Verse 2

For anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For dårskap fører til den dåraktiges død, og misunnelse ødelegger den kloke.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For vrede dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse slår den enfoldige i hjel.

• Norsk King James

  For vrede dreper den dumme, og misunnelse slår den tåpelige.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For sinne dreper en tåpe, og misunnelse tar livet av en dåre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For vrede dreper den dumme, og misunnelse tar livet av den tåpelige.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For vrede dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse tar livet av den enfoldige.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For vrede dreper den dåraktige, og misunnelse slår den tåpelige ihjel.

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

  For vrede dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse tar livet av den enfoldige.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For dårskap vil drepe den uforstandige, og sinne lokker den naive til å bli drept av misunnelse.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Sinne dreper dåren, og avund tar livet av den enfoldige.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Fortørnelse skal slaae en Daare ihjel, og Nidkjærhed skal dræbe den Taabelige.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For vrede dreper den uforstandige, og misunnelse slår i hjel den enfoldige.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For harme dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse tar livet av den enfoldige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For frustrasjon dreper den vrange, og misunnelse dreper den enfoldige.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For forargelse dreper den tåpelige mannen, og misunnelse dreper den enfoldige.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For vrede fører de tåpelige til død, og den uten visdom går til grunne av lidenskap.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him, and anger slayeth ye ignoraunt.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 30:1 : 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!'
• 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 Saul became very angry at this and it displeased him greatly. He said, "They have credited David with tens of thousands but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?" 9 From that day onward, Saul kept a close and suspicious eye on David.
• Job 18:4 : 4 You who tear yourself in anger—for your sake should the earth be abandoned, and the rock moved from its place?
• Ps 14:1 : 1 To the director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt and commit abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.
• Ps 75:4 : 4 The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolving, but I have set its pillars firmly. Selah.
• Ps 92:6 : 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!
• Ps 107:17 : 17 Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.
• Prov 1:22-23 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? 23 If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
• Prov 8:5 : 5 Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.
• Prov 12:16 : 16 Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.
• Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
• Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim is like a dove—easily deceived, without understanding. They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.
• Jonah 4:9 : 9 But God said to Jonah, 'Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?' And Jonah replied, 'It is right for me to be angry, even to the point of death.'
• Rom 2:8 : 8 But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and anger.
• 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires.