Verse 21

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Fedre, vek ikke deres barn til sinne, for at de ikke skal miste motet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Fedre, provokér ikke barna deres, så de ikke blir motløse.

• Norsk King James

  Fedre, få ikke barna deres til å bli sinte, så de ikke mister motet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Fedre, gjø ikke deres barn sinte, så de mister motet.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Fedre, tirr ikke barna deres, for at de ikke skal bli motløse.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Fedre, tirr ikke barna deres, for at de ikke skal miste motet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fedre, egger ikke barna deres til vrede, for at de ikke skal miste motet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Fedre, provosér ikke deres barn til sinne, så de ikke blir nedslåtte.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Fedre, rekk ikke barna deres til vrede, slik at de ikke mister motet.

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

  Fedre, rekk ikke barna deres til vrede, slik at de ikke mister motet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere fedre, gjør ikke deres barn harme, så de mister motet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Colossians.3.21", "source": "Οἱ Πατέρες, μὴ ἐρεθίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ἀθυμῶσιν.", "text": "The *Pateres*, not *erethizete* the *tekna* of you, so that not they *athymōsin*.", "grammar": { "*pateres*": "nominative, masculine, plural - fathers", "*mē*": "negative particle with imperative - do not", "*erethizete*": "present active imperative, 2nd person plural - provoke/irritate", "*tekna*": "accusative, neuter, plural - children", "*hymōn*": "genitive, 2nd person plural pronoun - of you/your", "*hina mē*": "negative purpose clause - so that not", "*athymōsin*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may be discouraged" }, "variants": { "*pateres*": "fathers/parents (with focus on fathers)", "*erethizete*": "provoke/irritate/exasperate/stir up", "*athymōsin*": "be discouraged/lose heart/become disheartened" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Fedre, gjør ikke deres barn mismodige.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I Fædre! opirrer ikke eders Børn, paa det de ikke skulle tabe Modet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fedre, gjør ikke barna deres sinte, for at de ikke skal miste motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fedre, eg ikke deres barn, for at de ikke skal miste motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Fedre, ert ikke barna deres, så de mister motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Fedre, tirr ikke deres barn, for at de ikke skal miste motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Fedre, vær ikke harde mot barna, slik at de ikke mister motet.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Fathers rate not youre children lest they be of a desperate mynde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Fathers, prouoke not your chyldren to anger, lest they be discouraged.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

Referenced Verses

• Eph 6:4 : 4 And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his children,
• Ps 103:13 : 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him.
• Prov 3:12 : 12 For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
• Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding. 2 For I give you good teaching, do not forsake my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother. 4 He also taught me, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
• Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him: 6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful: nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.