Verse 4

For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For du har skjult visdom for dem; derfor hever ikke hjertene deres seg til forståelse.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For du har skjult deres hjerte fra forstand; derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

• Norsk King James

  For du har skjult deres hjerter for forståelse: derfor skal du ikke løfte dem opp.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du har skjult deres hjerter for forståelse, derfor vil du ikke løfte dem opp.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For deres hjerter har du skjult for forstand, derfor vil du ikke la dem seire.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For du har skjult deres hjerte fra å forstå: Derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For du har skjult deres hjerte for innsikt; derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

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

  For du har skjult deres hjerte fra å forstå: Derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For deres hjerte har du skjult for innsikt, derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.17.4", "source": "כִּֽי־לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃", "text": "for-*libbām* *ṣāp̄antā* from-*śāḵel* therefore not *ṯərōmēm*", "grammar": { "*libbām*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart", "*ṣāp̄antā*": "Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have hidden/kept back", "*śāḵel*": "noun, masculine singular - understanding/insight", "*ṯərōmēm*": "Piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will exalt/lift up" }, "variants": { "*libbām*": "their heart/mind/inner self", "*ṣāp̄antā*": "you have hidden/concealed/kept back/stored up", "*śāḵel*": "understanding/insight/wisdom/prudence", "*ṯərōmēm*": "you will exalt/lift up/honor/elevate" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For deres hjerter har du skjult for fornuft, derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi du haver skjult deres Hjerte fra Forstand, derfor skal du ikke ophøie dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For du har skjult deres hjerte for forståelse: derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For du har skjult deres hjerte fra forståelse, derfor vil du ikke opphøye dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For deres hjerte har du gjemt for innsikt, derfor opphøyer du dem ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For du har skjult deres hjerte for forståelse; derfor skal du ikke opphøye dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du har holdt deres hjerter fra visdom; derfor vil du ikke gi dem ære.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou hast withholde their hertes from vnderstodinge, therfore shall they not be set vp an hye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thou hast withholden their heartes from vnderstanding, therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore shall you not exalt them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
• 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
• 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have you been made of the king's counsel? Stop; why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, but said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.
• Isa 19:14 : 14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in its midst, and they have caused Egypt to err in every work, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
• Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
• Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Rom 11:8 : 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day.
• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?