Verse 17

Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vær ikke altfor ond, og oppfør deg ikke som en dår. Hvorfor skulle du dø før tiden din?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vær ikke altfor ugudelig, og vær ikke tåpelig; hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Norsk King James

  Vær ikke for ond, og vær ikke dum; hvorfor skulle du dø før tiden?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vær ikke altfor ugudelig, og vær ikke en tosk. Hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vær ikke altfor ond, og vær ikke en tåpe; hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vær ikke overmåte ugudelig, og vær ikke dum; hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ikke vær for ond, og ikke heller uvitende; hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

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

  Vær ikke overmåte ugudelig, og vær ikke dum; hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vær ikke overmåte ond og ikke vær en narr; hvorfor skulle du dø før tiden?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not be excessively wicked, and do not act foolishly—why should you die before your time?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vær ikke overdrevent ugudelig, og vær ikke en dåre. Hvorfor vil du dø før din tid?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vær ikke meget ugudelig, og vær ikke daarlig; hvorfor skulde du døe i Utide?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vær ikke altfor ugudelig, og ikke vær en dår; hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vær ikke altfor ugudelig, heller ikke vær en dåre. Hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gjør ikke mye ondt, og vær ikke en dåre, hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vær ikke altfor ond og vær ikke narr: Hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vær ikke altfor ond, og vær ikke en dåre. Hvorfor skulle du dø før din tid?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (7:19) Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe, lest thou die before thy time.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
• Acts 5:5 : 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and breathed his last, and great fear came on all who heard these things.
• Acts 5:10 : 10 Then she fell down immediately at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Gen 38:7-9 : 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother. 9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother. 10 What he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD, so He put him to death also.
• 1 Sam 25:38 : 38 And it came about ten days later that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.
• Job 15:32-33 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and cast off his flower as the olive.
• Job 22:16 : 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
• Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
• Jer 2:33-34 : 33 Why do you beautify your way to seek love? therefore you have also taught the wicked ones your ways. 34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
• Ezek 8:17 : 17 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
• Ezek 16:20 : 20 Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter,