Verse 18

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Han må gi tilbake sitt arbeid uten glede; det blir som å bytte bort rikdom han ikke fikk nyte.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Det han har arbeidet for, skal han gi tilbake uten å nyte det; som sitt eget gods skal erstatningen bli, og han skal ikke glede seg i det.

  • Norsk King James

    Det han har arbeidet for, skal han måtte gi tilbake; han skal ikke nyte det.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han skal gi tilbake det han strevde for, og ikke fortsette å nyte; som hans rikdom har vært, skal hans betaling være, og han skal ikke glede seg.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Hva han arbeider med skal han gi tilbake uten å nyte det; som sin erstatning for sitt arbeid skal han ikke glede seg.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Det han arbeidet for, skal han gi tilbake og ikke nyte det: i henhold til hans eiendeler skal gjengjeldelsen være, og han skal ikke glede seg over det.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Det han har ervervet gjennom sitt arbeid, skal han tilbakeføre uten å svelge det helt; erstatningen vil matche hans formue, og han skal ikke glede seg over den.

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

    Det han arbeidet for, skal han gi tilbake og ikke nyte det: i henhold til hans eiendeler skal gjengjeldelsen være, og han skal ikke glede seg over det.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Han vil gi tilbake det han har slitt for uten å nyte det; han vil ikke fryde seg over sin fortjeneste.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Han skal gi tilbake hva han strevde for og ikke nyte det; som sin rikdoms bytte skal han ikke glede seg.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han skal igjengive (det, han haver havt) Umage (for), og ikke opsluge (fremdeles); som hans Formue (har været, skal) hans Betaling (være), og han skal ikke fryde sig.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Han må gi tilbake det han arbeidet for og kan ikke svelge det; slik som hans rikdom var, skal gjenoppreisningen være, og han skal ikke glede seg over det.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Det han arbeidet for skal han gi tilbake, og han skal ikke sluke det; etter det han har tatt, skal han ikke fryde seg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Han gir tilbake det han har arbeidet for, og bruker det ikke; hans bytte er som en mur, og han gleder seg ikke.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Det han arbeidet for, skal han gi tilbake, og ikke svelge det ned; Av det han har oppnådd, skal han ikke glede seg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Han må gi tilbake frukten av sitt arbeid og kan ikke nyte det; han har ingen glede av sin gevinst.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He shal restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, & he shal enioy it no more.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The thing he hath laboured for, shall he restore, and shall not eate of it: great trauaile shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioy them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 20:10 : 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
  • Job 20:15 : 15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
  • Job 31:29 : 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him;
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;
  • Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down; every house is shut up, that no one may come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
  • Jer 11:15-16 : 15 What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice. 16 The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, lovely and of good fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and its branches are broken.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me up like a monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has thrown me out.
  • Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he has swallowed; and the nations shall no longer gather to him; indeed, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
  • Ezek 7:12 : 12 The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
  • Hos 8:7-8 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up. 8 Israel is swallowed up; now they shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure.
  • Hos 9:1 : 1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, like other peoples, for you have gone astray from your God; you have loved a reward upon every threshing floor.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?