Verse 23

For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For alle dager er smertefulle, og hans arbeid er fylt med bekymringer; selv om natten får han ikke hvile. Også dette er tomhet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For alle hans dager er bare sorg, og hans arbeid er en plage; ja, til og med om natten finner hans hjerte ikke hvile. Dette er også tomhet.

• Norsk King James

  For alle hans dager er fylt med sorg, og hans slit er smerte; ja, hans hjerte finner ikke hvile om natten. Dette er også tomt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For alle hans dager er sorg, og hans arbeid er bekymring; også om natten finner hans hjerte ikke ro. Også dette er tomhet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Alle hans dager er fulle av smerte, og hans arbeid er full av sorg; hans hjerte hviler ikke en gang om natten. Også dette er forgjeves.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For alle hans dager er fylt med bekymring, og hans arbeid er sorg, selv om natten finner ikke hans hjerte ro. Dette er også forgjeves.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For alle hans dager er preget av sorg, og hans strev er en byrde; hans hjerte finner ingen hvile om natten. Dette er også tomhet.

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

  For alle hans dager er fylt med bekymring, og hans arbeid er sorg, selv om natten finner ikke hans hjerte ro. Dette er også forgjeves.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For alle hans dager er bare sorg og hans arbeid er irritasjon; selv om natten finner ikke hjertet ro. Også dette er tomhet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For alle hans dager er smertefulle, og hans arbeid bringer bekymring; også om natten finner hans hjerte ingen ro. Dette er også forgjengelig.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi alle hans Dage ere (idel) Smerte, og hans Møie er Græmmelse, ogsaa om Natten haver hans Hjerte ikke Rolighed; dette samme er ogsaa Forfængelighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For alle hans dager er sorg, og hans arbeid gir hans hjerte uro; enda om natten finner han ikke hvile. Også dette er forgjengelig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For alle hans dager er sorger, og hans slit er sorg; ja, selv om natten finner hans hjerte ikke hvile. Også dette er tomhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For alle hans dager er fulle av sorg, og hans arbeid er tristhet; selv om natten hviler ikke hans hjerte. Også dette er forgjeves.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For alle hans dager er bare sorg, og hans arbeid er bekymring; ja, til og med om natten hviler ikke hans hjerte. Dette er også forgjeves.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Alle hans dager er fulle av sorg, og hans arbeid er fullt av strev. Selv om natten finner ikke hjertet hans hvile. Dette er også forgjeves.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:1 : 1 Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
• Job 5:7 : 7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
• Job 7:13-14 : 13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,' 14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me with visions:
• Ps 127:2 : 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for He gives His beloved sleep.
• Eccl 1:18 : 18 For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
• Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
• Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
• Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
• Esth 6:1 : 1 That night the king could not sleep, so he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
• Ps 6:6-7 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. 7 My eye is consumed because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies.
• Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
• Ps 77:2-4 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night and did not rest; my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 You hold my eyes wide awake: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
• Ps 90:7-9 : 7 For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled. 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their strength is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
• Ps 90:15 : 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein you have afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.