Verse 20

He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den som driver med aske, hans hjerte er forført av bedrag, slik at han ikke kan redde sin sjel eller si: Er det ikke en løgn jeg bærer i min høyre hånd?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han nærer seg på aske. Et forført hjerte har vendt ham bort, så han ikke kan redde sin egen sjel, og han kan ikke si: 'Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?'.

• Norsk King James

  Han lever av aske: et bedratt hjerte har ført ham bort, så han ikke kan redde sin sjel, og si: Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han ernærer seg med aske; hans bedragne hjerte har fått ham til å gå vill, så han ikke kan redde sin sjel og ikke sier: Er det ikke løgn i min høyre hånd?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den som lever av asken, det bedragne hjerte har ført ham vill og kan ikke redde sin sjel, heller ikke si: 'Er det ikke løgn i min høyre hånd?'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han lever av aske, et forført hjerte har ført ham vill, slik at han ikke kan redde sin sjel, og heller ikke si: Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han lever av aske; et villedet hjerte har tatt ham på villspor, slik at han ikke kan redde sin sjel eller erklære: 'Er det ikke en bedrag i min høyre hånd?'

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

  Han lever av aske, et forført hjerte har ført ham vill, slik at han ikke kan redde sin sjel, og heller ikke si: Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han ernærer seg av aske, et bedradd hjerte har villledet ham, så han ikke kan redde sin sjel eller si: Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Den, som heller aske, et forført hjerte har avviket ham, og han redder ikke seg selv og sier ikke: 'Er det ikke løgn i min høyre hånd?'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han føder sig med Aske, (hans) Hjerte er bedraget, og det haver bøiet ham (af Veien), og han skal ikke redde sin Sjæl og ei sige: Er det ikke Bedrageri, som er gjort ved min høire Haand?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han ernærer seg med aske; et forført hjerte har vendt ham bort; han kan ikke redde sin sjel, eller si: Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den som nærer seg av aske, er et bedratt hjerte som har vendt ham bort. Han redder ikke sin sjel, ei heller sier han: Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han lever av aske; et bedratt hjerte har ført ham vill, og han kan ikke redde sin sjel, og han sier ikke: Er det ikke en løgn i min høyre hånd?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Når det gjelder ham hvis mat er asken fra et dødt bål, har han blitt vendt fra veien av et forvrengt sinn, slik at han er ute av stand til å holde seg trygg ved å si: Det jeg har her i hånden er usant.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The kepinge of dust, and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke: maye not I erre?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He feedeth of ashes: a seduced heart hath deceiued him, that he cannot deliuer his soule, nor say, Is there not a lye in my right hand?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus doth he but lose his labour, and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside, so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke, Do not I erre?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

Referenced Verses

• Job 15:31 : 31 Let not him who is deceived trust in vanity, for emptiness shall be his recompense.
• Ps 102:9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with weeping,
• Hos 4:12 : 12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have gone astray under their God.
• Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind, and pursues the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation, and they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
• Rom 1:25 : 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
• 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
• Rev 13:14 : 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
• Rev 18:23 : 23 And the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived.
• Rev 20:3 : 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.
• Hab 2:18 : 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols?
• Luke 15:16 : 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.
• Rom 1:20-22 : 20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
• Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
• Isa 28:15-17 : 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves: 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
• Isa 59:3-4 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. 4 No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth: they trust in vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
• Isa 59:13 : 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
• 1 Kgs 22:20-23 : 20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.
• Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man utter empty knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?