Verse 8

They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De er barn av de udugelige, også av de uten navn, kalte utstøtte fra landet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De var dårers barn, ja, barns avledninger av vandrere; de var av lavere rang enn selve jorden.

• Norsk King James

  De var barn av dårer, ja, barn av lave menn: de var mer avskyelige enn jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  de er uærbødige barns barn, ja, navnløse barn, jaget ut av landet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Lite repute har de, sønner av tåpelighet, barn uten navn, de er jaget ut av landet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De var dårers barn, ja, av ynkelige menn: de var mer foraktet enn jorden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De var toskers barn, ja, av lavmennesker; de var mer foraktelige enn jorden.

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

  De var dårers barn, ja, av ynkelige menn: de var mer foraktet enn jorden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De er dårers sønner, også beryktede menn, drevet bort fra landet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They are sons of fools, nameless men, driven out from the land.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.30.8", "source": "בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ", "text": "Sons of *nāḇāl* even sons of *ḇəlî-šēm* they are *nikkəʾû* from the *ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*bənê-nāḇāl*": "noun, masculine plural construct with noun - sons of fool/senseless person", "*gam-bənê*": "adverb with noun, masculine plural construct - even/also sons of", "*ḇəlî-šēm*": "particle of negation with noun, masculine singular - without name/nameless", "*nikkəʾû*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are beaten/struck/scourged", "*min-hā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition with definite article with noun, feminine singular - from the land/earth" }, "variants": { "*nāḇāl*": "fool/senseless person/godless person", "*ḇəlî-šēm*": "without name/nameless/infamous", "*nikkəʾû*": "beaten/struck/scourged/driven out", "*ʾāreṣ*": "land/earth/country/ground" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De er sønner av dårefolk, også sønner av navnløse, drevet bort fra landet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (de, som vare) en Daares Børn, ja den Navnløses Børn, som vare udjagne af Landet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De var barn av dårer, ja, barn av foraktede menn: de var lavere enn jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De er dårers barn, ja, barn av usle folk. De er jaget ut av landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Sønner av dårskap, de uten navn, er blitt jaget ut av landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De er dårers barn, ja, barn av usle menn; de er jaget ut av landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De er skammens sønner, menn uten navn, som er drevet ut av landet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They were the children of fooles & vylanes, which are deed awaye fro the worlde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They were the children of fooles and the children of villaines, which were more vile then the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They were the children of fooles and vyllaynes, which are more vile then the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 8:18 : 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 8:27 : 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
• 2 Chr 22:3 : 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
• Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
• Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt, and does not change.
• Ps 49:10-13 : 10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
• Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
• Isa 32:6 : 6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
• Jer 7:18 : 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
• Mark 6:24 : 24 And she went out, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.