Verse 5

He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den som svikter sine nærmeste, vil føle smerten som følger med svik.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han som taler smiger til sine venner, selv hans barns øyne skal feile.

• Norsk King James

  Den som taler smiger til vennene sine, vil se barnas øyne svinne.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når noen forteller sine venner med smigrende ord, da vil barnas øyne gå til grunne.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den som angir venner for deling, hans barns øyne vil synke.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Den som smigrer sin venn, selv hans barns øyne skal svikte.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den som smigrer sine venner, vil til og med se sine barns øyne svikte.

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

  Den som smigrer sin venn, selv hans barns øyne skal svikte.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han som avslører en del for vennene, øynene til hans barn vil svikte.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He informs his friends for a portion, but the eyes of his children will fail.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han som melder vennene til deling, hans barns øyne skal gå til grunne.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Naar) En vil kundgjøre (Noget) for Venner med smigrende (Læber), da skulle hans Børns Øine fortæres.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Den som smigrer sine venner, selv hans barns øyne skal svikte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Den som baktaler sine venner for å oppnå noe, til og med hans barns øyne skal svikte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han viser vennskap for en del, men øynene til hans sønner er fortært.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den som forråder sine venner til bytte, selv øynene til barna hans skal svikte.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For den som er falsk mot sin venn for en belønning, skal lyset slukkes i barnas øyne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He promiseth his fredes parte of his good, but his owne childre spende it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He that speaketh flatterie to his friend, the eyes of his children shall fayle.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

Referenced Verses

• Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 32:21-22 : 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, nor let me give flattering titles to man. 22 For I do not know how to give flattering titles; if I did, my maker would soon take me away.
• Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
• Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
• Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
• Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes failed as we watched for a nation that could not save us.
• 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:
• Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
• Deut 28:65 : 65 And among these nations shall you find no ease, neither shall the sole of your foot have rest: but the LORD shall give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
• 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Nevertheless in your days I will not do it for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.