Verse 15

That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det som er skjevt, kan ikke rettes, og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det som er kroket, kan ikke rettes opp; og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Norsk King James

  Det som er skjevt kan ikke gjøres rett; og det som mangler kan ikke telles.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det skjeve kan ikke gjøres rett, og det som mangler kan ikke telles.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det som er kroket, kan ikke rettes opp, og det som mangler, kan ikke bli talt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det som er kroket kan ikke rettes, og det som mangler kan ikke telles.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det som er krum, kan ikke gjøres rett, og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

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

  Det som er kroket kan ikke rettes, og det som mangler kan ikke telles.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det som er kroket, kan ikke rettes, og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det som er kroket, kan ikke gjøres rett, og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kroget kunde ikke vorde ret, og Brøst kunde ikke tælles.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det som er kroket, kan ikke rettes, og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det som er kroket, kan ikke rettes; og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det som er kroket kan ikke gjøres rett, og det som mangler kan ikke telles.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det som er krumt, kan ikke rettes, og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det som er krumt, kan ikke gjøres rett, og det som mangler, kan ikke telles.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The croked can not be mayde straight, & the fautes ca not be nobred.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A crooked thing `one' is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

• World English Bible (2000)

  That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 7:12-13 : 12 For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it. 13 Consider the work of God, for who can make straight what He has made crooked?
• Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places smooth;
• Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.
• Job 11:6 : 6 And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double what is! Know therefore that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
• Job 34:29 : 29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him? Whether it be done against a nation or against a man only.
• Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not commanded it?
• Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
• Matt 6:27 : 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?