Verse 8

Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Bedre er lite med rettferdighet enn store inntekter uten rett.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Bedre er litt med rettferdighet enn mye inntekt uten rett.

• Norsk King James

  Bedre er det å ha lite i rettferdighet enn store inntekter uten rett.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er bedre med lite og rettferdighet enn store inntekter uten rett.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er bedre å ha lite med rettferdighet enn stor vinning uten rett.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Bedre er litt med rettferdighet enn stor inntekt uten rett.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det er bedre med lite og rettferdighet enn store inntekter uten rett.

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

  Bedre er litt med rettferdighet enn stor inntekt uten rett.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Bedre med lite i rettferd enn mye inntekt uten rett.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Bedre er lite med rettferd enn stor vinning uten rett.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Lidet er bedre med Retfærdighed, end meget Indkomme foruden Ret.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Bedre er det å ha lite med rettferdighet enn store inntekter uten rett.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Bedre er lite med rettferdighet enn stor inntekt med urett.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Bedre er litt med rettferd enn stor vinning uten rett.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Bedre med lite og rettferdighet, enn stor rikdom med urett.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Bedre er lite med rettferdighet enn stor rikdom med urett.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.
• Prov 15:16 : 16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil with it.
• Mic 6:10 : 10 Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable?
• 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
• Jer 17:11 : 11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.
• Prov 21:6-7 : 6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death. 7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.