingen nytte, men Herren vil ta opp min sak, og min Gud vil gi meg min lønn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then answerde I: I shal lese my laboure, I shal spende my strength in vayne. Neuertheles, I wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto the LORDE my God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I said, I haue labored in vaine: I haue spent my strength in vaine and for nothing: but my iudgement is with the Lorde, and my woorke with my God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then I aunswered: I haue lost my labour, I haue spent my strength in vayne: Neuerthelesse, I wyll commit my cause and my worke vnto the Lorde my God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: [yet] surely my judgment [is] with the LORD, and my work with my God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment `is' with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But I thought,“I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the LORD will vindicate me; my God will reward me.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 65:23 : 23 They will not labor in vain or bear children for sudden disaster, for they are a people blessed by the LORD, they and their offspring with them.
• Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After his suffering, he will see the result and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death and was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Isa 62:11 : 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: 'Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation is coming! Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”'
• Isa 65:2 : 2 All day long I have stretched out my hands to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.
• 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.
• Ps 22:22-31 : 22 Save me from the mouth of the lion; from the horns of wild oxen, you have answered me. 23 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the assembly, I will praise you. 24 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! 25 For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, nor has he hidden his face from him; when he cried to him for help, he heard. 26 From you comes my praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him. 27 The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him. May your hearts live forever! 28 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before you, 29 for the kingdom belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. 30 All the rich of the earth will feast and bow down; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—those who cannot keep themselves alive. 31 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to those with fearful hearts, 'Be strong; do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with divine retribution. He will come and save you.'
• Isa 40:10 : 10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and his arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.
• Ezek 3:19 : 19 But if you warn the wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die in his sin, but you will have saved yourself.
• Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered, 'O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.'
• Matt 23:37 : 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Luke 24:26 : 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
• John 1:11 : 11 He came to His own, but His own people did not receive Him.
• John 17:4-5 : 4 I have glorified You on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
• Rom 10:21 : 21 But concerning Israel He says: 'All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.'
• 2 Cor 2:15 : 15 For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
• 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved less?
• Gal 4:11 : 11 I fear for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been in vain.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.