Verse 20

Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når en rettferdig vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, og jeg legger en snublestein foran ham, da skal han dø. Fordi du ikke har advart ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdige handlinger vil ikke bli husket, men hans blod vil jeg kreve fra din hånd.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Når en rettferdig vender bort fra sin rettferdighet, og gjør urett, og jeg legger et snublestein foran ham, skal han dø; fordi du ikke har advart ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet som han har gjort, skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Norsk King James

  Igjen, når en rettferdig mann vender seg fra sin rettferdighet og begår ondskap, og jeg setter en snublestein for ham, skal han dø; fordi du ikke har gitt ham advarsel, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når en rettferdig vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, vil jeg legge en snublestein foran ham, og han skal dø. Fordi du ikke advarte ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet som han har gjort, skal ikke bli husket, men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når en rettferdig vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, og jeg legger en snublestein foran ham, da skal han dø. Fordi du ikke har advart ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet som han har gjort, skal ikke huskes, men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Igjen, når en rettferdig vender seg fra sin rettferdighet og gjør synd, og jeg legger en snublestein foran ham, skal han dø: Fordi du ikke advarte ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet som han har gjort skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Og når en rettferdig mann vender fra sin rettferdighet og begår urett, og jeg legger en snublestein foran ham, skal han dø. Fordi du ikke har advart ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og den rettferdighet han har gjort, skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg holde deg ansvarlig for.»

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

  Igjen, når en rettferdig vender seg fra sin rettferdighet og gjør synd, og jeg legger en snublestein foran ham, skal han dø: Fordi du ikke advarte ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet som han har gjort skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når en rettferdig vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, og jeg legger en snublestein foran ham, skal han dø. Fordi du ikke har advart ham, vil han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdige gjerninger som han har gjort, skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og når en rettferdig mann vender seg fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, og jeg legger en snublesten for ham, han skal dø. Fordi du ikke advarte ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdige gjerninger skal ikke bli husket, men jeg vil kreve hans blod av din hånd.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og naar en Retfærdig vender sig fra sin Retfærdighed og gjør Uret, da vil jeg sætte Stød for hans Ansigt, han, han skal døe; fordi du haver ikke paamindet ham, skal han døe i sin Synd, og hans Retfærdighed, som han haver gjort, skal ikke ihukommes, men hans Blod vil jeg udkræve af din Haand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Igjen, når en rettferdig mann vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet, og begår synd, og jeg legger en hindring foran ham, skal han dø: fordi du ikke hadde advart ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet som han har gjort skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og når en rettferdig mann vender om fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, og jeg legger en snublestein foran ham, skal han dø: fordi du ikke har advart ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdige gjerninger som han har gjort, skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og når den rettferdige vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, og jeg setter en snublestein foran ham, vil han dø; fordi du ikke har advart ham, vil han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdighet som han har gjort, vil ikke bli husket, men jeg vil kreve hans blod fra din hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Igjen, når en rettferdig mann vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og begår urett, og jeg legger et snublestein for ham, skal han dø: fordi du ikke har advart ham, skal han dø i sin synd, og hans rettferdige gjerninger som han har gjort, skal ikke bli husket; men hans blod vil jeg kreve av din hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Igjen, når en rettferdig mann vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør ondt, og jeg plasserer en fallgruve for ham, vil døden innhente ham: fordi du ikke advarte ham om hans fare, vil døden innhente ham i hans ondskap, og det vil ikke være noen minne om de rettferdige handlinger han har gjort; men jeg vil holde deg ansvarlig for hans blod.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now yf a rightuous ma go fro his rightuousnesse, and do the thinge that is euell: I will laye a stomblinge blocke before him, and he shall dye, because thou hast not geuen him warninge: Yee dye shall he in his owne synne, so that the vertue, which he did before, shall not be thought vpon: but his bloude will I requyre of thine honde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Likewise if a righteous man turne from his righteousnesse, and commit iniquitie, I will lay a stumbling blocke before him, and he shal die, because thou hast not giuen him warning: he shall die in his sinne, and his righteous deedes, which he hath done, shall not be remembred: but his blood will I require at thine hand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe if a righteous man go from his righteousnesse and do the thing that is euyll I wyll lay a stumbling blocke before him: and he shall dye, because thou hast not geuen him warning, dye shall he in his owne sinne, so that his righteousnesse whiche he hath done, shall not be thought vpon: but his blood will I require at thyne hande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.
• Ezek 3:18 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
• Ezek 33:12-13 : 12 Therefore, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trusts in his own righteousness, and commits iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it.
• Ezek 18:26 : 26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.
• Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be upon Israel.
• Jer 6:21 : 21 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
• Isa 8:14 : 14 And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Ezek 14:3 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them?
• Ezek 14:7-9 : 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger who sojourns in Israel, who separates himself from me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8 And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
• 2 Pet 2:18-22 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.
• Matt 12:43-45 : 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, I will return to my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.
• Matt 13:20-21 : 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But they have no root and last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
• Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
• Luke 8:15 : 15 But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• Rom 2:7-8 : 7 To those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: 8 But to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
• Rom 11:9 : 9 And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them.
• 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
• Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey those who rule over you, and submit to them, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
• Ezek 33:6 : 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
• Ezek 33:18 : 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.
• Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.
• Ezek 7:19 : 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD; they shall not satisfy their souls, nor fill their stomachs, because it is the stumbling block of their iniquity.
• 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.
• Prov 25:12 : 12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
• Deut 13:3 : 3 You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God tests you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more. 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
• 2 Chr 19:2-4 : 2 And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked and love those that hate the LORD? Therefore, wrath is upon you from before the LORD. 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in you, in that you have removed the groves out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem, and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD God of their fathers.
• 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 And Joash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
• 2 Chr 24:17-22 : 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 19 Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them, but they would not listen. 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 So Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
• 2 Chr 25:15 : 15 Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of your hand?
• Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.
• Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.