Verse 5

Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Se, vinen er bedragerisk; en arrogant mann som ikke bor i sitt eget hus, fyller sin sjel med det som fører til død; han er som døden, umettelig; han samler seg folk og hoper sammen nasjoner.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Ja, også fordi han forsynder seg med vin, er han en hovmodig mann, og han holder seg ikke hjemme, han utvider sitt begjær som dødsriket, og som døden er umettelig, men han samler til seg alle nasjoner og hoper sammen til seg alle folk.

  • Norsk King James

    Ja, fordi han er grådig og hensynsløs, er han en arrogant mann som ikke holder seg hjemme, med begjær som Helvetet og er som døden—han blir aldri tilfredsstilt.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og fordi vinens bedrager er utro og en arrogant mann, så vil han ikke bli værende i sitt hjem; for han utvider sin sjel som Sheol, og han er som døden, som ikke kan mettes, og han samler til seg alle nasjoner og sanker folkeslagene.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Ja, vinen er en svikefull, stolt mann, og han hviler ikke. Han åpner som dødsriket sitt svelg, han kan ikke bli mett. Han samler alle folkeslagene til seg, han trekker til seg alle folkene.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Ja, fordi han synder gjennom vin, er han en stolt mann, og han holder ikke til ro. Han utvider sitt begjær som dødsriket og er som døden, og kan ikke mettes, men samler alle nasjoner til seg og hoper folk opp rundt seg.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Ja, for han overskrider med vin; han er en hovmodig mann som unngår hjemmets ro, og hans begjær vokser som helvete, han er umettelig som døden, og han samler alle nasjoner og hoper opp alle folk til seg.

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

    Ja, fordi han synder gjennom vin, er han en stolt mann, og han holder ikke til ro. Han utvider sitt begjær som dødsriket og er som døden, og kan ikke mettes, men samler alle nasjoner til seg og hoper folk opp rundt seg.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    For rikdom er en svikefull ting; den overmodige mann når ikke sitt mål, for han åpner sin sjel som dødsriket, og som døden er han umettelig. Han samler til seg alle folkeslagene, og trekker til seg alle folkene.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Vinen er en forræder, den hovmodige mannen roer seg ikke ned. Han åpner sin strupe som dødsriket, og er som døden, han blir aldri mett. Han samler til seg alle folkene og trekker alle nasjonene til seg.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og efterdi at Viindrankeren er utro, (og er) en stolt Mand, saa vil han ikke blive i (sin) Bolig; thi han udvider sin Sjæl som Helvede, og han er som Døden, der kan ikke mættes, og vil sanke til sig alle Hedningerne, og samle til sig alle Folkene.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Ja, fordi han synder ved vin, er han en hovmodig mann, han holder seg ikke hjemme, han utvider sitt begjær som dødsriket, og kan ikke bli tilfredsstilt, men samler til seg alle folk, og staber til seg alle mennesker.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Ja, dessuten er vinen svikefull, den hovmodige mannen holder seg ikke hjemme. Han gjør sin sjel like stor som dødsriket, han er som døden og blir ikke mettet; han samler til seg alle folkeslag, og hoper sammen hos seg alle folk.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Sannelig, vinen er forrædersk; en mann er stolt og hviler ikke hjemme, som har utvidet sin sjel som dødsriket, og er som døden, aldri tilfredsstilt, og samler for seg selv alle nasjoner, og trekker til seg alle folk.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Ja, dessuten er vin bedragersk, en hovmodig mann som ikke holder seg hjemme; han utvider sitt begjær som dødsriket, og er som døden, blir aldri tilfreds, men samler til seg alle folkene og hoper opp alle nasjonene.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Forbannet er den grusomme og falske! Den stolte mannen som aldri får nok, som ønsker seg så mye som dødsriket! Han er som døden; alltid umettelig, men samler alle folkeslag til seg, trekker alle folk til seg.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Like as the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde, euen so the proude shal fayle & not endure. He openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell, & is as vnsaciable as death. All Heithen gathereth he to him, & heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Yea in deede the proude man is as he that transgresseth by wine, therfore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, & is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:20 : 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
  • Prov 23:29-33 : 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who linger long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine. 31 Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls smoothly. 32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes shall see strange things, and your heart shall utter perverse things.
  • 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up; boast of this, and stay at home, for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, you and Judah with you?
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD is high, yet He respects the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to crave strong drink. 5 Lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
  • Eccl 5:10 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.
  • Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of his hands.
  • Isa 5:22-23 : 22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink: 23 Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
  • Isa 10:7-9 : 7 Yet he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off not a few nations. 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose carved images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, also do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Therefore, it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand, I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have brought down the inhabitants like a valiant man;
  • Isa 14:16-17 : 16 They that see you will look narrowly upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house of his prisoners?
  • Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
  • Isa 21:5 : 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
  • Jer 25:9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
  • Jer 25:17-29 : 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 27 Therefore you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink, and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink. 29 For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Jer 50:29 : 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it all around; let none of them escape: repay her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
  • Jer 51:39 : 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the LORD.
  • Dan 5:1-4 : 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this. 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
  • Nah 1:9-9 : 9 What do you imagine against the LORD? He will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up a second time. 10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith.
  • Hab 2:8-9 : 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein. 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
  • Isa 2:11-12 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low:
  • Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 5:8 : 8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!
  • Prov 30:13-16 : 13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men. 15 The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, indeed four that say not, It is enough: 16 The grave, and the barren womb, the earth that is never filled with water, and the fire that never says, It is enough.