Verse 4

Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For når kongens ord har makt, hvem kan stille ham spørsmål: 'Hva vil du gjøre?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Der kongens ord er, er det makt; og hvem kan si til ham: Hva gjør du?

• Norsk King James

  Hvor kongens ord er, er det makt; og hvem kan si til ham: 'Hva gjør du?'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Der kongens ord er, der er det makt; og hvem kan si til ham: Hva gjør du?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For kongens ord har makt, og hvem kan si til ham: Hva gjør du?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Der hvor kongens ord er, der er det makt, og hvem kan spørre ham: Hva gjør du?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Der hvor kongens ord gis fritt, finnes det makt; og hvem kan da spørre ham: Hva gjør du?

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

  Der hvor kongens ord er, der er det makt, og hvem kan spørre ham: Hva gjør du?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Der hvor ordet til kongen er, der er det makt. Hvem kan si til ham: Hva gjør du?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Since the king’s word has authority, who can question him, saying, 'What are you doing?'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For kongens ord har makt, og hvem kan si til ham: Hva gjør du?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvor Kongens Ord er, der er Magt, og hvo tør sige til ham: Hvad gjør du?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Der hvor kongens ord er, er det makt; og hvem kan si til ham: Hva gjør du?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For kongens ord er suverent. Hvem kan si til ham: "Hva gjør du?"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Der kongens ord er, der er det makt, og hvem kan si til ham: 'Hva gjør du?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For kongens ord har makt; og hvem kan si til ham: Hva gjør du?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Kongens ord har autoritet; og hvem kan si til ham: Hva er det du gjør?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Like as when a kynge geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so who maye saye vnto him: what doest thou?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Where the word of ye King is, there is power, and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

• World English Bible (2000)

  for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Surely the king’s authority is absolute; no one can say to him,“What are you doing?”

Referenced Verses

• Job 9:12 : 12 Behold, He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, What are you doing?
• Job 34:18-19 : 18 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? And to princes, You are ungodly? 19 How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
• Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
• Rom 13:1-4 : 1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist shall bring judgment upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who does evil.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say to you my friends, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.
• Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
• Prov 20:2 : 2 The fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
• Prov 30:31 : 31 A greyhound, a male goat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well; but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Job 33:12-13 : 12 Behold, in this you are not just; I will answer you, that God is greater than man. 13 Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.
• 1 Kgs 2:25 : 25 And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him and he died.
• 1 Kgs 2:29-34 : 29 And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
• 1 Kgs 2:46 : 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down and he died. And the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.