Verse 20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt, som setter mørke som lys og lys som mørke, som setter det bitre som søtt og det søte som bittert!

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt, som setter mørke for lys og lys for mørke, som setter bittert for søtt og søtt for bittert.

• Norsk King James

  Ve dem som kaller ondt godt, og godt ondt; som setter mørke for lys, og lys for mørke; som setter bittert for søtt, og søtt for bittert!

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ve dem som sier om det onde: godt, og om det gode: ondt, som gjør mørke til lys, og lys til mørke, som bytter bittert med søtt, og søtt med bittert!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ve dem som kaller det onde for godt og det gode for ondt, som bytter mørke med lys og lys med mørke, som bytter bittert med søtt og søtt med bittert.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt, som bytter mørke med lys og lys med mørke, som bytter bittert med søtt og søtt med bittert!

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ve dem som kaller det onde for godt og det gode for ondt, som bytter mørke med lys og lys med mørke, som setter bittert inn for søtt og søtt for bittert!

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

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt, som bytter mørke med lys og lys med mørke, som bytter bittert med søtt og søtt med bittert!

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ve dem som sier om ondt at det er godt, og om godt at det er ondt, som setter mørke til lys og lys til mørke, bittert til søtt og søtt til bittert.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who make bitter sweet and sweet bitter!

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt, som setter mørke for lys og lys for mørke, som setter bittert for søtt og søtt for bittert!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vee dem, som sige om det Onde Godt, og om det Gode Ondt, som gjøre Mørke til Lys, og Lys til Mørke, som gjøre Bittert til Sødt, og Sødt til Bittert!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ve dem som kaller ondt for godt, og godt for ondt; som bytter mørke til lys, og lys til mørke; som bytter bittert til søtt, og søtt til bittert!

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt; som setter mørke for lys og lys for mørke; som setter bittet for søtt og søtt for bittet!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt, som gjør mørke til lys og lys til mørke, som gjør bittert til søtt og søtt til bittert.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ve dem som kaller det onde godt og det gode ondt; som gjør mørke til lys, og lys til mørke; som gjør bitter til søt, og søt til bitter!

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Forbannet er de som kaller det onde for godt, og det gode for ondt; som gjør mørke til lys, og lys til mørke; som gjør bittert til søtt, og søtt til bittert!

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wo vnto them that call euel good, and good euel: which make darcknesselight, & light darcknesse, yt make sower swete, and swete sower.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Woe vnto them that speake good of euill, and euill of good, which put darkenes for light, and light for darkenes, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for sowre.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wo be vnto them that call euyll good, and good euyll, which make darknesse lyght, and lyght darknesse, that make sowre sweete, and sweete sowre.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, And light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, And sweet for bitter!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Wo `to' those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

• World English Bible (2000)

  Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
• Matt 6:22-23 : 22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
• Luke 11:34-35 : 34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is full of light; but when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.
• 2 Tim 3:1-5 : 1 Know this also, that in the last days perilous times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those who are good, 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.
• Job 17:12 : 12 They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness.
• Matt 15:3-6 : 3 But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die. 5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; 6 And does not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
• 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.
• 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?
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
• 2 Pet 2:18-19 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
• Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.
• Amos 5:7 : 7 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
• Matt 23:16-23 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. 19 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.