Verse 2

If we attempt to speak with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Blir du lett berørt når noen henvender seg til deg? Hvem kan virkelig holde tilbake sine ord?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om vi prøver å tale til deg, blir du da lei? Men hvem kan holde tilbake ordene sine?

• Norsk King James

  Vil du bli lei deg om vi prøver å snakke med deg? Men hvem kan la være å si noe?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om vi forsøkte å tale et ord til deg, ville du bli lei av det? Men hvem kan holde seg fra å tale?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis noen forsøker å tale til deg, vil du bli utålmodig? Men hvem kan holde ordene tilbake?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis vi prøver å snakke med deg, vil det plage deg? Men hvem kan holde tilbake fra å tale?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Skal du bli bedrøvet om vi forsøker å tale med deg? For hvem kan unnlate å snakke?

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

  Hvis vi prøver å snakke med deg, vil det plage deg? Men hvem kan holde tilbake fra å tale?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis man prøver å tale til deg, vil du bli utålmodig? Men hvem kan holde tilbake ordene?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If someone attempts to speak with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.4.2", "source": "הֲנִסָּ֬ה דָבָ֣ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ תִּלְאֶ֑ה וַעְצֹ֥ר בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין מִ֣י יוּכָֽל׃", "text": "*hă-nissāh* *dābār* to *ʾēlêkā* *tilʾeh* and *wa-ʿăṣōr* with *bə-millîn* who *mî* *yûkāl*", "grammar": { "*hă-nissāh*": "interrogative particle + Piel infinitive absolute - if one attempts/tries", "*dābār*": "noun, masculine singular - word/speech/thing", "*ʾēlêkā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*tilʾeh*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will be weary/tired", "*wa-ʿăṣōr*": "waw conjunction + Qal infinitive construct - and to restrain/hold back", "*bə-millîn*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural - with words", "*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who", "*yûkāl*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is able/can" }, "variants": { "*nissāh*": "to try/test/attempt", "*dābār*": "word/speech/matter/thing", "*tilʾeh*": "to be weary/tired/impatient", "*ʿăṣōr*": "to restrain/hold back/retain", "*millîn*": "words/speech (poetic form of *millim*)", "*yûkāl*": "to be able/capable/endure" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvis man forsøker å snakke til deg, vil du bli lei? Men hvem kunne holde ordene tilbake?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om vi vilde forsøge (at tale) et Ord til dig, skulde du (vel) kjedes derved? men hvo kan holde sig fra at tale?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Om vi forsøker å tale med deg, vil du bli opprørt? Men hvem kan la være å tale?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Hvis noen våger å snakke med deg, vil du bli bedrøvet? Men hvem kan holde seg fra å si noe?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Har noen prøvd å tale med deg? Da blir du sliten! Hvem makter å holde seg tilbake fra å tale?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis noen skulle prøve å snakke med deg, ville du bli dratt ned? Men hvem kan holde seg fra å tale?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis noen sier noe, vil det trette deg? Men hvem kan la være å uttrykke det som ligger ham på hjertet?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf we begynne to comon with the, peradueture thou wilt be myscontent, but who can witholde himself from speakynge?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If we assay to come with thee, wilt thou be discontent? But who can withhold him selfe from speaking?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

• World English Bible (2000)

  "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:18-20 : 18 For I am full of words; the spirit within me compels me. 19 Behold, my belly is like wine that has no outlet; it is ready to burst like new wineskins. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
• Acts 4:20 : 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
• 2 Cor 2:4-6 : 4 For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love I have more abundantly toward you. 5 But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not put too much burden on you all. 6 The punishment inflicted by many is sufficient for such a person.
• 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though it was only for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death.
• Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding it in. I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
• Jer 20:9 : 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding back, and I could not stay.