Verse 20

Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Skal det gode bli gjengjeldt med ondt? For de har gravd en grav for min sjel. Husk hvordan jeg har stått foran deg for å tale godt om dem, for å vende bort din vrede fra dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Skal ondt besvares med godt? For de har gravet en grop for min sjel. Husk at jeg sto foran deg for å tale godt for dem, for å vende din vrede fra dem.

• Norsk King James

  Skal ondt gjengjeldes med godt? De har gravd en grop for min sjel. Husk at jeg stod foran deg for å tale godt for dem og avverge din vrede fra dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kan man gi ondt for godt? De har gravd en grav for meg. Husk hvordan jeg sto foran deg og talte godt for dem, for å vende din vrede fra dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Blir det gjengjeldt ondt for godt? For de har gravd en grav for meg. Husk at jeg sto for ditt ansikt for å tale godt for dem, for å vende din vrede bort fra dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Skal ondt bli gjengjeldt for godt? For de har gravd en grav for meg. Husk at jeg sto foran deg og talte godt for dem, for å vende din vrede bort fra dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Skal ondt bli gjengjeldt med godt? De har nemlig gravd en grop for min sjel. Husk at jeg sto for deg og forsøkte å tale vel for dem og holde din vrede borte.

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

  Skal ondt bli gjengjeldt for godt? For de har gravd en grav for meg. Husk at jeg sto foran deg og talte godt for dem, for å vende din vrede bort fra dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Skal det gjengjeldes ondt for godt? For de har gravd en fallgruve for min sjel. Husk hvordan jeg stod foran deg for å tale godt om dem, for å vende din vrede bort fra dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Jeremiah.18.20", "source": "הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם תַּֽחַת־טוֹבָה֙ רָעָ֔ה כִּֽי־כָר֥וּ שׁוּחָ֖ה לְנַפְשִׁ֑י זְכֹ֣ר ׀ עָמְדִ֣י לְפָנֶ֗יךָ לְדַבֵּ֤ר עֲלֵיהֶם֙ טוֹבָ֔ה לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־חֲמָתְךָ֖ מֵהֶֽם׃", "text": "Is *yĕšullam* *taḥat*-*ṭôbāh* *rāʿāh*? For they *kārû* *šûḥāh* for my *napšî*. *Zĕkōr* my *ʿāmdî* before you to *lĕdabbēr* concerning them *ṭôbāh*, to *lĕhāšîb* *ʾet*-your *ḥămātĕkā* from them", "grammar": { "*yĕšullam*": "verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is repaid", "*taḥat*": "preposition - in place of/instead of", "*ṭôbāh*": "noun, feminine singular - good/goodness", "*rāʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - evil/calamity", "*kārû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they dug", "*šûḥāh*": "noun, feminine singular - pit/trap", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life", "*Zĕkōr*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - remember", "*ʿāmdî*": "verb, qal infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my standing", "*lĕdabbēr*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct - to speak", "*ṭôbāh*": "noun, feminine singular - good/goodness", "*lĕhāšîb*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to turn away", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ḥămātĕkā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wrath" }, "variants": { "*yĕšullam*": "is repaid/rewarded/recompensed", "*taḥat*": "in place of/instead of/under", "*ṭôbāh*": "good/goodness/welfare", "*rāʿāh*": "evil/calamity/disaster", "*kārû*": "they dug/excavated", "*šûḥāh*": "pit/trap/snare", "*napšî*": "my soul/life/self", "*Zĕkōr*": "remember/be mindful of", "*ʿāmdî*": "my standing/position", "*lĕdabbēr*": "to speak/talk", "*lĕhāšîb*": "to turn away/avert/remove", "*ḥămātĕkā*": "your wrath/anger/fury" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Skal godt gjengjeldes med ondt? For de har gravd en grav for min sjel. Husk at jeg sto foran deg for å tale godt om dem, for å vende din vrede bort fra dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mon man skulde betale Ondt for Godt? thi de have gravet en Grav til min Sjæl; kom ihu, (hvorledes) jeg har staaet for dit Ansigt til at tale Godt for dem, til at vende din Grumhed fra dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Skal ondt gjengjeldes for godt? For de har gravd en grop for min sjel. Husk at jeg sto foran deg for å tale godt om dem, for å vende vekk din vrede fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Skal det onde gis tilbake for det gode? for de har gravd en fallgruve for min sjel. Husk hvordan jeg stod foran deg for å tale godt for dem, for å vende bort din vrede fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Betales det ondt for godt, at de har gravd en grav for min sjel? Husk hvordan jeg stod framfor Deg for å tale godt om dem, for å vende Din vrede bort fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Skal ondt gis tilbake for godt? For de har gravd en grav for meg. Husk hvordan jeg sto foran deg for å tale godt for dem, for å vende din vrede bort fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Skal godt belønnes med ondt? For de har gravd en dyp grop for min sjel. Husk hvordan jeg sto foran deg for å tale godt for dem, så din vrede kunne vendes bort fra dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Do they not recompence euell for good, when they dygg a pyt for my soule? Remembre, how that I stode before the, to speake for the, ad to turne awaye thy wrath from them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Shall euill be recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee, to speake good for the, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Shall they recompence euyll for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
• Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.
• Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
• Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
• 1 Sam 24:17-19 : 17 And he said to David, You are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded you evil. 18 And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me: for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. 19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? Therefore the LORD reward you good for that which you have done unto me this day.
• Ps 109:4-5 : 4 In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I give myself to prayer. 5 They have repaid me evil for good and hatred for my love.
• Ps 119:95 : 95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.
• Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
• Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
• Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
• Ezek 22:30-31 : 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.
• Zech 3:1-2 : 1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is this not a brand plucked from the fire?
• John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?
• John 15:25 : 25 But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
• Jer 7:16 : 16 Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to me: for I will not hear you.
• Jer 11:14 : 14 Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me for their trouble.
• Jer 14:7-9 : 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You. 8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of trouble, why should You be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveler who turns aside to stay for a night? 9 Why should You be as a man astonished, as a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by Your name; do not leave us. 10 Thus says the LORD to this people, 'Thus they have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet; therefore the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins.' 11 Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not pray for the good of this people.'
• Jer 14:20-15:1 : 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You. 21 Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; remember, do not break Your covenant with us. 22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things. 1 Then the LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
• Prov 17:13 : 13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
• Job 6:27 : 27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.
• Ps 7:15 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.
• Ps 38:20 : 20 Those also who render evil for good are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
• Gen 18:22-32 : 22 And the men turned their faces from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham drew near and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are within it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose there should lack five of the fifty righteous; will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spoke to him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of forty. 30 And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty should be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.