Verse 14

Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of gifts never given.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som skyer og vind uten regn, slik er en mann som skryter av gaver han ikke gir.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Den som skryter av en falsk gave er som skyer og vind uten regn.

• Norsk King James

  Den som skryter av en falsk gave, er som skyer og vind uten regn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som skyer og vind uten regn er en mann som skryter av en gave han ikke gir.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som skyer og vind uten regn, er den som skryter av gaver han aldri gir.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Den som skryter av en falsk gave, er som skyer og vind uten regn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den som skryter av en falsk gave, er som skyer med vind, uten regn.

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

  Den som skryter av en falsk gave, er som skyer og vind uten regn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Som skyer og vind uten regn er en mann som skryter av en gave han ikke har gitt.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Som skyer og vind uten regn er den som roser seg av gaver han ikke gir.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Som) Skyer og Veir, (hvor) ingen Regn (er hos), er en Mand, som roser sig af en falsk Gave.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Den som skryter av en falsk gave, er som skyer og vind uten regn.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Whoever boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som skyer og vind uten regn, slik er den som skryter av gaver bedragersk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Som skyer og vind uten regn er en mann som skryter av en falsk gave.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Som skyer og vind uten regn er den som skryter falskt av sine gaver.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som skyer og vind uten regn er den som skryter av et tilbud han ikke har gitt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Who so maketh greate boastes & geueth nothinge, is like cloudes & wynde without rayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As clouds and wind without rain, So is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, `Is' a man boasting himself in a false gift.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 20:6 : 6 Many claim to have steadfast love, but a faithful person who can find?
• Luke 14:11 : 11 'For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.'
• Luke 18:10-14 : 10 'Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.' 11 'The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.' 12 'I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 13 'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his chest and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
• 2 Cor 11:13-18 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds. 16 I repeat, let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me as you would a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17 What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting. 18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
• 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
• 2 Pet 2:15-19 : 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness. 17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever. 18 For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery. 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.
• Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These are hidden reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, shepherding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• Jude 1:16 : 16 These people are grumblers and complainers, living according to their own desires. Their mouths speak arrogant words, flattering others for their own advantage.
• 1 Kgs 22:11 : 11 Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made iron horns, and he declared, 'This is what the LORD says: With these, you will gore the Arameans until they are completely destroyed.'