Verse 14

You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere har sagt: Det er meningsløst å tjene Gud. Hva har vi å vinne ved å holde hans bud og gå i sorgdrakt foran Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud, hva nytte har vi av å holde hans forskrifter eller å gå med sorg for Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Norsk King James

  Dere har sagt: Det er meningsløst å tjene Gud; hva har vi å vinne ved å holde hans bud og gå sorgfullt foran HERREN over hærer?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva vinning har vi av å holde hans påbud og gå i sørgeklær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere har sagt: 'Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva gagner det at vi holder hans forskrifter, og at vi går sorgfulle for Herren, Allhærs Gud?'.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud: og hva nytte er det at vi har holdt hans forskrifter, og har vandret sorgfullt foran Herren over hærskarene?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dere har sagt at det er forgjeves å tjene Gud; hva får vi da ut av å holde hans bud og vandre sørgmodig foran HERRENS hærskarer?

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

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud: og hva nytte er det at vi har holdt hans forskrifter, og har vandret sorgfullt foran Herren over hærskarene?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere sier: «Å tjene Gud er forgjeves. Hva har vi igjen for å oppfylle hans krav og for å gå sorgfulle for Herrens, hærskarenes Guds åsyn?»

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva har vi fått ut av å holde hans forskrifter eller å gå i sorgklær for hans ansikt, hærskarenes Gud?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I sagde: (Det er) forfængeligt at tjene Gud, og hvad Vinding (er derved), at vi tage vare paa hans Varetægt, og at vi gaae i Sørgeklæder for den Herre Zebaoths Ansigt?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud; hva nytte har vi av å holde hans forskrifter og å vandre med sorg for Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, åsyn?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere har sagt: 'Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud'; og 'Hva har vi fått ut av å holde hans bud og av å vandre sørgmodig for Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere har sagt: 'Det er nytteløst å tjene Gud! Hva får vi igjen for å holde hans bud og gå ydmykt for Gud, hærskarenes Herre?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva nytte har vi av å holde hans befalinger og vandre med sorg for Herren over hærskarene?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere har sagt: Det er til ingen nytte å tjene Gud. Hva har vi fått ut av å holde hans bud og gå i sørgedrakt for Herren over hærskarene?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye haue sayed: It is but lost laboure, to serue God: What profit haue we for kepynge his commaundementes, and for walkinge humbly before the LORDE off hoostes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Hosts?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?

• World English Bible (2000)

  You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You have said,‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD of Heaven’s Armies?

Referenced Verses

• Isa 58:3 : 3 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' Yet on the day of your fasting, you pursue your own desires and oppress all your workers.
• 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.'
• Zech 7:3-6 : 3 They asked the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts and the prophets, 'Should I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done for so many years?' 4 Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying: 5 Say to all the people of the land and the priests: 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?' 6 And when you eat and when you drink, aren’t you eating and drinking for yourselves?
• Jas 4:9 : 9 Grieve, mourn and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
• Joel 2:12 : 12 Even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
• Job 21:14-15 : 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?
• Job 22:17 : 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to us?'
• Job 34:9 : 9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'
• Job 35:3 : 3 For you ask, 'What advantage is it to me? What do I gain by not sinning?'
• Ps 73:8-9 : 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.