Verse 2

Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Sannelig, jeg vet at dette er sant; hvordan kan et menneske rettferdiggjøre seg for Gud?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vet at det er slik: men hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig for Gud?

• Norsk King James

  Jeg vet at dette er sant: men hvordan kan et menneske bli rettferdig med Gud?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sannelig, jeg vet at det er sånn, men hvordan kan et menneske ha rett overfor Gud?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Sannelig, jeg vet at det er slik. Men hvordan kan et menneske ha rett for Gud?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg vet at det er slik: men hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig for Gud?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg vet at det er sant, men hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig for Gud?

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

  Jeg vet at det er slik: men hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig for Gud?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Sannelig, jeg vet at det er slik, men hvordan kan et menneske bli rettferdig overfor Gud?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ja visst, jeg vet at det er slik. Hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig overfor Gud?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sandeligen, jeg veed, at det er saaledes, og hvorledes skulde et Menneske være retfærdigt for Gud?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg vet det er sant, men hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig for Gud?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  I know this is true: but how can a man be righteous before God?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Jeg vet at det er slik, men hvordan kan en mann være rettferdig for Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Sannelig har jeg forstått at det er slik. Hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig for Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Sant nok, jeg vet at det er slik: Men hvordan kan et menneske være rettferdig for Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Sannelig, jeg ser at det er slik: Hvordan kan et menneske få rett mot Gud?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for yt I knowe it is so of a treuth, yt a man compared vnto God, can not be iustified.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Truly I have known that `it is' so, And what -- is man righteous with God?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

Referenced Verses

• Job 4:17 : 17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?
• Job 25:4 : 4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
• Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
• Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.
• 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to a land far away or near,
• Job 14:3-4 : 3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? 4 Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.
• Job 32:2 : 2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, from the family of Ram, became very angry. His anger burned against Job for justifying himself rather than God.
• Job 33:9 : 9 'I am pure, without sin; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.'
• Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'
• Ps 130:3 : 3 If You, LORD, keep a record of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?