Verse 3

And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Vær forsiktig med hva du sier til dine venner; stol ikke på noen bror, for hver bror lurer sin bror, og hver venn sprer rykter.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De bøyer sin tunge som en bue for løgner, men de er ikke sterke for sannheten på jorden. De går fra ondt til ondt, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • Norsk King James

    De bøyer tungen sin som en bue for løgner; men de er ikke modige i sannheten på jorden; de går fra ondskap til ondskap, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De spenner tunge som en bue til løgn, og blir sterke i landet, ikke ved sannhet; de går fra det ene onde til det andre og kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Vokt deg for din neste, og stol ikke på noen bror! For enhver bror bedrager, og hver neste går omkring som en baktaler.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De bøyer sine tunger som buer for løgn: men de er ikke modige for sannheten på jorden; for de går fra det onde til det onde, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    De bøyer sine tunger som buen for løgn; men de er ikke standhaftige i sannhetens tjeneste på jorden, for de far fra ondt til ondt, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

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

    De bøyer sine tunger som buer for løgn: men de er ikke modige for sannheten på jorden; for de går fra det onde til det onde, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Pass dere for hverandre, og stol ikke på noen bror. For enhver bror er en bedrager, og enhver venn går omkring med baktalelse.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Pass dere for deres naboer og stol ikke på noen bror, for hver bror er en listig bedrager, og hver nabo går omkring som en baktaler.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og de spænde deres Tunge som deres Bue til Løgn, og de blive Vældige i Landet, ikke ved Sandhed; men de udgaae fra det (ene) Onde til det andet og kjende mig ikke, siger Herren.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De bøyer sine tunger som en bue for løgn: men de er ikke modige for sannheten på jorden; for de går fra ondskap til ondskap, og de kjenner ikke meg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De bøyer sin tunge som en bue for løgn; de har vokst sterke i landet, men ikke for sannhet: for de går fra ondskap til ondskap, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De bøyer sin tunge som en løgnaktig bue. De er ikke sterke i landet for sin troskap, for fra ondskap til ondskap går de fram, og Meg har de ikke kjent, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De bøyer sin tunge som en bue for løgn; de styrker seg i landet, men ikke for sannhet: for de går fra det onde til det onde, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Tungene deres er bøyde som buer for å sende ut falske ord: De har blitt sterke i landet, men ikke i sann tro: de går fra ondskap til ondskap, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They bede their tuges like bowes, to shute out lies: As for the treuth, they maye nothinge awaye with all in the worlde. For they go from one wickednes to another, and holde nothinge of me, saieth the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They bend their tongues like vowes to shoote out lyes, they waxe strong vppon earth: As for the trueth, they may nothing away withall in the worlde, for they go from one wickednes to another, and wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:8 : 8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.
  • Judg 2:10 : 10 And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and another generation arose after them, which did not know the LORD, nor the works which he had done for Israel.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is turned backward, and justice stands far off: for truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yes, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD.
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 1:28 : 28 And not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a sign of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you, exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words. 4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.
  • Ps 120:2-4 : 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  • Isa 59:3-5 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. 4 No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth: they trust in vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch viper’s eggs and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies, and what is crushed breaks out into a viper.
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.
  • Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  • Hos 4:1-3 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. 3 Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.
  • Mic 7:3-5 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.
  • Matt 10:31-33 : 31 Therefore, do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • John 8:54-55 : 54 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God: 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Jer 7:26 : 26 Yet they did not listen to me, nor incline their ear, but stiffened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.