Verse 12

If you are wise, your wisdom will benefit you; if you mock, you alone will suffer.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Er du vis, er det til ditt eget beste. Er du en spotter, vil konsekvensene resultere i at du står alene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvis du er vis, er du vis for deg selv; men hvis du spotter, må du bære det alene.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis du blir vis, blir du vis for din egen del; men hvis du spotter, må du bære det alene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; håner du, må du bære det alene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Er du vis, da er du vis til eget gagn. Er du spotter, må du bære det alene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; men gjør du narr, må du bære det alene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvis du er klok, vil du dra nytte av det; men hvis du spotter, må du bære straffen alene.

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

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; men gjør du narr, må du bære det alene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis du er vis, er du vis til gagn for deg selv; er du en spotter, må du bære det alene.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Er du vis, så er du vis til ditt eget gagn; og om du spotter, skal du lide alene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom du er viis, er du viis for dig selv, og bespotter du, skal du bære det alene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Er du vis, vil visdommen gavne deg selv: men spotter du, må du alene bære det.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  If you are wise, you will be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv. Er du spotter, skal du alene bære det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis du har vært klok, har du vært klok for din egen skyld, og hvis du har spottet, skal du bære det selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; spott du, så skal du bære det alene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; er ditt hjerte fullt av stolthet, får du selv lide for det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf thou be wyse, yi wysdome shal do yi selfe good: but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest `it'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:2-3 : 2 Can a man benefit God? Even a wise man benefits only himself. 3 Is it a delight to the Almighty if you are righteous? Or does He gain anything if your ways are blameless?
• Job 22:21 : 21 Be reconciled with God now, and at peace with Him; this will bring good to you.
• Job 35:6-7 : 6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against God? Even if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
• Prov 16:26 : 26 The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.
• Isa 28:22 : 22 Now do not mock, or your chains will be even heavier, for I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
• Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
• 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.'
• 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 As he does in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. In them, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.