Verse 4

I too could speak as you do; if your soul were in my soul's place, I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvis jeg var i deres sted, ville jeg kunne snakke som dere. Jeg kunne fylle ørene deres med ord og latterliggjøre dere.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere gjør, hvis deres sjel var i stedet for min sjel. Jeg kunne hope opp ord mot dere og riste på hodet mot dere.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg kunne også tale som dere: hvis deres sjel var i mitt sted, kunne jeg samle ord mot dere og vise dere mitt forakt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere, om bare deres sjel var i min sjels sted! Jeg kunne sette sammen mange ord mot dere og riste på hodet over dere.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere, hvis dere var i mitt sted; jeg kunne stable ord mot dere og ryste mitt hode mot dere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere gjør; hvis dere var i min situasjon, kunne jeg ha flommet over med ord mot dere, og rystet hodet over dere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere: om din sjel var min, kunne jeg helle ord over dere og riste på hodet til dere.

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

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere gjør; hvis dere var i min situasjon, kunne jeg ha flommet over med ord mot dere, og rystet hodet over dere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Også jeg kunne ha talt som dere, hvis deres sjel var i stedet for min. Jeg kunne ha laget skrytery med ord mot dere, og ristet på hodet mot dere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I could also speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.16.4", "source": "גַּ֤ם ׀ אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֢ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃", "text": "*gam* *ʾānōkî* *kākêm* *ʾădabbērāh* *lû-yēš* *napškem* *taḥat* *napšî* *ʾaḥbîrāh* *ʿălêkem* *bə-millîm* *wə-ʾānîʿāh* *ʿălêkem* *bəmô* *rōʾšî*", "grammar": { "*gam*": "adverb - also, moreover", "*ʾānōkî*": "pronoun 1st singular - I", "*kākêm*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - like you", "*ʾădabbērāh*": "Piel imperfect 1st singular cohortative - I would speak", "*lû-yēš*": "conditional particle + existential - if there were", "*napškem*": "noun feminine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your soul", "*taḥat*": "preposition - under, instead of", "*napšî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my soul", "*ʾaḥbîrāh*": "Hiphil imperfect 1st singular cohortative - I would join", "*ʿălêkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - against you", "*bə-millîm*": "preposition + noun feminine plural - with words", "*wə-ʾānîʿāh*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 1st singular cohortative - and I would shake", "*bəmô*": "preposition - with", "*rōʾšî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my head" }, "variants": { "*ʾădabbērāh*": "to speak, declare", "*napškem*": "soul, self, life, being, desire", "*napšî*": "soul, self, life, being, desire", "*ʾaḥbîrāh*": "to join, unite, combine, heap up", "*millîm*": "words, speech", "*ʾānîʿāh*": "to waver, shake, wag" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Også jeg kunne tale som dere gjør, hvis dere var i min situasjon. Jeg kunne stable opp ord mot dere og riste på hodet over dere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg, jeg kunde ogsaa tale som I; gid eders Sjæl var i min Sjæls Sted! jeg kunde (og) sammenføie (mange) Ord imod eder og ryste over eder med mit Hoved.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere gjør: hvis dere var i min situasjon, kunne jeg hope opp ord mot dere og riste på hodet av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere gjør. Hvis dere var i mitt sted, kunne jeg samle ord mot dere og riste på hodet av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg kunne også snakke som dere gjør, hvis dere var i min situasjon. Jeg kunne bruke ord mot dere og nikke til dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg kunne også ha talt som dere gjør; Hvis deres sjel var i min sjels sted, kunne jeg sette sammen ord mot dere og ristet på hodet mot dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det ville ikke være vanskelig for meg å si slike ting hvis deres sjeler var i min sjels sted; forene ord mot dere og riste hodet mot dere.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I coude speake, as ye do also. But wolde God, that youre soule were in my soules steade: then shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you, and shake my heade at you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I could also speake as yee doe: (but woulde God your soule were in my soules stead) I could keepe you company in speaking, and could shake mine head at you,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I coulde speake as ye do also: but would God that your soule were in my soules steade, then could I frame wordes for you, and shake my head at you:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

• World English Bible (2000)

  I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:7 : 7 All who see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
• Ps 109:25 : 25 I also have become a reproach to them; when they look upon me, they shake their heads.
• Lam 2:15 : 15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
• Jer 18:16 : 16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passes by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
• 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
• Job 6:2-5 : 2 Oh, that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have arrayed themselves against me. 5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
• Job 6:14 : 14 To him who is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; yet he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
• Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the abundance of words be answered? And should a talkative man be justified?
• Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.
• Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
• Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
• Ps 44:14 : 14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
• Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her shall hiss, and shake his hand.
• Matt 7:12 : 12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do to you, do also to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.
• Matt 27:39-40 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, 40 And saying, You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
• Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
• 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.