Verse 2

Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og jeg roser de døde, som allerede er døde, mer enn de levende som fortsatt lever.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor priste jeg de døde som allerede er døde, mer enn de levende som ennå lever.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor roste jeg de døde, som allerede er døde, mer enn de som fortsatt lever.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da priste jeg de døde, som allerede har fått dø, mer enn de levende, som fremdeles lever.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg priste de døde, de som allerede har dødd, høyere enn de levende som fortsatt lever.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor priste jeg de døde som allerede er døde, mer enn de levende som ennå er i live.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor lovprisede jeg de døde, for de som allerede er borte, mer enn de levende som ennå lever.

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

  Derfor priste jeg de døde som allerede er døde, mer enn de levende som ennå er i live.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og jeg roste de døde som allerede har dødd, mer enn de levende som fortsatt er i live.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And I praised the dead who had already died, more than the living who are still alive.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.4.2", "source": "וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ אֲנִ֛י אֶת־הַמֵּתִ֖ים שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר מֵ֑תוּ מִן־הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה חַיִּ֖ים עֲדֶֽנָה׃", "text": "*wə-šabbēaḥ* *ʾănî* *ʾet*-the-*mētîm* who-already *mētû* from-the-*ḥayyîm* who *hēmmāh* *ḥayyîm* *ʿădenāh*", "grammar": { "*wə-šabbēaḥ*": "conjunction + Piel participle, masculine singular - and praising", "*ʾănî*": "personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I/myself", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*mētîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - dead (ones)", "*mētû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they died", "*ḥayyîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - living (ones)", "*hēmmāh*": "personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they", "*ʿădenāh*": "adverb - still/yet" }, "variants": { "*šabbēaḥ*": "praising/commending/congratulating", "*mētîm*": "dead ones/the dead", "*ḥayyîm*": "living ones/the living/those alive", "*ʿădenāh*": "still/yet/to this point" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og jeg fant at de døde som allerede var døde, er lykkeligere enn de levende som fortsatt lever.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da prisede jeg de Døde, som vare allerede døde, mere end de Levende, som endnu ere levende.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor priste jeg de døde som allerede er døde, mer enn de levende som fortsatt er i live.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da priste jeg de døde, de som er døde for lenge siden, fremfor de levende som ennå er i live.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg berømmer de døde mer enn de levende som fortsatt lever.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor priste jeg de døde som har vært døde lenge, mer enn de levende som ennå er i live;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Derfor roste jeg de døde, de som allerede har gått bort, mer enn de levende som fortsatt har liv.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore I iudged those that are deed, to be more happie then soch as be alyue:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 2:17 : 17 Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Eccl 9:4-6 : 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
• Job 3:11-26 : 11 Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not expire when I came out of the belly? 12 Why were there knees to receive me? Or why breasts that I should nurse? 13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have slept: then I would have been at rest, 14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves; 15 Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have existed; like infants who never saw light. 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; there the weary are at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 20 Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul; 21 Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in? 24 For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water. 25 For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. 26 I was not in safety, nor had I rest, nor was I quiet; yet trouble came.