Verse 13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den rikdommen går tapt gjennom dårlige forretninger, og når han får en sønn, har han ingenting igjen å gi ham som arv.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det er et stort onde jeg har sett under solen, nemlig rikdom som holdes til eierens skade.

• Norsk King James

  Det er en stor urett som jeg har sett under solen, nemlig rikdom beholdt til skade for eierne.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Eller rikdom som går tapt ved et uhell, og om han får en sønn, er det ingenting igjen i hans hånd.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og rikdommen går tapt i en dårlig investering, og når han får en sønn, er det ingenting igjen til ham.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det finnes et vondt onde jeg har sett under solen, nemlig rikdom oppbevart til skade for eieren.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg har sett en alvorlig ondskap under solen: rikdommer som beholdes av eierne, men som fører dem til skade.

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

  Det finnes et vondt onde jeg har sett under solen, nemlig rikdom oppbevart til skade for eieren.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og den rikdommen går tapt i en ulykke, og han avler en sønn, men har ingenting i hånden.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når slike rikdommer går tapt ved en ulykke, og han får en sønn, men ingenting er igjen til ham.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  eller Rigdom selv forkommes ved ond Møie, og (om) han (end) avlede en Søn, da (bliver der) ikke Noget i hans Haand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det er en alvorlig ondskap jeg har sett under solen: rikdom som holdes til skade for sin eier.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det er en sørgelig ulykke jeg har sett under solen: rikdom holdt av sin eier til hans egen skade.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det er en vond ondskap jeg har sett under solen: Rikdom bevart til skade for eieren.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det er en vond ulykke som jeg har sett under solen: rikdom som blir spart til skade for eieren.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og jeg så rikdommen hans gå tapt ved et uhell; og da han ble far til en sønn, hadde han ingenting i hånden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 6:1-2 : 1 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
• Gen 19:14 : 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Get up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who mocked.
• Gen 19:26 : 26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
• Gen 19:31-38 : 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us in the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 33 So they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine tonight also; and go in, lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-Ammi: he is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
• Prov 1:11-13 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
• Prov 1:19 : 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
• Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.
• Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
• Prov 11:24-25 : 24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty. 25 The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.
• Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.
• Isa 32:6-8 : 6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right. 8 But the noble man devises noble things, and by noble things he will stand.
• Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.
• Luke 12:16-21 : 16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 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? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
• Luke 16:1-9 : 1 And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods. 2 And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my master is taking away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much do you owe my master? 6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty. 8 And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. 10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in what is least is also unjust in much. 11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give you what is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
• Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:
• Luke 16:22-23 : 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.
• Luke 18:22-23 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
• Eccl 8:9 : 9 All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.
• Gen 13:5-9 : 5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated from each other.
• Gen 14:16 : 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his relative Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
• Isa 2:20 : 20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
• Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore it fourfold.
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• Jas 2:5-7 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called?
• Jas 5:1-4 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.