Verse 20

Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da begynte jeg å miste håpet i mitt hjerte over alt arbeidet som jeg hadde gjort under solen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor begynte jeg å miste motet for alt arbeidet jeg har slitt med under solen.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor ga jeg opp alt arbeid jeg hadde gjort under solen med en følelse av fortvilelse.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor ga jeg opp og lot mitt hjerte falle i fortvilelse over alt arbeid jeg hadde gjort under solen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så vendte jeg om og ga opp håpet på alt arbeidet jeg hadde gjort under solen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så gikk jeg i gang med å la mitt hjerte fortvile over alt arbeid jeg hadde gjort under solen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor lot jeg mitt hjerte synke i fortvilelse over alt det arbeidet jeg hadde gjort under solen.

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

  Så gikk jeg i gang med å la mitt hjerte fortvile over alt arbeid jeg hadde gjort under solen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da ga jeg meg over til fortvilelse over alt det arbeid som jeg hadde strevd med under solen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So I turned my heart to despair over all the hard work with which I had labored under the sun.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Derfor vendte jeg meg til å få mitt hjerte fortvilet over all flid som jeg hadde jobbet med under solen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor vendte jeg mig omkring at mistrøste mit Hjerte over alt det Arbeide, som jeg havde arbeidet under Solen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så vendte jeg tilbake for å få mitt hjerte til å fortvile over alt mitt arbeid som jeg hadde gjort under solen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor begynte jeg å la mitt hjerte fortvile over alt det arbeidet jeg hadde gjort under solen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så vendte jeg meg om for å få mitt hjerte til å fortvile over alt arbeidet jeg har strevd med under solen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor vendte jeg meg til å legge mitt hjerte i fortvilelse over alt arbeidet som jeg hadde strevd med under solen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så ble minnet mitt til sorg for alt strevet jeg hadde gjort og all min visdom under solen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all such trauayle as I toke vnder the sunne,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 43:14 : 14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
• Job 17:11-15 : 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is my house; I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, 'You are my father'; to the worm, 'You are my mother, and my sister.' 15 And where now is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
• Ps 39:6-7 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them. 7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.
• 1 Cor 15:19 : 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most miserable.
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life. 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
• 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 That no one should be unsettled by these afflictions, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. 4 For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.