Verse 3

Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Han skal ikke være vinelskende, ikke en klager, ikke grådig etter skitne penger; men tålmodig, ikke kranglevoren, ikke egenkjærlig;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Ikke vindrikker, ikke voldsom, ikke grisk; men mild, fredelig, og ikke elsker penger.

• Norsk King James

  Han skal ikke være overstadig, ikke slåss, ikke grådig etter urene penger; men være tålmodig, ikke kranglete, ikke misunnelig;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ikke avhengig av vin, ikke voldelig, ikke grådig etter urett vinning, men rimelig, ikke kranglevoren eller pengekjær.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldelig, ikke pengegrisk; men mild, ikke stridbar, ikke gjerrig;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldelig, ikke grådig etter uærlig vinning, men mild, ikke stridbar, fri for pengekjærlighet;

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ikke avhengig av vin, ikke en voldsmann, ikke grådig etter skammelig vinning, men mild, ikke stridslysten, ikke grådig.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han skal ikke være hengiven til vin, ikke voldsom, ikke grådig etter urene penger; men han skal være tålmodig, unngå slåsskamper og ikke være grådig.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldsom, ikke ute etter uærlig vinning, men mild, fredelig og fri for pengekjærhet.

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

  Ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldsom, ikke ute etter uærlig vinning, men mild, fredelig og fri for pengekjærhet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldelig, ikke grådig etter uærlig vinning, men mild, ikke stridbar, fri for pengekjærhet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Han må ikke være en dranker eller voldelig, heller ikke ha grådig vinning som mål; men være mild, ikke stridbar og fri fra pengekjærlighet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  ikke hengiven til Viin, ikke til at slaae, ikke til slet Vinding, men billig, ikke kivagtig, ikke pengegjerrig,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldelig, ikke grådig etter uærlig vinning, men heller vennlig, ikke kranglete, ikke pengegrisk;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldsom, ikke grådig etter penger, men mild, ikke kranglevoren, ikke pengekjær;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldelig, ikke grådig, men vennlig, fredelig og ikke pengekjær.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  ikke en slosskjempe, ikke voldelig, men mild, ikke stridslysten, ikke pengekjær;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ikke en som lett blir sint eller voldelig, men mild; ingen stridslysten person, ikke glad i penger.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  not dronke no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Not geuen to moch wyne, no fighter, not geuen to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorrynge stryfe, abhorrynge couetousnes:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

• World English Bible (2000)

  not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

Referenced Verses

• Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money;
• 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Likewise, the deacons must be dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain;
• Titus 3:2 : 2 To speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
• Jas 4:1 : 1 From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members?
• Isa 28:7 : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
• Lev 10:9 : 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,
• 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.'
• Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
• Luke 12:42-46 : 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. 44 Truly I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has. 45 But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk; 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
• Luke 21:34-36 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
• John 10:12-13 : 12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.
• John 12:5-6 : 5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag, and used to take what was put in it.
• Acts 8:18-21 : 18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit. 20 But Peter said to him, Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money. 21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.
• Acts 20:33 : 33 I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
• Rom 16:18 : 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.
• 1 Tim 6:10-11 : 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. 11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
• 2 Tim 2:24-25 : 24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
• Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
• Titus 2:3 : 3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
• 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, who am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island called Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
• Rev 18:11-13 : 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no one buys their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and incense, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
• 1 Sam 2:15-17 : 15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw. 16 And if any man said to him, Let them burn the fat first and then take as much as you want; then he would answer him, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for men despised the offering of the LORD.
• 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
• 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, by not receiving from his hands what he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, now there have come to me from Mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: please give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing. 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him. 24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and stored them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you been, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere. 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive clothing, olive groves, and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male servants, and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
• Prov 1:19 : 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
• Prov 15:27 : 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
• Eccl 7:8 : 8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
• Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of his hands.
• Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the fertile valleys of those who are overcome with wine!
• Isa 56:11-12 : 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory. 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
• Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
• Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them: for everyone from the least to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
• Ezek 44:21 : 21 No priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.
• Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood lies, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
• Mic 3:5 : 5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who make my people err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
• Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.
• Matt 21:13 : 13 And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
• Matt 24:45-51 : 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47 Truly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming, 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.