Verse 29

Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Se, dette har jeg funnet: Gud skapte mennesket rettferdig, men de har funnet mange kriker og vrangler.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Se, dette alene har jeg funnet: Gud skapte mennesket rett, men de har søkt mange oppfinnelser.

  • Norsk King James

    Se, dette har jeg funnet: at Gud har gjort mannen rett; men de har søkt mange oppfinnelser.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Bare se, dette har jeg funnet: Gud skapte mennesket oppriktig, men de har søkt mange utspekulerte oppfinnelser.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Se, dette alene har jeg funnet: Gud gjorde mennesket rettskaffent, men de har søkt mange utspekulerte planer.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Se, dette eneste har jeg funnet: at Gud har skapt mennesket rettskaffent; men de har søkt mange kunster.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Se, dette har jeg funnet: Gud har skapt mennesket rettskaffen, men de har funnet på mange lurerier.

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

    Se, dette eneste har jeg funnet: at Gud har skapt mennesket rettskaffent; men de har søkt mange kunster.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Kun dette har jeg funnet: Gud skapte mennesket rett, men de har søkt mange kunstgrep.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.29", "source": "לְבַד רְאֵה־זֶה מָצָאתִי אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם יָשָׁר וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת רַבִּים", "text": "Only *rəʾēh*-this *māṣāʾṯî* that *ʿāśāh* the-*ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ʾāḏām* *yāšār* and-they *ḇiqšû* *ḥiššəḇōnôṯ* *rabbîm*", "grammar": { "*rəʾēh*": "Qal imperative masculine singular - see", "*māṣāʾṯî*": "Qal perfect 1st common singular - I found", "*ʿāśāh*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he made", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the God", "*ʾāḏām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the man", "*yāšār*": "adjective, masculine singular - upright", "*ḇiqšû*": "Piel perfect 3rd common plural - they sought", "*ḥiššəḇōnôṯ*": "noun, masculine plural - schemes/devices", "*rabbîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - many" }, "variants": { "*ləḇaḏ*": "only/alone/merely", "*māṣāʾṯî*": "I found/I discovered", "*ʿāśāh*": "made/created/formed", "*ʾāḏām*": "mankind/humanity/humankind", "*yāšār*": "upright/straight/honest", "*ḇiqšû*": "they sought/they invented/they devised", "*ḥiššəḇōnôṯ* *rabbîm*": "many schemes/many devices/many inventions" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Bare se, dette har jeg funnet: Gud laget mennesket som oppriktig, men de har søkt etter mange skjemmer.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Alene see, dette haver jeg fundet, at Gud gjorde et Menneske oprigtigt, men de, de opsøgte mange Fornuftigheder.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Se, dette alene har jeg funnet, at Gud har gjort mennesket rettskaffent, men de har søkt mange oppfinnelser.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Se, dette eneste har jeg funnet: at Gud skapte mennesket rettskaffent; men de søker mange påfunn.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Se, dette alene har jeg funnet, at Gud skapte mennesket oppreist, men de har søkt ut mange påfunn.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Se, dette ene har jeg funnet, at Gud skapte mennesket oppriktig, men de har søkt ut mange påfunn.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Dette alene har jeg funnet: Gud skapte menneskene rette, men de har søkt mange oppfinnelser.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Lo, this onely haue I founde, that God made man iust & right, but they seke dyuerse sotylties,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (7:31) Onely loe, this haue I founde, that God hath made man righteous: but they haue sought many inuentions.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Lo this onlye haue I founde, that God made man iust and right: but they sought many inuentions.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:26-27 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
  • Gen 3:6-7 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Ezek 22:6-9 : 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in you using their power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths. 9 In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness. 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD. 13 Behold, therefore I have struck My hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in your midst.
  • Mark 7:8-9 : 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do. 9 And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
  • Acts 7:40-43 : 40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him. 41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did you offer to me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 43 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, images which you made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
  • Rom 1:21-32 : 21 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves, 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions: for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 And likewise the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another; men with men working what is shameful, and receiving in themselves that penalty of their error which was fitting. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Rom 3:9-9 : 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, 'There is none righteous, no, not one:' 11 'There is none who understands, there is none who seeks after God.' 12 'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.' 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.' 14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.' 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:' 16 'Destruction and misery are in their ways:' 17 'And the way of peace they have not known:' 18 'There is no fear of God before their eyes.' 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Eph 2:2-3 : 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
  • Gen 5:1 : 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;
  • Gen 6:5-6 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
  • Gen 6:11-12 : 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
  • Gen 11:4-6 : 4 And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing will be withheld from them which they have planned to do.
  • Ps 99:8 : 8 You answered them, O LORD our God: you were a God who forgave them, though you took vengeance on their deeds.
  • Ps 106:29 : 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions, and the plague broke out among them.
  • Ps 106:39 : 39 Thus they were defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own inventions.
  • Jer 2:12-13 : 12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be very desolate, says the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.