Verse 5

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.'

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  La samtalen deres være uten pengebegjær; vær fornøyde med det dere har; for han har sagt: 'Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, eller svikte deg.'

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Vær frie for grådighet, men vær fornøyde med det dere har; for han har sagt: Jeg vil aldri forlate deg eller svikte deg.

• Norsk King James

  La samtalen deres være fri fra grådighet; og vær fornøyd med det dere har, for han har sagt: Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, og aldri svikte deg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Leve uten pengekjærhet, vær fornøyde med det dere har; for han har selv sagt: 'Jeg vil aldri svikte deg, og aldri forlate deg.'

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Eders ferd være uten pengekjærhet; nøi eder med det I har; for han har sagt: Jeg vil ingenlunde slippe dig og ingenlunde forlate dig.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  La deres liv være fri for pengekjærhet, og vær fornøyde med det dere har. For han har selv sagt: Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, jeg vil aldri svikte deg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  La livet deres være uten grådighet; vær fornøyd med det dere har, for han har sagt: Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, og aldri svikte deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  La deres ferdsel være fri for grådighet, og vær fornøyd med det dere har, for han har sagt: Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, og jeg vil ikke svikte deg.

• gpt4.5-preview

  La deres ferd være fri for pengekjærhet, og nøy dere med det dere har. For han har sagt: «Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, og aldri svikte deg.»

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

  La deres ferd være fri for pengekjærhet, og nøy dere med det dere har. For han har sagt: «Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, og aldri svikte deg.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  La deres livsførsel være fri fra pengekjærlighet. Vær fornøyde med det dere har. For han har sagt: «Jeg vil aldri la deg i stikken, aldri forlate deg.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Leveviset deres skal være fri for pengekjærlighet; vær fornøyd med det dere har, for han har sagt: 'Jeg vil aldri forlate deg eller svikte deg.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Eders) Vandel være uden Pengegjerrighed, saa at I nøies med det, I have; thi han haver selv sagt: Jeg vil ingenlunde slippe dig og ingenlunde forlade dig;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  La deres liv være uten grådighet; vær fornøyd med det dere har. For han har sagt: Jeg vil aldri forlate deg eller svikte deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vær fri fra pengekjærlighet, og vær fornøyd med det dere har, for han har sagt: "Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, og heller ikke svikte deg."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  La deres liv være fri fra pengegriskhet; vær fornøyd med det dere har. For Han har sagt: 'Jeg vil aldri forlate deg, og aldri svikte deg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vær fri fra pengekjærhet, fornøyd med det dere har; for han har sagt: Jeg vil aldri svikte deg, og jeg vil aldri forlate deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vær fri fra kjærlighet til penger og fornøyd med det dere har, for han har selv sagt: Jeg vil være med deg til alle tider.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Let youre conversacion be with out coveteousnes and be contet with that ye have all redy. For he verely sayd: I will not fayle the nether forsake the:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let youre conuersacion be without couetousnes, and be content with that ye haue allready, for he hath sayde: I wyl not fayle the nether forsake the,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, and be content with those things that ye haue, for he hath said,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”

Referenced Verses

• Josh 1:5 : 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
• Deut 31:8 : 8 And the LORD, he it is that goes before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: fear not, neither be dismayed.
• Deut 31:6 : 6 Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.
• 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
• Gen 28:15 : 15 And behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done what I have spoken to you of.
• Matt 6:34 : 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
• Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.
• Isa 41:17 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
• Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
• Phil 4:11-12 : 11 Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content. 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
• Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
• Luke 16:13-14 : 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him.
• 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
• Luke 12:15-21 : 15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses. 16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
• Eph 5:3 : 3 But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or greed, let it not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints;
• 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
• Exod 2:21 : 21 And Moses was content to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
• Exod 20:17 : 17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
• Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.
• Josh 7:21 : 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
• Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
• Mark 7:22 : 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Luke 3:14 : 14 And the soldiers likewise asked of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse anyone falsely; and be content with your wages.
• Luke 8:14 : 14 And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
• 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices and are accursed children.
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
• 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 : 5 Therefore, put to death your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• Rom 1:29 : 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,