Verse 20

For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For det finnes ikke noe rettferdig menneske på jorden som alltid gjør godt og aldri synder.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For det finnes ikke en rettferdig mann på jorden som gjør godt og ikke synder.

• Norsk King James

  For det finnes ikke en rettferdig mann på jorden, som gjør godt og ikke synder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sannelig, det finnes ikke et rettferdig menneske på jorden som gjør godt uten å synde.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For det finnes ikke et rettferdig menneske på jorden som gjør godt og aldri synder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For det finnes ikke en rettferdig mann på jorden som gjør godt og ikke synder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For det finnes ingen rettferdig mann på jorden som gjør godt uten å synde.

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

  For det finnes ikke en rettferdig mann på jorden som gjør godt og ikke synder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For det finnes ikke en rettferdig mann på jorden som bare gjør godt og aldri synder.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Surely there is no one righteous on earth who always does good and never sins.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.20", "source": "כִּי אָדָם אֵין צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה־טּוֹב וְלֹא יֶחֱטָא", "text": "*Kî* *ʾāḏām* there-is-no *ṣaddîq* in-the-*ʾāreṣ* who *yaʿăśeh*-*ṭṭôḇ* and-not *yeḥĕṭāʾ*", "grammar": { "*Kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾāḏām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/person", "*ṣaddîq*": "adjective, masculine singular - righteous", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth/land", "*yaʿăśeh*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - does", "*ṭṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good", "*yeḥĕṭāʾ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - sins" }, "variants": { "*ʾāḏām*": "man/person/human being", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous person/just individual", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*yaʿăśeh*-*ṭṭôḇ*": "does good/practices good", "*yeḥĕṭāʾ*": "sins/errs/misses the mark" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For det finnes ikke et rettferdig menneske på jorden som alltid gjøre det gode og aldri synder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sandelig, der er ikke et Menneske retfærdigt paa Jorden, som gjør Godt og ikke synder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For det finnes ikke en rettferdig mann på jorden som gjør godt og ikke synder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Sannelig, det er ikke en rettferdig mann på jorden, som gjør godt og ikke synder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For det finnes ingen rettferdig mann på jorden som gjør godt uten å synde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det finnes ingen rettferdig mann på jorden som alltid gjør godt og aldri synder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det finnes ingen rettferdig mann på jorden som alltid gjør godt og aldri synder.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for there is not one iust vpo earth, yt doth good, & sinneth not.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (7:22) Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sin against you, (for there is no man that does not sin,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives to the land of the enemy, far or near;
• 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 If they sin against you, (for there is no man who does not sin,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
• Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
• Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
• 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• Prov 20:9 : 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
• Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Ps 143:2 : 2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living shall be justified.
• Isa 64:6 : 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
• Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in His sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
• Ps 130:3 : 3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who can stand?