Verse 10

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For den guddommelige sorg fører til omvendelse til frelse som ikke angrer på; men verdens sorg fører til død.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For den sorgen som kommer fra Gud, fører til en omvendelse som gir frelse, som ikke angrer; mens verdens sorg derimot fører til død.

• Norsk King James

  For guddommelig sorg fører til omvendelse til frelse som ikke trenger å angreres; men verdens sorg fører til død.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For bedrøvelse etter Gud gir omvendelse til frelse, og den angrer man ikke; men verdens bedrøvelse fører til død.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For gudelig sorg virker omvendelse til frelse, som ikke skal angres; men verdens sorg virker død.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For bedrøvelse etter Guds vilje fører til en omvendelse som gir frelse, og den angrer man ikke. Men verdens bedrøvelse fører til død.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For den bedrøvelse som er etter Guds vilje, virker omvendelse til frelse som ingen angrer på; men verdens bedrøvelse fører til død.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For gudfryktig sorg fører til omvendelse som gir frelse, noe å prise, mens verdens sorg fører til død.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For bedrøvelse etter Guds sinn virker en omvendelse som fører til frelse, og som ingen angrer på; men verdens bedrøvelse fører til død.

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

  For bedrøvelse etter Guds sinn virker en omvendelse som fører til frelse, og som ingen angrer på; men verdens bedrøvelse fører til død.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For bedrøvelse etter Guds vilje fører til en omvendelse som leder til frelse og som ingen angrer, men verdens bedrøvelse fører til død.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For den bedrøvelse som er etter Guds vilje, virker omvendelse til frelse som ikke angrer det, men verdens bedrøvelse virker død.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Bedrøvelsen efter Gud virker Omvendelse til Salighed, som ikke fortrydes; men Verdens Bedrøvelse virker Døden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For gudelig sorg virker omvendelse til frelse, som ikke man angrer, men verdens sorg fører til død.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For den gudfryktige sorgen virker omvendelse til frelse, som ikke angrer. Men verdens sorg virker død.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For den sorg som er etter Guds vilje, virker omvendelse til frelse som ingen trenger å angre på, mens verdens sorg virker død.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For bedrøvelse etter Guds vilje virker omvendelse til frelse, som man ikke angrer: men verdens bedrøvelse fører til død.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For den sorgen som Gud gir, fører til frelse gjennom en sinnets forandring, uten grunn til sorg; men verdens sorg fører til død.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto salvacion not to be repented of: when worldly sorow causeth deeth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion, not to be repented of: but worldly sorowe causeth death.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For godly sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluation, not to be repented of: but the worldly sorowe causeth death.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For godly sorowe, causeth repentaunce vnto saluatio, not to be repented of: but the sorowe of the world causeth death.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.
• 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
• 1 Kgs 8:47-50 : 47 Yet if they shall come to themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 48 And so return to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name: 49 Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 50 And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Heb 12:17 : 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
• 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn for many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
• Luke 15:10 : 10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
• Luke 18:13 : 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
• Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
• Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Ezek 7:16 : 16 But those who escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, everyone for his iniquity.
• Jonah 3:8 : 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands.
• Jonah 3:10 : 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
• Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
• Matt 21:28-32 : 28 But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented and went. 30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and harlots believed him, and when you had seen it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.
• Matt 26:75 : 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said to him, Before the rooster crows, you shall deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
• Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself. 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
• 1 Kgs 21:4 : 4 And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
• Job 33:27-28 : 27 He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me; 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
• Prov 15:13 : 13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
• 2 Sam 13:4 : 4 And he said to him, Why are you, being the king's son, becoming thin from day to day? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
• Gen 4:13-15 : 13 And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from your face shall I be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth; and it shall come to pass, that anyone who finds me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
• Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die."
• 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
• Prov 15:15 : 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.
• Ezek 18:27-30 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet says the house of Israel, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ O house of Israel, are not My ways equal? Are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.