Verse 4

Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men jeg sa: 'Jeg har arbeidet forgjeves, jeg har brukt opp styrken min på ingenting og tomhet; likevel er min rett hos Herren, og min belønning er hos min Gud.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg sa: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, brukt min styrke for intet og til ingen nytte. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Norsk King James

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har arbeidet forgjeves, jeg har brukt min styrke uten nytte; men min sak er hos Herren, og mitt arbeid er hos min Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men jeg sa: Jeg har strevet forgjeves, brukt min styrke til ingenting og tomhet, men min rett er hos Herren, og min gjerning hos min Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg strevd, til ingen nytte og tomhet har jeg brukt opp min kraft. Men min rett er hos Herren, min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, jeg har brukt min kraft for intet og til ingen nytte. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, slitt meg ut uten nytte, men min rettferdighet er hos Herren, og mitt virke hos min Gud.

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

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, jeg har brukt min kraft for intet og til ingen nytte. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg strevet, nytteløst og tomt har jeg forbrukt min kraft. Allikevel er min rett hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But I said, 'I have worked in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and futility. Yet surely my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.49.4", "source": "וַאֲנִ֤י אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ לְרִ֣יק יָגַ֔עְתִּי לְתֹ֥הוּ וְהֶ֖בֶל כֹּחִ֣י כִלֵּ֑יתִי אָכֵן֙ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וּפְעֻלָּתִ֖י אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי׃", "text": "*Waʾănî* *ʾāmartî* for-*rîq* *yāgaʿtî*, for-*tōhû* *wə-heḇel* *kōḥî* *killêṯî*; *ʾāḵēn* *mišpāṭî* *ʾeṯ*-*YHWH*, *ûpəʿullāṯî* *ʾeṯ*-*ʾĕlōhāy*.", "grammar": { "*Waʾănî*": "conjunction + pronoun, 1st singular - and I", "*ʾāmartî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st singular - I said", "*rîq*": "noun, masculine singular - emptiness/vanity", "*yāgaʿtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st singular - I labored/I toiled", "*tōhû*": "noun, masculine singular - emptiness/futility/chaos", "*wə-heḇel*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and vanity/emptiness", "*kōḥî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st singular possessive suffix - my strength", "*killêṯî*": "verb, piel perfect, 1st singular - I have spent/exhausted", "*ʾāḵēn*": "adverb - surely/indeed/truly", "*mišpāṭî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st singular possessive suffix - my justice/right/cause", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ûpəʿullāṯî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 1st singular possessive suffix - and my reward/work", "*ʾĕlōhāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st singular possessive suffix - my God" }, "variants": { "*rîq*": "emptiness/vanity/in vain", "*yāgaʿtî*": "I labored/I toiled/I wearied myself", "*tōhû*": "emptiness/futility/chaos/waste", "*heḇel*": "vanity/breath/vapor/futility", "*killêṯî*": "I have spent/I have exhausted/I have completed", "*mišpāṭî*": "my justice/my right/my cause/my judgment", "*pəʿullāṯî*": "my reward/my work/my recompense/my wage" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men jeg sa: Forgjeves har jeg strevd, til ingen nytte og tomhet har jeg oppbrukt min kraft. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min lønn er hos min Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men jeg, jeg sagde: Jeg haver bemøiet mig forgjæves, fortæret min Kraft for Intet og forfængeligen; alligevel min Ret er med Herren, og min Gjerning med min Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da sa jeg: Jeg har strevd forgjeves; jeg har brukt min styrke til ingen nytte, og til fånyttes: men min rett er hos Herren, og min gjerning er hos min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men jeg sa: Jeg har arbeidet forgjeves, jeg har brukt min styrke til ingenting og tomhet; likevel er min rett med Herren, og min belønning hos min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg sa: 'Jeg har strevd forgjeves, brukt min kraft til ingen nytte og tomhet. Men min rett er hos Herren, og min belønning hos Gud.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men jeg sa: Jeg har strevd forgjeves, jeg har utslitt min kraft for ingenting og tomhet. Likevel er min rettferdighet hos Herren, og min belønning er hos min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg sa: Jeg har slitt forgjeves, brukt min styrke til ingen nytte, men Herren vil ta opp min sak, og min Gud vil gi meg min lønn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then answerde I: I shal lese my laboure, I shal spende my strength in vayne. Neuertheles, I wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto the LORDE my God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I said, I haue labored in vaine: I haue spent my strength in vaine and for nothing: but my iudgement is with the Lorde, and my woorke with my God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then I aunswered: I haue lost my labour, I haue spent my strength in vayne: Neuerthelesse, I wyll commit my cause and my worke vnto the Lorde my God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: [yet] surely my judgment [is] with the LORD, and my work with my God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment `is' with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But I thought,“I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the LORD will vindicate me; my God will reward me.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 65:23 : 23 They shall not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
• Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Isa 62:11 : 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Isa 65:2 : 2 I have stretched out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts;
• Lev 26:20 : 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
• Ps 22:22-31 : 22 I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You. 23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him; all you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him; and fear Him, all you offspring of Israel. 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from him; but when he cried to Him, He heard. 25 My praise shall be of You in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those who fear Him. 26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and He is the governor among the nations. 29 All the prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship; all who go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive. 30 A posterity shall serve Him; it will be recounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, that He has done this.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
• Isa 40:10 : 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with a strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Ezek 3:19 : 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
• Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me.
• Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Luke 24:26 : 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
• John 1:11 : 11 He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.
• John 17:4-5 : 4 I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
• Rom 10:21 : 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contrary people."
• 2 Cor 2:15 : 15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
• 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
• Gal 4:11 : 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth;
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.