Verse 1

For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Alt dette la jeg på hjertet og vurderte nøye: De rettferdige, de kloke og deres handlinger er i Guds hånd. Menneskene kjenner verken kjærlighet eller hat som venter dem; alt ligger foran dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da betraktet jeg alt dette i mitt hjerte for å kunne erklære dette: De rettferdige og de vise, samt deres verk, er i Guds hånd. Ingen vet verken kjærlighet eller hat ut fra alt som er foran dem.

• Norsk King James

  For alt dette har jeg omtalt i mitt hjerte for å forklare det; at de rettferdige, de vise, og deres gjerninger, er i Guds hender: ingen kjenner verken kjærlighet eller hat ut fra det som skjer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sannelig, alt dette har jeg tenkt over og forstått tydelig, at de rettferdige og de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd. Men ingen vet om kjærlighet eller hat av alt som ligger foran dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg la alt dette på hjertet mitt for å granske alt dette: At de rettferdige og vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hender. Menneskene vet ikke hva som venter, enten kjærlighet eller hat, alt ligger foran dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For alt dette reflekterte jeg over i mitt hjerte, for å erklære dette, at de rettferdige, de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd: ingen vet om kjærlighet eller hat fra alt som ligger foran dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Alt dette vurderte jeg i mitt hjerte å forklare: at de rettferdige, de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hender; ingen kan forstå kjærlighet eller hat ut fra alt som ligger foran dem.

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

  For alt dette reflekterte jeg over i mitt hjerte, for å erklære dette, at de rettferdige, de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd: ingen vet om kjærlighet eller hat fra alt som ligger foran dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For alt dette gav jeg meg i kast med hjertet for å undersøke alt dette, at de rettferdige og de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd. Hverken kjærlighet eller hat vet mennesket; alt ligger foran dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg la merke til alt dette i mitt hjerte for å undersøke alt dette: at de rettferdige, de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hender. Hverken kjærlighet eller hat kjenner menneskene; alt ligger foran dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sandelig, alt dette haver jeg lagt paa mit Hjerte, paa det (jeg maatte) klarligen vide dette altsammen, at de Retfærdige og de Vise og deres Gjerninger ere i Guds Haand; (dog) kjender intet Menneske hverken Kjærlighed eller Had af alt det, som er for deres Ansigt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For all this I considered in my heart even to dlare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For alt dette overveide jeg i mitt hjerte, til og med å erklære dette, at de rettferdige, de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd: ingen vet om kjærlighet eller hat ved alt som ligger foran dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For alt dette la jeg på hjertet mitt, også for å utforske dette: at de rettferdige, de kloke, og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd; enten det er kjærlighet eller hat, vet mennesket det ikke; alt ligger foran dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men alt dette har jeg lagt på hjertet for å forstå hele saken: At de rettferdige og de vise, og deres gjerninger, er i Guds hånd. Verken kjærlighet eller hat vet menneskene noe om; alt ligger foran dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Alt dette la jeg på hjertet, for å utforske alt dette: At den rettferdige og den vise, og deres gjerninger, er i Guds hånd; om det er kjærlighet eller hat, vet mennesket ikke; alt ligger foran dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Alt dette har jeg tatt til hjertet, og mitt hjerte så det: de rettferdige og de kloke og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd; og mennesker kan ikke vite om det vil bli kjærlighet eller hat; alt sammen er uten mening for dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out. The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God: and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Everyone Will Die So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated– no one knows what lies ahead.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 33:3 : 3 Indeed, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sit down at your feet; every one shall receive of your words.
• Eccl 8:14 : 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
• Job 12:10 : 10 In His hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
• John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
• 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. 7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth. 8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw; 13 Each one's work will become clear: for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss: but he himself will be saved; yet so as through fire.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no one prevail.
• 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation: 26 But if he says thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.
• Job 5:8 : 8 I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:
• Ps 10:14 : 14 You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
• Ps 31:5 : 5 Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
• Ps 37:5-6 : 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
• Ps 73:3 : 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
• Ps 73:11-13 : 11 And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 13 Surely I have kept my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
• Prov 16:3 : 3 Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.
• Eccl 1:17 : 17 And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.
• Eccl 7:15 : 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.
• Eccl 7:25 : 25 I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.
• Eccl 8:16 : 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),
• Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
• Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.
• Isa 26:12 : 12 LORD, You will ordain peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us.
• Isa 49:1-4 : 1 Listen to me, O islands; and hear me, you people from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from my mother's body he has made mention of my name. 2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me; 3 And said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
• Jer 1:18-19 : 18 For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. 19 They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.
• Mal 3:15-18 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free. 16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for those who feared the LORD and thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.