Verse 6

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Other Translations

  • Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

    At ingen må gå for langt og bedrager sin bror i noen sak, for Herren er en hevner av alt slikt, som vi også har advart dere om og vitnet.

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk

    At ingen skal overtrekke grensene eller utnytte sin bror i forbindelse med dette; for Herren straffer alle slike handlinger, slik vi også har advart dere om.

  • Norsk King James

    At ingen må gå for langt og bedra sin bror i noen sak; for Herren er en hevner for alt dette, akkurat som vi også har forutvarslet dere og vitnet om.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Ingen skal bedra eller utnytte sin bror i noen sak, for Herren er en hevner over alt slikt, som vi tidligere har sagt og vitnet for dere.

  • KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

    At ingen skal bedra og overgå sin bror i noe forhold: for Herren er hevneren i alle slike ting, som vi også har advart dere og gitt vitnesbyrd om.

  • Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

    At ingen går utover og utnytter sin bror i denne saken, fordi Herren er den som hevner seg på alt dette, som vi også har fortalt dere og advart dere om.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    At ingen skal gå for langt og bedra sin bror i noen sak, fordi Herren er den som straffer alt slikt, som vi også har advart dere og vitnet om.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    At ingen skal gå forbi og bedra sin bror i noen sak, for Herren er hevner for alle slike, slik vi også har advart dere og vitnet.

  • gpt4.5-preview

    At ingen går over grensen og bedrar sin bror i noen sak; for Herren er en hevner i alt slikt, som vi tidligere har sagt dere og klart advart dere om.

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

    At ingen går over grensen og bedrar sin bror i noen sak; for Herren er en hevner i alt slikt, som vi tidligere har sagt dere og klart advart dere om.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    At ingen skal bedra eller utnytte sin bror i noen sak, for Herren er den som hevner slike ting, som vi også har forutsagt og vitnet for dere.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And that no one transgresses or defrauds their brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we have forewarned and solemnly testified to you.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.4.6", "source": "Τὸ μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν καὶ πλεονεκτεῖν ἐν τῷ πράγματι τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ: διότι ἔκδικος ὁ Κύριος περὶ πάντων τούτων, καθὼς καὶ προείπαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ διεμαρτυράμεθα.", "text": "The not to *hyperbainein* and to *pleonektein* in the *pragmati* the *adelphon* of him: because *ekdikos* the *Kyrios* concerning all these things, just as also we *proeipamen* to you and *diemartyrametha*.", "grammar": { "*hyperbainein*": "present, infinitive, active - to overstep/transgress", "*pleonektein*": "present, infinitive, active - to take advantage/defraud", "*pragmati*": "dative, neuter, singular - matter/affair/business (locative)", "*adelphon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - brother (direct object)", "*ekdikos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - avenger/one who punishes", "*Kyrios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Lord (subject)", "*proeipamen*": "aorist, indicative, active, 1st person, plural - we told before/forewarned", "*diemartyrametha*": "aorist, indicative, middle, 1st person, plural - we solemnly testified/charged" }, "variants": { "*hyperbainein*": "overstep/transgress/go beyond limits", "*pleonektein*": "take advantage/defraud/cheat/exploit", "*pragmati*": "matter/affair/business/thing", "*adelphon*": "brother/fellow believer", "*ekdikos*": "avenger/one who punishes/vindicator", "*proeipamen*": "told before/forewarned/previously said", "*diemartyrametha*": "solemnly testified/charged/witnessed" } }

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

    Og ikke bør overskride og bedra sin bror i noen sak. For Herren er den som straffer for alle disse ting, slik vi også tidligere har fortalt dere og alvorlig vitnet om.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    at Ingen skal forurette eller bedrage sin Broder i nogen Handel; thi Herren er Hevner over alt Saadant, som vi og forud have sagt og vidnet for eder.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    At ingen skal gå utover og bedra sin bror i noen sak, for Herren er den som straffer alt dette, slik vi også har advart dere og bevitnet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    og at ingen skal utnytte eller bedra sin bror eller søster i dette, fordi Herren er en hevner i alle slike saker, som vi har advart dere om og vitnet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    at ingen går utover eller svikter sin bror i denne saken, for Herren er en hevner av alt dette, som vi også tidligere har sagt og vitnet for dere.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    At ingen skal overskride eller bedra sin bror i denne saken; for Herren er en hevner over alt dette, som vi også har fortalt dere og vitnet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Og at ingen skal prøve å få overtaket på sin bror i forretninger: for Herren er dommeren i alle disse ting, som vi har sagt til deg tidligere og vitnet om.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    that no man goo to farre and defraude his brother in bargayninge: because the LORde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And that no man go to farre, ner defraude his brother in bargayninge. For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges, as we haue sayde & testified vnto you afore tyme.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    That no man oppresse and defraude his brother in any matter, because that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche: as we also haue forewarned you, and testified.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger `is' the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who does evil.
  • 1 Cor 6:7-9 : 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded? 8 No, you do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren. 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
  • Exod 20:15 : 15 You shall not steal.
  • Exod 20:17 : 17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
  • Lev 19:13 : 13 You shall not defraud your neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
  • Lev 25:14 : 14 And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:
  • Lev 25:17 : 17 You shall not oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 24:7 : 7 If a man is found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belong vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you. 4 And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from any man's hand.
  • Job 31:13-14 : 13 If I have despised the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When He visits, what shall I answer Him?
  • Ps 94:1 : 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.
  • Prov 20:14 : 14 It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
  • Prov 28:24 : 24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.
  • Isa 1:23-24 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them. 24 Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
  • Isa 59:4-7 : 4 No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth: they trust in vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch viper’s eggs and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies, and what is crushed breaks out into a viper. 6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
  • Ezek 22:13 : 13 Behold, therefore I have struck My hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in your midst.
  • Ezek 45:9-9 : 9 Thus says the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, says the Lord GOD. 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. 13 This is the offering that you shall offer; a sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and you shall give a sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley: 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, you shall offer a tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is a homer of ten baths; for ten baths are a homer:
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Mic 2:2 : 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Zeph 3:1 : 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
  • Zeph 3:5 : 5 The just LORD is in the midst of her; he will not do wrong: every morning he brings his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust know no shame.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness;