Verse 4

Behold, you fast for strife and debate and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Se, dere faster for strid og krangel og for å slå med onde hender. Dere faster ikke på en måte som gjør at deres røst blir hørt i det høye.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Se, dere faster for strid og krangel, og for å slå med syndighetens neve. Dere skal ikke faste slik som i dag, for å få deres røst hørt i det høye.

• Norsk King James

  Se, dere faster for strid og uenighet, og for å slå med ugudelighetens hånd; dere skal ikke faste slik som dere gjør i dag, for at stemmen deres skal bli hørt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Se, dere faster for strid og krangel og for å slå ugudelig med knyttneve; fast ikke slik som dere gjør i dag, for at deres røst kan bli hørt i høyden!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Se, dere faster for strid og trette og for å slå med urettferdig issel. Dere faster ikke på den dagen slik at deres røst kan høres i det høye.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Se, dere faster for strid og uenighet, og for å slå med ondskapens knyttneve. Dere skal ikke faste som dere gjør i dag, for at deres røst skal bli hørt i det høye.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, dere faster for å skape strid og uenighet, og for å slå med ondskapens knyttneve. Dere skal ikke faste slik som dere gjør i dag, for å få deres rop hørt til det høye.

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

  Se, dere faster for strid og uenighet, og for å slå med ondskapens knyttneve. Dere skal ikke faste som dere gjør i dag, for at deres røst skal bli hørt i det høye.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Deres faste ender i konflikt og krangel, og i å slå med ondskaps slag. Dere faster ikke som på denne dag for å la deres stemme bli hørt i høyden.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Se, dere faster for strid og trette, og for å slå med gudløse never. Dere faster ikke slik i dag, slik at deres røst blir hørt i det høye.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  See, I faste til Kiv og Trætte og til at slaae ugudeligen med Næve; faster ikke, som (I gjøre) paa denne Dag, at eders Røst høres i det Høie!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se, dere faster for strid og disputt, og for å slå med urettferdighetens knyttneve. Dere skal ikke faste slik dere gjør i dag, for da blir ikke deres stemme hørt i det høye.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se, dere faster for strid og trette, og for å slå med ugudelighetens knyttneve. Dere faster ikke slik at deres røst blir hørt i det høye.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, dere faster for strid og krangel, og for å slå med ondskapens neve. Dere faster ikke på en måte som i dag, for å gjøre deres røst hørt i det høye.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se, dere faster for å strides og kjempe, og for å slå med ondskapens knyttneve. Dere faster ikke slik denne dagen for at deres røst skal bli hørt i det høye.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Se, mens dere faster, blir dere raskt sinte, klar til strid og til å slå med onde hender; slike fastedager fører ikke til at deres stemme høres i høyden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beholde, when ye fast, youre lust remayneth still: for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smyte him with youre fist, that speaketh vnto you. Ye fast not (as somtyme) that youre voyce might be herde aboue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickednesse: ye shall not fast as ye doe to day, to make your voyce to be heard aboue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beholde, when ye fast, your lust remayneth still, for ye do no lesse violence to your detters: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with your fist without mercy: Nowe ye shall not fast thus, that your voyce might be hearde aboue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as `to'-day, To sound in the high place your voice.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:13-14 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil. 14 Who knows if he will turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a grain offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God?
• 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
• Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?
• Isa 59:2 : 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
• Isa 59:6 : 6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
• Jonah 3:7 : 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink water.
• Matt 6:16-18 : 16 Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
• Luke 20:47 : 47 Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: they will receive greater condemnation.
• John 18:28 : 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment, and it was early. But they themselves did not go into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.
• Acts 23:1-2 : 1 Paul, earnestly looking at the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
• Phil 1:14-15 : 14 And most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill: