Verse 14

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and deny the truth.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men hvis dere har bitter avund og strid i hjertene deres, stol ikke på å skryte, og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og strid i hjertet deres, skal dere ikke være stolte og lyve mot sannheten.

• Norsk King James

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og strid i hjertet deres, vær ikke stolte, og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og stridslyst i hjertet, så skryt ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og selvhevdelse i hjertene deres, så ros dere ikke, og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men hvis dere har bitter sjalusi og stridslyst i hjertet, så ros dere ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og egoistiske ambisjoner i hjertene deres, skal dere ikke skryte og ikke lyve mot sannheten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og strid i hjertene deres, la dere ikke rose, og tal ikke imot sannheten.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men dersom dere har bitter misunnelse og selvhevdelse i hjertet, ros dere ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

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

  Men dersom dere har bitter misunnelse og selvhevdelse i hjertet, ros dere ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og egoisme i hjertene, så rop ikke ut og lyv imot sannheten.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og egennytte i hjertet, så ros dere ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men have I besk Nid og Kivagtighed i eders Hjerter, da roser eder ikke eller lyver mod Sandheden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men hvis dere har bitter misunnelse og strid i hjertet, så ros dere ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men hvis dere har bitter sjalusi og egenrådighet i hjertet, skryt ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men hvis dere har bitter sjalusi og strid i hjertet, så ros dere ikke og lyv ikke mot sannheten.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men hvis dere har bitter sjalusi og splittelse i hjertet, så ikke skryt og lyv mot sannheten.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men har dere bitter misunnelse i hjertet og ønsker å overgå andre, så skryt ikke av dette og lyv ikke imot sannheten.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But Yf ye have bitter envyinge and stryfe in youre hertes reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yor hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

Referenced Verses

• Jas 3:16 : 16 For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.
• Phil 2:3 : 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
• 2 Cor 12:20 : 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.
• 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans?
• Phil 1:15 : 15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
• 1 Cor 13:4 : 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
• Acts 5:17 : 17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, rose up and were filled with jealousy.
• Acts 7:9 : 9 Because they were jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.
• Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
• Acts 26:9 : 9 Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Rom 1:29 : 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,
• Rom 2:8 : 8 But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and anger.
• Rom 2:17 : 17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast in God,
• Rom 2:23-29 : 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.' 25 Circumcision indeed has value if you obey the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the righteous requirements of the law, will their uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision? 27 The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker. 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29 But a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. Such a person’s praise is not from people, but from God.
• Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Jacob, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I will die!' 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?'
• Gen 37:11 : 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
• 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 Then Jehu said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." So he had him ride in his chariot.
• 2 Kgs 10:31 : 31 But Jehu did not walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
• Job 5:2 : 2 For anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
• Prov 14:30 : 30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
• Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?
• Isa 11:13 : 13 The jealousy of Ephraim will be removed, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, and Judah will no longer harass Ephraim.
• Hab 1:3 : 3 Why do You make me see wrongdoing and observe trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.
• Matt 27:18 : 18 He knew that it was out of envy that they had handed Him over.
• John 16:2 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
• 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and arguments about words, which result in envy, strife, slander, and evil suspicions.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
• Jas 4:1-5 : 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?
• Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns them back,
• 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow in your salvation,
• 1 Cor 4:7-8 : 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? 8 Already you are full! Already you are rich! You have begun to reign without us—and how I wish that you really had begun to reign, so that we also might reign with you!
• 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have mourned so that the one who has done this would be removed from among you?
• 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?
• Gal 5:15 : 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
• Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Gal 5:26 : 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
• Gal 6:13 : 13 For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.