Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og du, menneskesønn, si til ditt folk: Den rettferdige vil ikke bli reddet av sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder, og den onde vil ikke snuble på grunn av sin ondskap den dagen han vender om fra sin ondskap. Den rettferdige vil ikke kunne leve på grunn av sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du, menneskesønn, si til ditt folks barn: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke redde ham på overtrederens dag, og den ugudeliges ugudelighet skal ikke føre ham til fall på omvendelsens dag, like lite som den rettferdige kan leve på sitt rettferdige verk den dagen han synder.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor, menneskesønn, si til folket ditt: Den rettferdige kan ikke redde seg selv på dagen for sin synd; den onde vil ikke falle for sin ondskap om han vender seg bort fra den; heller ikke vil den rettferdige kunne leve på grunn av sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du menneskesønn! Si til folket ditt: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke redde ham på hans overdredelses dag, og den ugudelige skal ikke falle i sin ugudelighet den dagen han omvender seg, og den rettferdige skal ikke leve på grunn av sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og du, menneskesønn, si til ditt folk: Når en rettferdig vender seg bort fra sin rettferdighet og gjør urett, skal hans rettferdighet ikke berge ham. Og når en ond vender om fra sin ondskap, skal han ikke falle i den på grunn av sin ondskap; heller ikke kan den rettferdige leve ved sin rettferdighet når han synder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor, menneskesønn, si til ditt folk: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke berge ham den dagen han synder; og den ugudeliges ugudelighet skal ikke få ham til å falle den dagen han vender om fra sin ugudelighet; og den rettferdige skal ikke kunne leve ved sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Si derfor til dine landsmenn: 'Den rettferdiges rettferdighet vil ikke redde ham den dag han overtrer, og på den dag den onde omvender seg, vil ikke hans tidligere ondskap unngå straff; heller kan ikke den rettferdige leve utelukkende for sin rettferdighet når han synder.'

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

  Derfor, menneskesønn, si til ditt folk: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke berge ham den dagen han synder; og den ugudeliges ugudelighet skal ikke få ham til å falle den dagen han vender om fra sin ugudelighet; og den rettferdige skal ikke kunne leve ved sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og du, menneskesønn, si til ditt folks barn: 'Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke redde ham på den dag han synder. Den ondes ondskap skal ikke få ham til å falle på den dag han vender om fra sin ondskap. Og den rettferdige kan ikke leve på grunn av sin rettferdighet på den dag han synder.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous person will not save them on the day of their transgression, nor will the wickedness of the wicked person cause them to fall on the day they turn from their wickedness. The righteous person cannot live by their righteousness on the day they sin.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du, menneskesønn, si til dine landsmenn: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke redde ham på dagen han synder, og den ugudeliges ugudelighet skal ikke få ham til å snuble på dagen han vender om fra sin ugudelighet, likeledes kan ikke den rettferdige leve ved sin rettferdighet på dagen han synder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du Menneskesøn! siig til dit Folks Børn: Den Retfærdiges Retfærdighed skal ikke redde ham paa hans Overtrædelses Dag, og den Ugudelige skal ikke falde ved Ugudelighed paa den Dag, han vender sig fra sin Ugudelighed, og en Retfærdig skal ikke kunne leve ved den paa den Dag, han synder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy 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 turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor, menneskesønn, si til ditt folks barn: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke berge ham den dagen han synder; likeså skal den ondes ondskap ikke føre til hans fall den dagen han vender om fra sin ondskap; og den rettferdige skal ikke kunne leve ved sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du, menneskesønn, si til folkets barn: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke redde ham på hans urett dag, og når det gjelder den ugudeliges ondskap, vil han ikke falle ved den den dagen da han vender om fra sin ondskap. Den rettferdige vil heller ikke kunne leve ved sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du, menneskesønn, si til ditt folk: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet vil ikke redde ham den dagen han synder, og den ugudeliges ugudelighet vil ikke få ham til å snuble den dagen han vender om fra sin ugudelighet. Og den rettferdige kan ikke fortsette å leve i sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du, menneskesønn, si til dine landsmenn: Den rettferdiges rettferdighet skal ikke redde ham den dagen han syndet, og den ondes ondskap skal ikke felle ham den dagen han vender om fra sin ondskap; heller ikke kan den rettferdige leve ved sin rettferdighet den dagen han synder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og du, menneskesønn, si til folket: Når en rettferdig mann synder, vil hans rettferdighet ikke berge ham på den dagen han synder. Og når en ond mann vender seg bort fra sin ondskap, vil den onde handlingen han har gjort ikke føre til hans fall; og en rettferdig mann vil ikke berge sitt liv med sin rettferdighet på den dagen han synder.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou sonne off man, tell the children off thy people: The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall not saue him, whan so euer he turneth awaye vnfaithfully: Agayne, the wickednesse of the wicked shal not hurte him, whan so euer he conuerteth from his vngodlynesse: And ye rightuousnesse of the rightuous shal not saue his life, when so euer he synneth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore thou sonne of man, saye vnto the children of thy people, The righteousnesse of the righteous shall not deliuer him in the day of his transgression, nor the wickednesse of the wicked shall cause him to fall therein, in the day that he returneth from his wickednesse, neither shal the righteous liue for his righteousnesse in the day that he sinneth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therefore thou sonne of man, tell the children of thy people, the righteousnes of the righteous shall not saue him in the day of his iniquitie: againe, the wickednes of the wicked shall not ouerthrow him for it in the day that he returneth from his wickednes: neither shall the righteous lyue for it in the day that he sinneth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy 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 turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his [righteousness] in the day that he sinneth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “And you, son of man, say to your people,‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.’

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 7:14 : 14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• Ezek 18:21 : 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all My statutes, and do what is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Ezek 33:18-19 : 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. 19 But if the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• Ezek 18:24-32 : 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. 25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way equal? Are not your ways unequal? 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. 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet says the house of Israel, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ O house of Israel, are not My ways equal? Are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
• Ezek 33:2 : 2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman:
• Ezek 3:20-21 : 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. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous do not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
• 1 Kgs 8:48-50 : 48 And so return to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name: 49 Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 50 And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
• Matt 21:28-31 : 28 But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented and went. 30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.