Verse 3

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvorfor skryter du av ondskap, du som er sterk? Guds godhet er evig.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn det gode og løgn mer enn å tale rett. Sela.

• Norsk King James

  Du elsker det onde mer enn det gode; og velger å lyve heller enn å snakke rettferdighet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor skryter du av ondskap, du mektige? Guds godhet varer hele dagen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvorfor roser du deg av ondskap, du mektige? Guds miskunn varer hele dagen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn det gode; og løgn fremfor å tale rettferdighet. Selah.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn godhet, og du foretrekker løgn fremfor å tale rettferdighet. Selah.

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

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn det gode; og løgn fremfor å tale rettferdighet. Selah.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvorfor roser du deg av det onde, du mektige? Guds miskunn varer hele dagen.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvorfor roser du deg av ondskap, du mektige mann? Guds godhet varer hele dagen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor roser du dig i Ondskab, du Vældige? Guds Miskundhed (varer) den ganske Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du elsker ondt mer enn godt og løgn mer enn å tale rettferdighet. Sela.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du elsker det onde mer enn det gode, løgnen heller enn å tale sannhet. Selah.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du har elsket det onde mer enn det gode, løgn mer enn å tale rettferdighet. Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du elsker det onde framfor det gode, løgn framfor sannferdig tale. Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du elsker ondt mer enn godt, og bedrag mer enn rettferdige gjerninger. (Sela.)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. Selah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes: and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes. Selah.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {{Selah

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

• World English Bible (2000)

  You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 62:4 : 4 How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
• Jer 9:3-5 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander. 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing. 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
• Jer 9:8 : 8 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
• Mic 3:2 : 2 You who hate good and love evil; you tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones.
• John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
• Rom 1:25 : 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is forever praised. Amen.
• 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 They will be traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.