Verse 23

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out; he is excellent in power, in judgment, and in abundant justice; he will not oppress.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den Allmektige er uforståelig; han er majestetisk i styrke, rettferdighet og visdom, og han gir ingen svar.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hva angår Den Allmektige, kan vi ikke finne ham ut: han er utmerket i kraft, og i dom og i overflod av rettferdighet; han vil ikke undertrykke.

• Norsk King James

  Når det gjelder Den Almektige, kan vi ikke fullt ut forstå ham; han er utmerket i kraft, dømmekraft og rettferdighet; han vil ikke påføre nød.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den Allmektige finner vi ikke ut av; han er stor i kraft, men han mishandler ikke rettferdighetens fylde.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vi kan ikke finne ham, Den Allmektige, han er opphøyd i styrke, og i rettferdighet og stor rettvishet undertrykker han ingen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Den Allmektige kan vi ikke forstå: han er overmåte stor i kraft, og i dom og i stor rettferdighet: han vil ikke undertrykke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Når det gjelder Den Allmektige, kan vi ikke fatte ham: han er overlegen i kraft, rettferdighet og dom, og han vil ikke undertrykke.

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

  Den Allmektige kan vi ikke forstå: han er overmåte stor i kraft, og i dom og i stor rettferdighet: han vil ikke undertrykke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den Allmektige er utenfor vår rekkevidde, stor i kraft, men i rettferdighet og overflod av rettferdighet undertrykker han ingen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power, and in justice and abundant righteousness, He does not oppress.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Den Allmektige – vi kan ikke fatte ham; han er opphøyet i kraft, og rettferd, og stor i rettferdighet; han undertrykker ikke.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Han er) den Almægtige, vi finde ham ikke, (han er) stor af Kraft; dog vil han ikke plage med Ret og Retfærdigheds Mangfoldighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Når det gjelder Den Allmektige, kan vi ikke finne ham ut: han er fremragende i kraft, og i dom, og i overflod av rettferdighet: han vil ikke undertrykke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vi kan ikke nå Den Allmektige; han er opphøyd i kraft; i rettferdighet og stor rettferdighet undertrykker han ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den Mektige! Vi har ikke funnet Ham, høy i makt og dom, Han svarer ikke! Og overstrømmende i rettferdighet,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når det gjelder Den Allmektige, kan vi ikke finne ham ut. Han er utmerket i kraft; og i rettferdighet og rikelig rettskaffenhet undertrykker han ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det er ingen grense for den Allmektiges makt: hans styrke og dom er stor; han er full av rettferdighet, gjør ingen urett.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  It is not we that can fynde out the allmightie: for in power, equite and rigtuousnesse he is hyer then can be expressed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It is the Almightie: we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, & aboundant in iustice: he afflicteth not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflicteth not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  We can't reach the Almighty, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he will not oppress.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

• World English Bible (2000)

  We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see: to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
• Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him and succeeded?
• Job 36:5 : 5 Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loves justice; you establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
• Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
• Job 11:7 : 7 Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?
• Job 12:13 : 13 With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
• Job 16:7-9 : 7 But now he has made me weary; you have made desolate all my company. 8 You have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me, and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face. 9 He tears me in his wrath, who hates me; he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me. 10 They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me. 11 God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he has broken me apart; he has also seized me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up as his target. 13 His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in the dust. 16 My face is flushed with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 Not for any injustice in my hands; also, my prayer is pure.
• Job 26:14 : 14 Behold, these are parts of His ways: but how small a portion is heard of Him? But the thunder of His power, who can understand?
• Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert judgment, or does the Almighty pervert justice?
• Job 9:19 : 19 If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty: and if of judgment, who shall set a time for me to plead?
• Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
• Ps 146:6-7 : 6 Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever: 7 Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:
• Prov 30:3-4 : 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?
• Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Declare and bring them near; indeed, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient times? who has told it from that time? have not I, the LORD? and there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me.
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Lam 3:32-33 : 32 But though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. 33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
• Ezek 18:23 : 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD, and not that he should return from his ways and live?
• Ezek 18:32 : 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
• Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
• Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
• Job 36:26 : 26 Behold, God is great, and we do not know him, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
• Job 37:19 : 19 Teach us what we shall say to him, for we cannot arrange our speech because of darkness.
• Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger lasts only a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
• Ps 36:5-7 : 5 Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches unto the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast. 7 How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.
• Ps 62:11 : 11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God.
• Ps 65:6 : 6 Who by His strength establishes the mountains; being girded with power:
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.
• Ps 93:1 : 1 The LORD reigns, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, with which he has girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.