Verse 1

You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Herre, du er rettferdig, selv når jeg klager til deg. Jeg vil spørre deg om rettferdighet: Hvorfor blomstrer de ugudelige, og hvorfor lever de illojale i fred?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Rettferdig er du, Herre, når jeg kommer med min klage til deg; likevel ønsker jeg å tale med deg om dine dommer: Hvorfor lykkes det for de onde? Hvorfor er alle de glade som utøver svik?

• Norsk King James

  Herre, du er rettferdig når jeg fremfører mine klager for deg: Men la meg diskutere med deg om dine dommer: Hvorfor prospererer de onde? Hvorfor er alle de som handler svikende fornøyde?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herre! Du er rettferdig når jeg fører sak mot deg; men likevel må jeg snakke med deg om rettferd: Hvorfor lykkes det for de ugudeliges vei? Alle de som har vært svært troløse, lever trygt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herre, du er rettferdig, men jeg vil legge frem mine klage for deg: Hvorfor går det godt for de onde, og hvorfor lever alle forræderne i fred?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Rettferdig er du, HERRE, når jeg anklager deg: la meg likevel snakke med deg om dine dommer: Hvorfor går de urettferdige det godt? Hvorfor er alle glade som handler forræderisk?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Rettferdig er du, Herre, når jeg anroper deg; likevel vil jeg tale med deg om dine dommer. Hvorfor flyter den ugudelige vei, og hvorfor er alle de som handler svært forrædersk glade?

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

  Rettferdig er du, HERRE, når jeg anklager deg: la meg likevel snakke med deg om dine dommer: Hvorfor går de urettferdige det godt? Hvorfor er alle glade som handler forræderisk?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herre, du er rettferdig når jeg klager til deg, men likevel vil jeg diskutere dine dommer med deg. Hvorfor lykkes de ugudeliges vei, og hvorfor er alle forræderne uten bekymring?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Herre, Du er rettferdig, selv om jeg skulle gå i rette med Deg. Likevel vil jeg tale med Deg om det som er rett: Hvorfor har de onde fremgang? Hvorfor lever alle svikerne i fred?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herre! du er retfærdig, naar jeg vil trætte med dig; dog maa jeg tale med dig om Rette: Hvorfor er de Ugudeliges Vei lykkelig? alle de, som vare saare troløse, vare trygge.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Rettferdig er du, Herre, når jeg påkaller deg, men la meg tale med deg om dine dommer: Hvorfor lykkes de ugudelige på sine veier? Hvorfor er alle glade som handler med svik?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Rettferdig er du, Yahweh, når jeg strider med deg; men jeg vil likevel spørre deg: hvorfor går de ugudelige det godt? Hvorfor har alle som handler forrædersk fred?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Rettferdig er du, Herre, når jeg klager til deg. Likevel vil jeg snakke om din rettferd. Hvorfor har de ugudeliges vei fremgang? Alle som handler forrædersk, er i ro.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Rettferdig er du, Jehova, når jeg taler med deg; men jeg vil føre sak mot deg: hvorfor lykkes de ondes vei? Hvorfor er alle som handler svikefullt, så bekymringsløse?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Herre, du er rettferdig når jeg legger min sak fram for deg: likevel vil jeg diskutere dine avgjørelser med deg: hvorfor har de onde det godt? hvorfor lever de bedragerske i trygghet?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O Lorde, thou art more rightuous, then that I shulde dispute with the: Neuertheles, let me talke with the in thinges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye off the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so wel with them, which (with out eny shame) offede and lyue in wickednesse?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  O Lorde, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

• World English Bible (2000)

  You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:6 : 6 "The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."
• Mal 3:15 : 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'
• Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.
• Ps 51:4 : 4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:
• Ps 94:3-4 : 3 How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked exult? 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
• Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree.
• Job 13:3 : 3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.
• Job 21:7-9 : 7 Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power? 8 Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. 10 Their bulls breed without failure; their cows give birth and do not miscarry. 11 They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about. 12 They sing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
• Ezra 9:15 : 15 O Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left with this remnant today. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.
• Jer 5:11 : 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been thoroughly unfaithful to Me, declares the Lord.
• Jer 5:27-28 : 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich. 28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.
• Jer 11:20 : 20 But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.
• Dan 9:7 : 7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You.
• Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.
• Hab 1:13-17 : 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? 14 You have made mankind like the fish of the sea, like sea creatures who have no ruler. 15 The wicked pull them all up with a hook, drag them out with their net, and gather them in their dragnet; so they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net and burn incense to their dragnet, for by these their portion is rich and their food is plentiful. 17 Is this why they empty their net and continually slay nations without mercy?
• Zeph 3:5 : 5 The LORD is righteous in her midst; He does no wrong. Morning by morning, He brings His justice to light; He does not fail, but the unjust knows no shame.
• Hos 6:7 : 7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with Me.
• Jer 12:6 : 6 Your own brothers, the house of your father, have betrayed you; even they have called out loudly after you. Do not trust them, though they speak pleasantly to you.
• Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
• Gen 18:25 : 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'
• Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock—His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A faithful God without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• 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. 10 Therefore His people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. 11 They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?' 12 Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree, they increase in wealth. 13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence. 14 For I am stricken all day long and chastened every morning. 15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children. 16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply. 17 Until I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image. 21 When my heart was embittered and my spirit was pierced within me, 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. 23 Yet I am always with You; You hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27 Those who are far from You will perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You. 28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.
• Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
• Ps 119:137 : 137 You are righteous, LORD, and Your judgments are upright.
• Ps 145:17 : 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.
• Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
• Isa 41:21 : 21 Present your case, says the Lord. Set forth your arguments, says Jacob’s King.
• Isa 48:8 : 8 Indeed, you neither heard nor understood; beforehand, your ear had not been open. For I knew that you were treacherous and a transgressor from the womb.