Verse 10

The span of our life is seventy years—or eighty, if we have strength; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Våre leveår er sytti år, eller åtti hvis vi har styrken. Men deres sterke sider er slit og sorg; tiden går raskt, som en drøm.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Våre levedager er sytti år, og om styrken er stor, åtti år; men deres stolthet er arbeid og sorg, for det går snart forbi, og vi flyr bort.

  • Norsk King James

    Våre livsår er sytti år; og hvis de av styrke blir åtti, så preges deres liv av arbeid og sorg; for det tar snart slutt, og vi flyr bort.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Våre leveår er sytti år, og hvis noen har styrke, åtti år, men det meste av dem er slit og sorg; for de forsvinner raskt, og vi flyr bort.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Våre leveår er sytti år, eller åtti år om kreftene holder, men deres stolthet er strev og tomhet, for de går fort, så flyr vi bort.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Våre levetider er sytti år; og om vi har styrken, åtti år, men deres stolthet er slit og sorger; for de er snart borte, og vi flyr avsted.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Våre dager er sytti år; og om vi ved styrke når åtti år, er de likevel fylt med slit og sorg, for de er snart forbi, og vi farer bort.

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

    Våre levetider er sytti år; og om vi har styrken, åtti år, men deres stolthet er slit og sorger; for de er snart borte, og vi flyr avsted.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Våre leveår er sytti, eller om styrken er stor, åtti år, men det beste av dem er strev og møye, for de går snart hen, og vi flyr av sted.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Våre leveår er sytti år, eller åtti år om styrken holder. Men deres stolthet er kun slit og møye, for det går fort, og vi flyr av sted.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    (Anlangende) vore Aars Dage, de ere halvfjerdsindstyve Aar, og om (Nogen haver) megen Styrke, ere de fiirsindstyve Aar, og det Stolteste af dem er Møie og Uretfærdighed; thi det afskjæres hasteligen, og vi flyve (derfra).

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Våre livs dager er sytti år, og dersom styrken holder, åtti år; men deres stolthet er slit og sorg, for det går raskt, og vi flyr bort.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their strength is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Våre leveår er sytti år, eller åtti år om styrken er stor. Men deres stolt er møye og strev, for det går raskt, så flyr vi bort.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Våre leveår er sytti år, åtti hvis kreftene holder, men deres stolthet er kun slit og tomhet, for de er snart borte, og vi flyr av sted.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Våre dagers dager er sytti år, eller ved styrke åtti år; men deres stolthet er bare strev og sorg, for det går fort, og vi flyr bort.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Vårt livs tid er sytti år, eller åtti hvis vi er sterke, og det beste av dem er strev og sorg, for de går fort og vi flyr av sted.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten: & though men be so stronge that they come to iiij. score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, & we are gone.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The days of our years are seventy, Or even by reason of strength eighty years; Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, For it passes quickly, and we fly away.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Days of our years, in them `are' seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet `is' their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 But Barzillai said to the king, "How many more years do I have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
  • Ps 78:39 : 39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
  • 1 Kgs 1:1 : 1 King David had grown old, and he was advanced in age. Though they covered him with blankets, he could not stay warm.
  • Job 14:10 : 10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?
  • Deut 34:7 : 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and his vigor had not diminished.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  • Job 24:24 : 24 They are exalted for a little while, but then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others, and like the heads of grain, they are cut off.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 Jacob replied to Pharaoh, 'The days of my sojourning have been one hundred thirty years. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not compare to the years of the lives of my fathers during their sojourning.'
  • Eccl 12:2-7 : 2 Before the sun, light, moon, and stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain. 3 On the day when those who watch over the house tremble, the strong men stoop, and the women who grind cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim. 4 The doors to the street are shut, the grinding fades, one rises at the chirp of a bird, and all the daughters of song are silenced. 5 They are also afraid of heights and dangers along the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, for the man is going to his eternal home, and mourners walk around in the streets. 6 Before the silver cord snaps, the golden bowl is broken, the jar is shattered at the spring, and the wheel is broken at the well. 7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  • Isa 38:12 : 12 My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
  • Job 20:8 : 8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night.