Verse 8

And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som en handelsmann med urettferdige vekter, elsker Efraim å bedra.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Efraim sier: «Likevel er jeg blitt rik, jeg har funnet meg eiendom; i all min møye har de ikke funnet noen urett hos meg som er synd.»

• Norsk King James

  Og Efraim sa: Likevel er jeg blitt rik, jeg har skaffet meg goder; i alt jeg gjør, vil de ikke finne noen urett hos meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kjøpmannens hånd bruker falske vekter, han elsker å bedra andre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Kanaan har i sin hånd falske vekter, han elsker å presse.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Efraim sa: Likevel har jeg blitt rik, jeg har skaffet meg formue. I all min strev skal de ikke finne noen urett i meg som er synd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Efraim sa: 'Se, jeg er blitt rik, jeg har funnet min formue; i alt mitt arbeid skal de ikke finne noen urettferdighet i meg som var synd.'

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

  Og Efraim sa: Likevel har jeg blitt rik, jeg har skaffet meg formue. I all min strev skal de ikke finne noen urett i meg som er synd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kanaan, i hans hender er vekter av svik, han elsker å bedra.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Canaan, in whose hands are deceitful scales, loves to defraud.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Hosea.12.8", "source": "כְּנַ֗עַן בְּיָד֛וֹ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃", "text": "*kĕnaʿan* in-hand-his *mōʾznê* *mirmâ* to-*ʿašōq* *ʾāhēb*", "grammar": { "*kĕnaʿan*": "proper noun - Canaan/merchant", "*bĕyādô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand", "*mōʾznê*": "noun, feminine dual construct - scales of", "*mirmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - deceit/fraud", "*laʿašōq*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to oppress/defraud", "*ʾāhēb*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he loves" }, "variants": { "*kĕnaʿan*": "Canaan/merchant/trader", "*mōʾznê*": "scales/balances", "*mirmâ*": "deceit/fraud/falsehood", "*ʿašōq*": "oppress/defraud/exploit", "*ʾāhēb*": "loves/delights in" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Kanaan har en løgnaktig vekt i sin hånd, han elsker å bedra.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  1 Kjøbmandens Haand ere falske Vægtskaaler, han elsker at fortrykke (Andre).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Efraim sier: 'Likevel er jeg blitt rik, jeg har fått meg selv velstand.' I alt mitt strev skal de ikke finne noen urett i meg som er synd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Efraim sa: "Sannelig, jeg har blitt rik, jeg har funnet meg rikdom. I all min rikdom skal de ikke finne noen urett som er synd hos meg."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og Efraim sier: 'Sannelig, jeg er blitt rik, jeg har funnet velstand for meg selv. Ingen av mine anstrengelser finner noen urett hos meg som er synd.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Efraim sa: Sannelig, jeg har blitt rik, jeg har vunnet rikdom: i alt mitt arbeid skal de ikke finne noe urett i meg som er synd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Kanaan har bedragerske vekter i hendene; han gleder seg i vrange veier.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ephraim thinketh thus: Tush, I am rich, I haue good ynough: In all my workes shal not one fawte be founde, that I haue offended.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Ephraim saide, Notwithstanding I am rich, I haue found me out riches in all my labours: they shall finde none iniquitie in me, that were wickednesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Ephraim hath sayde, Tushe I am riche, I haue good enough: in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that `is' sin.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Ephraim boasts,“I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”

Referenced Verses

• Rev 3:17 : 17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
• Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
• Zech 11:5 : 5 Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them.
• Mal 2:17 : 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?
• Mal 3:13 : 13 Your words have been harsh against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'.
• Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
• Luke 12:19 : 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.
• Luke 16:13 : 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.
• Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
• Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes and yet is not cleansed from their filthiness.
• Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.
• Isa 10:13-14 : 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; 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
• Jer 2:23 : 23 How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
• Jer 2:35 : 35 Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.
• Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful.
• Hab 2:5-6 : 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: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!
• Deut 8:17 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
• Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
• Ps 49:6 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
• Ps 52:7 : 7 Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.