Verse 2

Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke metter? Lytt nøye til meg, så skal dere spise det som er godt, og deres sjel skal finne glede i overflod.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke kan mette? Lytt ivrig til meg, og spis det som er godt, og la deres sjel glede seg i overflod.

• Norsk King James

  Hvorfor bruke penger på det som ikke er brød? og arbeide for det som ikke metter? Lytt til meg, og spis det som er godt, så sjelen din kan glede seg i overflod.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor bruke penger på det som ikke er brød, og slit på det som ikke metter? Hør nøye på meg, så skal dere spise det gode, og deres sjel skal fryde seg over det beste.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke metter? Lytt nøye til meg, og spis det som er godt, så deres sjel kan glede seg i overflod.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke metter? Lytt nøye til meg, og spis det som er godt, og la deres sjel fryde seg i overflod.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og arbeidskraft på det som ikke metter? Lytt nøye til meg, spis det gode, og la sjelen deres fryde seg over overflod.

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

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke metter? Lytt nøye til meg, og spis det som er godt, og la deres sjel fryde seg i overflod.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvorfor veier dere ut penger for det som ikke er brød, og strevet deres for det som ikke metter? Lytt nidkjært til meg, og spis det gode, og la deres sjel fryde seg i overflod.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.55.2", "source": "לָמָּה תִשְׁקְלוּ־כֶסֶף בְּלוֹא־לֶחֶם וִיגִיעֲכֶם בְּלוֹא לְשָׂבְעָה שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ אֵלַי וְאִכְלוּ־טוֹב וְתִתְעַנַּג בַּדֶּשֶׁן נַפְשְׁכֶם", "text": "*Lāmmâ* *tišqĕlû*-*ḵesep̄* in-not-*leḥem* and-*yĕḡîʿăḵem* in-not to-*śāḇĕʿâ* *šimʿû* *šāmôaʿ* to-me and-*ʾiḵlû*-*ṭôḇ* and-*tiṯʿannaḡ* in-the-*dešen* *nap̄šĕḵem*", "grammar": { "*Lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why/for what reason", "*tišqĕlû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you weigh out", "*ḵesep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - silver/money", "*leḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - bread/food", "*yĕḡîʿăḵem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your labor/toil", "*śāḇĕʿâ*": "noun, feminine singular - satisfaction/fullness", "*šimʿû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - listen/hear", "*šāmôaʿ*": "verb, qal infinitive absolute - hearing/listening (intensifier)", "*ʾiḵlû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - eat", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good", "*tiṯʿannaḡ*": "verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will delight itself", "*dešen*": "noun, masculine singular - fatness/abundance/rich food", "*nap̄šĕḵem*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your soul" }, "variants": { "*Lāmmâ*": "why/for what purpose/for what reason", "*yĕḡîʿăḵem*": "your labor/toil/work/earnings", "*šāmôaʿ*": "infinitive absolute serving as emphasis", "*dešen*": "fatness/abundance/rich food/luxury", "*nap̄šĕḵem*": "your soul/life/self/being/desire" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke kan mette? Hør nøye på meg, og spis det som er godt, og gled dere i overflod.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvi veie I Penge der, hvor ikke er Brød, og eders Arbeide der, hvor I ikke kunne mættes? hører mig nøie og æder det Gode, saa skal eders Sjæl forlyste sig med det Fede.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke kan mette? Lytt nøye til meg, og spis det som er godt, og la deres sjel fryde seg i overflod.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke metter? Lytt nøye til meg, og spis det som er godt, og la deres sjel glede seg i overflod.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og arbeidskraft på det som ikke metter? Lytt nøye til meg, og spis det som er godt, og fryd deres sjel i overflod.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og deres arbeid på det som ikke metter? Hør nøye på meg, og spis det som er godt, og la deres sjel glede seg i overflod.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvorfor bruker dere penger på det som ikke er brød, og strever for det som ikke metter? Lytt til meg, så skal det bli godt for dere, og dere skal ha overflod av det beste.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore do ye laye out yor moneye, for the thinge yt fedeth not, and spende youre laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you not? But herke rather vnto me, ad ye shal eate of the best, & youre soule shal haue hir pleasure in pleteousnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:26 : 26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.
• Jer 31:14 : 14 And I will satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD.
• Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
• John 6:48-58 : 48 I am that bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die. 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. 52 The Jews therefore argued among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me, even he shall live by me. 58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers ate manna, and are dead: he who eats of this bread shall live forever.
• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
• Exod 15:26 : 26 And said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do what is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD who heals you.
• Deut 11:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
• Rom 9:31 : 31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
• Rom 10:2-3 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
• Rom 10:17 : 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
• Phil 3:4-7 : 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has reason to trust in the flesh, I more: 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.
• Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
• 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.
• Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?
• Matt 15:9 : 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
• Matt 22:4 : 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and everything is ready: come to the wedding.
• Mark 7:14 : 14 And when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Listen to me, every one of you, and understand:
• Luke 15:15-16 : 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.
• Luke 15:23 : 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it; and let us eat and be merry:
• Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Ps 36:8 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
• Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:
• Prov 1:33 : 33 But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.
• Prov 7:23 : 23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.
• Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Prov 9:5 : 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
• Eccl 6:2 : 2 A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
• Isa 1:19 : 19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land:
• Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all people a feast of rich food, a feast of wines on the lees, of rich food full of marrow, of refined wines on the lees.
• Isa 44:20 : 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?
• Isa 46:6 : 6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.
• Isa 51:1 : 1 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
• Isa 51:4 : 4 Listen to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a law will proceed from me, and I will make my justice a light for the people.
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.