Verse 27

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men Gud har valgt det dåraktige i verden for å forkaste de vise; og Gud har valgt de svake i verden for å forkaste de sterke;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  men det som er dåraktig i verden, har Gud utvalgt for å gjøre de vise til skamme; og det som er svakt i verden har Gud utvalgt for å gjøre de sterke til skamme;

• Norsk King James

  Men Gud har valgt de dåraktige ting i verden for å gjøre de vise til skamme; og Gud har valgt de svake ting i verden for å gjøre de sterke til skamme;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  men Gud har utvalgt det som er dårskap for verden for å gjøre de vise til skamme, og Gud har utvalgt det som er svakt for verden for å gjøre de sterke til skamme.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  men det som er dårskap for verden, det utvalgte Gud seg for å gjøre de vise til skamme; og det som er svakt for verden, det utvalgte Gud seg for å gjøre det sterke til skamme;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men det som er tåpelig i verden, det har Gud valgt for å gjøre de vise til skamme, og det som er svakt i verden, det har Gud valgt for å gjøre det sterke til skamme;

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men Gud har valgt ut det dåraktige i verden for å gjøre det vise til skamme; og Gud har valgt ut det svake i verden for å gjøre det sterke til skamme;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men Gud har utvalgt verdens tåpeligheter for å forarge de kloke, og Gud har utvalgt de svake for å forarge de mektige;

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men Gud har utvalgt det som er dåraktig i verden for å gjøre de vise til skamme, og Gud har utvalgt det som er svakt i verden for å gjøre det sterke til skamme,

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

  Men Gud har utvalgt det som er dåraktig i verden for å gjøre de vise til skamme, og Gud har utvalgt det som er svakt i verden for å gjøre det sterke til skamme,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men Gud valgte det dåraktige i verden for å gjøre de vise til skamme, og det svake i verden valgte Gud for å gjøre det sterke til skamme.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men det som ble ansett som dårskap i verden, utvalgte Gud for å gjøre de vise til skamme; og det som verden anså som svakt, utvalgte Gud for å gjøre det sterke til skamme.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  men hvad der er daarligt for Verden, haver Gud udvalgt, for at beskjæmme de Vise; og Gud haver udvalgt, hvad der er skrøbeligt for Verden, for at beskjæmme det Stærke;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men Gud har valgt det som er dårskap i verden for å gjøre de vise til skamme, og Gud har valgt det som er svakt i verden for å gjøre det mektige til skamme;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  men Gud valgte det dåraktige i verden for å gjøre de vise til skamme. Gud valgte det svake i verden for å gjøre det sterke til skamme;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  men det som er dårskap i verden, det valgte Gud for å gjøre de vise til skamme; og det som er svakt i verden, det valgte Gud for å gjøre det sterke til skamme.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  men det som er dårskap i verden, utvalgte Gud for å gjøre de vise til skamme; og det som er svakt i verden, utvalgte Gud for å gjøre det sterke til skamme;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men Gud har utvalgt det som i verden er dåraktig, for å gjøre de vise til skamme; og det som er svakt i verden, har Gud utvalgt for å gjøre det sterke til skamme;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  but God hath chosen the folysshe thinges of the worlde to confounde the wyse. And God hath chosyn the weake thinges of the worlde to confounde thinges which are mighty.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but that foolish is before the worlde, hath God chosen, that he mighte cofounde the wyse: And that weake is before ye worlde, hath God chosen, yt he mighte confounde the mightye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But God hath chosen the foolish thinges of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weake thinges of the worlde, to confound the mightie things,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

• World English Bible (2000)

  but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

Referenced Verses

• Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
• Ps 8:2 : 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, you have ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
• Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.
• Isa 29:19 : 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
• Matt 21:16 : 16 And said to him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise?
• 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds; 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
• 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For his letters, they say, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
• Luke 19:39-40 : 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples. 40 And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist.
• Acts 4:11-21 : 11 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone. 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14 And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? For indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name. 18 And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, since all glorified God for what had been done.
• Acts 6:9-9 : 9 Then certain members from the synagogue, called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia, disputed with Stephen. 10 They were unable to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
• Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
• Zeph 3:12 : 12 I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
• Matt 4:18-22 : 18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they immediately left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
• Matt 9:9 : 9 And as Jesus passed from there, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
• Isa 26:5-6 : 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high; the lofty city, He lays it low; He lays it low, even to the ground; He brings it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.
• Acts 17:18 : 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What does this babbler want to say? Others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.
• Acts 24:24-25 : 24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith in Christ. 25 And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go away for now; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you.
• Acts 7:54 : 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.