Verse 3

But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men sønnene hans gikk ikke i hans fotspor. De var ute etter urettferdig vinning, tok bestikkelser og forvrengte rettferdighet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke hans veier; de strakte seg etter urett vinning, tok imot bestikkelser og forvridde retten.

• Norsk King James

  Men sønnene hans gikk ikke i hans veier, men vendte seg bort etter penger, tok bestikkelser, og fordreide rettferd.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men sønnene hans fulgte ikke i hans fotspor, de var grådige, tok imot bestikkelser og forvrengte rettferdigheten.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men sønnene hans fulgte ikke hans vei. De strebet etter uærlig vinning, tok imot bestikkelser og fordreide retten.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke i hans fotspor, men vendte seg etter uærlige gevinster, tok bestikkelser og forvrengte retten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men sønnene hans fulgte ikke hans vei; de avveg etter penger, tok imot bestikkelser og forvrengte rettferdigheten.

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

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke i hans fotspor, men vendte seg etter uærlige gevinster, tok bestikkelser og forvrengte retten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke i hans spor, men vendte seg etter urett vinning, tok imot bestikkelser og fordreide retten.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  However, his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside to dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke hans vei; de vendte seg etter urett vinning, tok bestikkelser og forvrengte retten.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men hans Sønner vandrede ikke i hans Veie, men bøiede sig efter Gjerrighed; og de toge Gave og bøiede Retten.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke i hans fotspor. De var ute etter uærlig vinning, tok bestikkelser og forvrei rettferdigheten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke hans veier; de var ute etter urett vinning, tok bestikkelser og forvrengte rettferdigheten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men sønnene fulgte ikke i hans veier. De lot seg lede av uærlig vinning, tok imot bestikkelser og brøt retten.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men sønnene hans fulgte ikke hans eksempel. De var ute etter urett vinning, tok imot bestikkelser og forvrengte retten.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men hans sønner fulgte ikke hans eksempel; de lot seg lede av grådighet, tok bestikkelser og dømte urettferdig.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but enclyned vnto couetousnes, & toke giftes, & wraysted the lawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewards, and peruerted the iudgement.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewarde, and peruerted the ryght.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Ps 15:5 : 5 He who does not put out his money at usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
• Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
• Exod 23:8 : 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Ps 26:10 : 10 in whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
• Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
• Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• 2 Sam 15:4 : 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would grant him justice!
• 1 Kgs 12:6-9 : 6 And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I should answer this people? 7 And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him, 9 and he said to them, What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which your father put upon us lighter? 10 And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you speak to this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter for us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's waist. 11 And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
• 2 Kgs 21:1-3 : 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.