Verse 9

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er bedre å søke tilflukt hos Herren enn å stole på ærlige personer.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det er bedre å ta sin tilflukt til Herren enn å stole på fyrster.

• Norsk King James

  Det er bedre å stole på Herren enn å sette sin lit til fyrster.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er bedre å stole på Herren enn å sette sin lit til fyrster.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er bedre å søke tilflukt hos Herren enn å stole på fyrster.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det er bedre å søke tilflukt hos Herren enn å sette sin lit til fyrster.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det er bedre å stole på Herren enn å sette sin lit til fyrstene.

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

  Det er bedre å søke tilflukt hos Herren enn å sette sin lit til fyrster.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det er bedre å ta sin tilflukt til Herren enn å stole på fyrster.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det er bedre å søke tilflukt hos Herren enn å stole på fyrster.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er bedre at troe paa Herren end at forlade sig paa Fyrsterne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det er bedre å stole på Herren enn å sette sin lit til fyrster.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det er bedre å ta sin tilflukt til Herren enn å stole på fyrster.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det er bedre å ta tilflukt hos Herren enn å stole på fyrster.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det er bedre å søke tilflukt hos Herren enn å stole på fyrster.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det er bedre å stole på Herren enn å sette sin lit til fyrster.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  It is better to trust in the LORDE, then to put eny confidece in prynces.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in princes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  It is better to trust in God: then to put any confidence in princes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in princes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD.
• Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation. 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.
• Isa 30:2-3 : 2 They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt. 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation.
• Isa 30:15-17 : 15 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: 'In repentance and rest you will be saved; in quietness and trust is your strength. But you were not willing.' 16 You said, 'No, we will flee on horses'—therefore you will flee! And, 'We will ride on swift horses'—therefore your pursuers will be swift! 17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will flee, until you are left like a flagpole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
• Isa 31:8 : 8 Then Assyria will fall by a sword not wielded by man, and a sword not wielded by humans will devour them. They will flee from the sword, and their young men will be put into forced labor.
• Isa 36:6-7 : 6 Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which if anyone leans on it, it will pierce their hand and wound them. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him. 7 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar’?
• Ezek 29:7 : 7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, making their backs give way.