Verse 20

They will go to the generation of their fathers; they will never see the light again.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  skal han gå til sine forfedre, som aldri skal se lyset.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Mennesket som er i heder og ikke forstår, er som dyrene som forgår.

• Norsk King James

  Mennesket som lever i ære, men ikke forstår, er som dyrene som går til grunne.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  så vil han likevel gå til sine fedres slekt, som aldri skal se lyset.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  skal han gå til sine fedres generasjon, og de skal aldri mer se lyset.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Mennesket, som er i ære, men ikke forstår, ligner dyrene som omkommer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  En mann i ære, men uten innsikt, er som dyr som omkommer.

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

  Mennesket, som er i ære, men ikke forstår, ligner dyrene som omkommer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  skal han komme til sine forfedres generasjon. De skal aldri se lyset.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  skal han gå til sine forfedres generasjon; de skal aldri se lys igjen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (saa) skal den (dog) komme til sine Fædres Slægt, som i Evighed ikke skulle see Lyset.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  En mann som er i ære, men ikke forstår, er som dyrene som går til grunne.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Man that is in honor, and does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En mann som har rikdom uten forstand, er som dyrene som går til grunne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Mennesket i ære, men uten forstand, er lik dyrene som går under!

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Mennesket som er i ære og ikke forstår, Er lik dyrene som omkommer.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Mennesket, som dyrene, lever ikke evig; han går mot slutten som dyrene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstodinge, he is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth like vnto them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Man is in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A man is in an honourable state, but he wyll not vnderstande it: he is lyke herein vnto bruite beastes that perishe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  A man who has riches without understanding, Is like the animals that perish.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

• World English Bible (2000)

  A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 49:12 : 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.
• Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
• Eccl 3:18-19 : 18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man, that God is testing them to show them that they are like animals. 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless.
• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
• Job 4:21 : 21 Isn't their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.
• Esth 5:11-14 : 11 Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth, the number of his sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the officials and servants of the king. 12 And Haman said, "What’s more, Queen Esther invited no one but me to accompany the king to the banquet she prepared. And I am invited again to dine with her and the king tomorrow." 13 But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. 14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows constructed, seventy-five feet high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself." This suggestion pleased Haman, and he had the gallows built.