Verse 29

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Var de bare vise, skjønte de dette og tenkte på hva deres ende vil bli!

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om de bare var vise, som forstod dette, så de ville innse deres endeblikk!

• Norsk King James

  Å, at de var vise, at de forstod dette, at de ville vurdere sin senere skjebne!

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis de bare var vise, ville de forstå dette, de ville innse hva deres ende blir.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Var de vise, ville de forstå dette og forstå hva deres fremtid ville bringe.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Skulle de bare være vise, at de forsto dette, at de ville vurdere sin ende!

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Å, om de bare var kloke og forstod dette, så de tok etter på sitt endelige nederlag!

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

  Skulle de bare være vise, at de forsto dette, at de ville vurdere sin ende!

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis de bare var vise, ville de forstå dette og vurdere hva deres ende vil bli!

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If only they were wise and would understand this, they would comprehend their latter end.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.29", "source": "ל֥וּ חָכְמ֖וּ יַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּ זֹ֑את יָבִ֖ינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃", "text": "If *ḥāḵəmû* they-would-*yaśkîlû* this; they-would-*yāḇînû* to-*ʾaḥărîṯām*.", "grammar": { "*lû*": "conditional particle - if/if only/O that", "*ḥāḵəmû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person, plural - they were wise", "*yaśkîlû*": "verb, hifil imperfect, 3rd person, plural - they would consider/understand", "*zōʾṯ*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this", "*yāḇînû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, plural - they would discern/understand", "*lə*": "preposition - to/for", "*ʾaḥărîṯām*": "noun, feminine, singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their end/outcome/latter state" }, "variants": { "*ḥāḵəmû*": "they were wise/had wisdom", "*yaśkîlû*": "they would consider/understand/comprehend/be prudent about", "*yāḇînû*": "they would discern/understand/perceive", "*ʾaḥărîṯām*": "their end/outcome/latter state/future" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hadde de vært vise, ville de forstått dette, de ville vurdert hva som ville hende dem til sist.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gid de vare vise, saa skulde de faae Forstand paa dette; de skulde betragte deres Ende.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  O that they were wise, that they unrstood this, that they would consir their latter end!

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Om de bare var kloke, ville de forstå dette, ville de tenke over sin ende!

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Om de bare var vise, at de forstod dette, at de ville tenke på deres fremtidige ende!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis de var kloke, ville de forstå dette, de ville merke seg hva deres ende ville bli.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Å, om de var kloke, at de forsto dette, at de ville tenke på deres siste ende!

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om de bare var vise, om dette var klart for dem, og de ville tenke på sin fremtid!

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I wolde they ware wyse and vnderstode this ad wolde consider their later ende.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O that they were wyse & vnderstode this, that they wolde cosidre what shulde happe vnto them her after.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Oh that they were wise, then they would vnderstand this: they would consider their latter ende.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O that they were wyse, and vnderstoode this, that they woulde consider their latter ende.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If they were wise -- They deal wisely `with' this; They attend to their latter end:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

• World English Bible (2000)

  Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
• Ps 81:13 : 13 Oh, that my people would have listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
• Isa 47:7 : 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' so that you did not lay these things to heart, nor remember their end.
• Lam 1:9 : 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she does not remember her last end; therefore she came down astonishingly: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself.
• Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
• Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
• Luke 16:19-25 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
• Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
• Isa 48:18-19 : 18 Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. 19 Your descendants also would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your body like its gravel; his name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
• Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
• Ps 107:15 : 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
• Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation that shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?