Verse 3

For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For den onde skryter av sine grusomme begjær, og den grådige forbanner Gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For den onde roser seg av sitt hjertes lyster, og velsigner den grådige, den som Herren avskyr.

• Norsk King James

  For den onde skryter av sitt hjertes begjær og velsigner de som er grådige, som Herren avskyr.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den ugudelige roser seg av sine onde ønsker, og den grådige velsigner seg selv, enda han forakter Herren.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For den onde roser seg av sitt hjertes begjær, og den grådige velsigner seg selv, men forakter Herren.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For den ugudelige skryter av sitt hjertes begjær, og velsigner den grådige, som HERREN avskyr.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For den onde skryter av hjertets begjær, og velsigner den grådige, som Herren avskyr.

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

  For den ugudelige skryter av sitt hjertes begjær, og velsigner den grådige, som HERREN avskyr.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For den ugudelige roser seg av sin egen sjels lyst, og den som er grådig velsigner, ja, han forakter Herren.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For den urettferdige roser seg av sine hjertes begjær, og den grådige velsigner og håner Herren.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi den Ugudelige roser sig af sin Sjæls Begjæring, og den Gjerrige velsigner sig, (skjøndt) han foragter Herren.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For den ugudelige roser seg av sitt hjertes ønsker, og priser den grådige, som HERREN avskyr.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For den onde roser seg av sitt hjertes lyster, Han velsigner den grådige og håner Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den onde roser seg av sitt hjertes ønsker, og han velsigner den som skaffer seg urettmessig vinning; han forakter Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For den onde roser seg av sitt hjertes ønsker, Og den grådige forakter, ja, forakter Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Den onde opphøyer seg på grunn av sitt hjertes hensikt, og den som er fokusert på rikdom vender seg bort fra Herren og taler ondt mot ham.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the vngodly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre, the cuvetous blesseth him self, and blasphemeth the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire: and blessing the couetous, he blasphemeth God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings, He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 94:4 : 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
• Ps 49:6 : 6 Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?
• Ps 49:11-13 : 11 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. 12 Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names. 13 But man in his honor does not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
• Ps 49:18 : 18 For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his glory will not follow him down.
• Ps 52:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.
• 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.
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'
• Lev 26:30 : 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.
• Deut 29:19 : 19 The LORD will not be willing to forgive such a person. His anger and jealousy will burn against them, and every curse written in this scroll will fall on them. The LORD will blot out their name from under the heavens.
• Deut 32:19 : 19 The LORD saw this and despised them out of His anger at His sons and daughters.
• 1 Sam 23:21 : 21 Saul replied, 'May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have shown compassion on me.'
• Job 31:24 : 24 If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my security,
• Ps 5:6 : 6 The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.
• Ps 35:21 : 21 They open their mouths wide against me and say, 'Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!'
• Prov 28:4 : 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
• Isa 10:7-9 : 7 But this is not what he intends, nor does he plan it in his heart. Instead, his purpose is to destroy and to cut off many nations. 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? And is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 Just as my hand seized the kingdoms of idols, whose carved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
• Isa 57:17 : 17 Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways.
• Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.
• Hos 12:7-8 : 7 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually. 8 Canaan, in whose hands are deceitful scales, loves to defraud.
• Mic 6:10-12 : 10 Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable? 11 Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights? 12 Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
• Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!
• Zech 11:5-8 : 5 Their buyers slaughter them without remorse, and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds show no pity on them. 6 For I will no longer show pity to the people of the land,' declares the LORD. 'I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.' 7 So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs—one I called Favor and the other Union—and I shepherded the flock. 8 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds. My soul was impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me.
• Matt 26:15-16 : 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him over to you?" So they counted out thirty pieces of silver for him. 16 And from that moment, he sought an opportunity to betray Him.
• Luke 12:15 : 15 Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."
• Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”'
• Luke 16:14-15 : 14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and sneered at him. 15 Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."
• Rom 1:29 : 29 They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
• Rom 1:32 : 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things but also approve of those who practice them.
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 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. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
• 2 Tim 3:2-4 : 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and unholy. 3 They will be unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, and hostile to what is good. 4 They will be traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
• Jas 4:13 : 13 Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.'
• Jas 4:16 : 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
• 1 John 2:15 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.