Verse 12

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For Guds ord er levende og effektivt, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, og skiller til og med mellom sjel og ånd, ledd og marv, og er en dommer over tanker og intensjoner i hjertet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt, og skarpere enn noe sverd med to egg; det deler på djupet, fra sjel og ånd, både ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og hensikter.

• Norsk King James

  For Guds ord er levende og effektivt, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, som skiller sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og er en dommer over tankene og hensiktene i hjertet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For Guds ord er levende og kraftig, skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, og trenger igjennom til det skiller både sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og planer.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd; det trenger igjennom, så det kløver sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og råd.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For Guds ord er levende og virkekraftig, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, og trenger igjennom helt til deling av sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og intensjoner.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd; det trenger gjennom til å dele sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og er dommer over hjertets tanker og hensikter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Guds ord er levende og mektig, skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, og den trenger igjennom og deler sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og den dømmer hensiktene og tankene i hjertet.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd. Det trenger igjennom og skiller sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og hensikter.

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

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd. Det trenger igjennom og skiller sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og hensikter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For Guds ord er levende og virkekraftig, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, det trenger gjennom til skillet mellom sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og motiver.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt. Det er skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd og trenger gjennom til det kløver sjel og ånd, marg og bein, og dømmer hjertets tanker og holdninger.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi det Guds Ord er levende og kraftigt og skarpere end noget tveegget Sværd, og trænger igjennem, indtil det adskiller baade Sjæl og Aand, baade Ledemod og Marv, og dømmer over Hjertets Tanker og Raad.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Guds ord er levende og virkekraftig, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, som trenger igjennom til å skille sjel og ånd, og ledd og marg, og er en dommer over hjertets tanker og hensikter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd; det trenger gjennom, helt til det kløver sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og råd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt, skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, som trenge igjennom til deling av sjel og ånd, ledd og marg, og dømmer hjertets tanker og råd.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Guds ord er levende og virksomt, skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, og trenger gjennom til deling av sjel og ånd, både ledd og marg, og er rask til å skjelne hjertets tanker og hensikter.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Guds ord er levende og kraftfylt, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, det trenger gjennom og skiller til og med sjel og ånd, ben og marg, og er rask til å se hjertets tanker og hensikter.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For the worde of god is quycke and myghty in operacion and sharper then eny two edged swearde: and entreth through even vnto the dividynge asonder of the soule and the sprete and of the ioyntes and the mary: and iudgeth the thoughtes and the intentes of the herte:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For ye worde of God is quycke, and mightie in operacion, and sharper the eny two edged swerde, and entreth thorow, euen to the deuydinge of the soule & the sprete, and of ye ioyntes & the mary, and is a iudger of the thoughtes & intetes of the hert,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the worde of God is liuely, and mightie in operation, & sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit, and of the ioints, and the marow, and is a discerner of the thoughtes, and the intents of the heart.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth thorowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule & the spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my word like a fire? says the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
• Eph 6:17 : 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
• Isa 55:11 : 11 so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
• Isa 49:2 : 2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me;
• 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe.
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
• 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is judged by all. 25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.
• Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds; 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And may the very God of peace sanctify you completely; and I pray God your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
• Acts 4:31 : 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
• Ps 149:6 : 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a double-edged sword in their hand;
• Rev 19:21 : 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him who sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
• Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
• Eph 5:13 : 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.
• Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember those who have the rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
• Ps 139:2 : 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar.
• Luke 8:11 : 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Ps 45:3 : 3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, with your glory and your majesty.
• Prov 5:4 : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
• Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
• Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?'
• Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.
• Ps 110:2 : 2 The LORD will send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies.
• 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
• 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
• Acts 5:33 : 33 When they heard that, they were furious and took counsel to kill them.