Verse 4

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Ekteskapet er ærefullt i alle, og sengen er ren; men horer og ekteskapsbrytere vil Gud dømme.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære av alle, og ekteskapets seng skal være ren; men utroskap og synd vil Gud dømme.

• Norsk King James

  Ekteskapet er ærefullt i alt, og sengen er ren; men prostituerte og ekteskapsbrytere vil Gud dømme.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære hos alle, og ektesengen må være ren. Gud vil dømme dem som driver hor og utroskap.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Ekteskapet være i ære hos alle, og ektesengen uplettet; men horekar og horkar skal Gud dømme.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære blant alle, og ektesengen uplettet; for Gud vil dømme de som driver hor og ekteskapsbrytere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ekteskapet er ærefullt blant alle, og ektesengen bør være uplettet; men de som bedriver hor og ekteskapsbrudd, skal Gud dømme.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ekteskapet er ærefullt for alle, og ekteskapsengen forblir ukrenket; men horere og utroer vil Gud dømme.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære blant alle, og ektesengen skal være ren; men utuktige og ekteskapsbrytere skal Gud dømme.

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

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære blant alle, og ektesengen skal være ren; men utuktige og ekteskapsbrytere skal Gud dømme.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære hos alle, og ektesengen skal være ukrenket. For de som bedriver hor og ekteskapsbrudd, vil Gud dømme.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære av alle, og ektesengen skal være ubesmittet; for Gud vil dømme de som driver hor og ekteskapsbrytere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ægteskabet være hæderligt hos Alle, og Ægtesengen ubesmittet; men Skjørlevnere og Horkarle skal Gud dømme.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ekteskapet er ærefullt for alle og ektesengen ubesmittet; men horkarer og ekteskapsbrytere skal Gud dømme.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  La ekteskapet holdes i ære blant alle, og la ekteskapet forbli rent, for Gud vil dømme de som lever i seksuell umoral og ekteskapsbrudd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ekteskapet skal holdes i ære av alle, og ektesengen skal være urørt, for Gud skal dømme horkarer og ekteskapsbrytere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  La ekteskapet holdes i ære blant alle, og la ektesengen være ren; for Gud vil dømme de som driver hor og ekteskapsbrytere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  La ekteskapet holdes i ære blant dere, og la det ikke gjøres urent, for Gud vil dømme dem som bryter ekteskapet.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes and let the chamber be vndefiled: for whore kepers and advoutrars god will iudge.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes, & let ye chamber be vndefyled. For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  honourable `is' the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
• Gal 5:19 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
• Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Prov 5:15-23 : 15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. 16 Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets. 17 Let them be only your own, and not strangers' with you. 18 Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth. 19 Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love. 20 And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths. 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
• 1 Cor 7:2-9 : 2 Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another, except with consent for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But I speak this by permission, and not as a command. 7 For I wish that all men were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband: 11 But if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife. 12 But to the rest I speak, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, and he is willing to live with her, let her not leave him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let them depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
• Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.
• 1 Tim 3:4 : 4 One who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all respectfulness;
• 1 Tim 3:12 : 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
• 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
• 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
• Titus 1:6 : 6 If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
• 1 Cor 7:38 : 38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
• 1 Cor 9:5 : 5 Do we not have the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 For this you know, that no sexually immoral, unclean, or greedy person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• Col 3:5-6 : 5 Therefore, put to death your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 For which things' sake, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
• Lev 21:13-15 : 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these he shall not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife. 15 Neither shall he profane his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
• 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
• Ps 50:16-22 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes. 22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
• Isa 8:3 : 3 And I went to the prophetess; and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
• Gen 1:27-28 : 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
• Gen 2:21 : 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.
• Heb 12:16 : 16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
• 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;