Verse 17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere har tyngt Herren med deres ord. Men dere spør: 'Hvordan har vi tyngt Ham?' Ved å si: 'Enhver som gjør ondt, er god i Herrens øyne, og i slike har Han behag', eller: 'Hvor er dommens Gud?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere har trettet Herren med deres ord. Og dere sier: Hvordan har vi trettet ham? Ved å si: Hver den som gjør ondt, er god i Herrens øyne, og i dem finner han glede; ellers, hvor er dommens Gud?

• Norsk King James

  Dere har trøttet HERREN med deres ord. Likevel spør dere, Hvordan har vi trøtt ham ut? Når dere sier, Hver den som gjør ondt, er god i HERRENs øyne, og han gleder seg over dem; eller, Hvor er Gud for dom?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere plager Herren med deres ord, men dere spør: Hvordan plager vi ham? Ved å si: Enhver som gjør ondt er god i Herrens øyne, og han har glede i dem, eller: Hvor er rettens Gud?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere har tynget Herren med deres ord. Dere sier: «Hvordan har vi tynget ham?» Ved å si: «Hver den som gjør ondt, er god i Herrens øyne, og i dem har han behag», eller: «Hvor er dommens Gud?»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere har gjort HERREN trett med deres ord. Likevel sier dere: Hvordan har vi gjort ham trett? Ved å si: Hver den som gjør ondt, er god i HERRENS øyne, og i dem har han glede, eller ved å spørre: Hvor er dommens Gud?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dere har trett HERREN med deres ord. Men dere spør: Hva har vi gjort for å trette ham? Når dere sier: Enhver som gjør ondt, fremstår som god i HERRENS øyne, og han har behag i dem; eller: Hvor er dommens Gud?

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

  Dere har gjort HERREN trett med deres ord. Likevel sier dere: Hvordan har vi gjort ham trett? Ved å si: Hver den som gjør ondt, er god i HERRENS øyne, og i dem har han glede, eller ved å spørre: Hvor er dommens Gud?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere har gjort Herren trett med ordene deres. Men dere sier: Hvordan har vi gjort ham trett? Ved å si at de som gjør ondt, er gode i Herrens øyne, og at han har behag i dem, eller ved å spørre: Hvor er rettferdighetens Gud?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere har trettet Herren med deres ord. Og dere sier: 'Hvordan har vi trettet ham?' Ved å si: 'Alle som gjør ondt, er gode i Herrens øyne, og i dem har han behag,' eller: 'Hvor er rettens Gud?'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I gjøre Herren Møie med eders Ord; dog sige I: Hvormed gjøre vi ham Møie? idet I sige: Hver, som gjør Ondt, er god for Herrens Øine, og han haver Lyst til dem, eller: Hvor er Dommens Gud?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere har slitt Herren ut med deres ord. Likevel sier dere: Hvordan har vi slitt ham ut? Når dere sier: Hver den som gjør ondt, er god i Herrens øyne, og han har behag i dem; eller: Hvor er dommens Gud?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere har trettet Herren med deres ord. Likevel sier dere: 'Hvordan har vi trettet ham?' Når dere sier: 'Enhver som gjør ondt, er god i Herrens øyne, og han gleder seg over dem;' eller 'Hvor er rettferdighetens Gud?'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere har tynget Herren med deres ord. Men dere sier: 'Hvordan har vi tynget ham?' Ved å si: 'Hver ugjerningsmann er god i Herrens øyne, og i dem har han behag,' eller, 'Hvor er rettens Gud?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere har trettet Herren med deres ord. Likevel sier dere, Hvordan har vi trettet ham? Ved å si, Enhver som gjør ondt er god i Herrens øyne, og han gleder seg over dem; eller hvor er rettferdighetens Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere har gjort Herren trett med deres ord. Og likevel sier dere, Hvordan har vi gjort ham trett? Ved å si, Hver den som gjør ondt er god i Herrens øyne, og han har glede i dem; eller, Hvor er Gud dommeren?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye greue the LORDE with youre wordes, and yet ye saye: wherwithall haue we greued him? In this, that ye saye: All that do euell are good in the sight of God, and soch please him. Or els where is the God that punysheth?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes, and you haue sayde, Wherein haue we weeried him? Whylest you say, Euery one that doth euil, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he is pleased in them: or where is the God of iudgement?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer `is' good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where `is' the God of judgment?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

• World English Bible (2000)

  You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 43:24 : 24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened Me with your sins and wearied Me with your iniquities.
• 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.
• Zeph 1:12 : 12 At that time, I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who settle like wine on its dregs, and say to themselves, 'The Lord will do neither good nor harm.'
• Eccl 8:11 : 11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do evil.
• Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you ask, 'Why?' Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
• Mal 3:8 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you ask, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
• Mal 3:13-15 : 13 Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you? 14 You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'
• Matt 11:18-19 : 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.
• 2 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 First of all, you should understand that in the last days, mockers will come, following their own evil desires, 4 and they will say, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, everything continues just as it has from the beginning of creation.'
• Isa 1:14 : 14 Your New Moons and appointed festivals My soul hates. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
• Isa 5:18-20 : 18 Woe to those who drag iniquity with cords of falsehood and sin as if with cart ropes! 19 To those who say, 'Let God hurry and work quickly so we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so we may know it!' 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who make bitter sweet and sweet bitter!
• Isa 7:13 : 13 Then Isaiah said, 'Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also?
• Isa 30:18 : 18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
• 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.
• 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 'Do not keep speaking so arrogantly or let proud words come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.'
• Job 34:5-9 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.' 6 Though I am innocent, I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I have committed no offense. 7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water? 8 He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked. 9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'
• Job 34:17 : 17 Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty one?
• Job 34:36 : 36 I wish that Job might be tested to the end for answering like wicked men.
• Job 36:17 : 17 But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.
• Ps 10:11-13 : 11 He says in his heart, 'God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.' 12 Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the afflicted. 13 Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.'
• Mal 1:6-7 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?' 7 By presenting defiled food on my altar. But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying, 'The LORD's table is contemptible.'
• Ps 95:9-9 : 9 where your fathers tested Me; they tried Me, though they had seen My deeds. 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know My ways.'
• Jer 15:6 : 6 'You have rejected Me,' declares the LORD. 'You keep going backward. So I have stretched out My hand against you and destroyed you; I am tired of relenting.'
• Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’'
• Ezek 9:9 : 9 He said to me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of injustice. They say, "The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see."'
• Ezek 16:43 : 43 Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will bring your conduct down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your other detestable acts?
• Amos 2:13 : 13 Behold, I am about to press you down as a cart full of sheaves presses down.