Verse 2

For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For dårskap fører til den dåraktiges død, og misunnelse ødelegger den kloke.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For vrede dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse slår den enfoldige i hjel.

• Norsk King James

  For vrede dreper den dumme, og misunnelse slår den tåpelige.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For sinne dreper en tåpe, og misunnelse tar livet av en dåre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For vrede dreper den dumme, og misunnelse tar livet av den tåpelige.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For vrede dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse tar livet av den enfoldige.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For vrede dreper den dåraktige, og misunnelse slår den tåpelige ihjel.

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

  For vrede dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse tar livet av den enfoldige.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For dårskap vil drepe den uforstandige, og sinne lokker den naive til å bli drept av misunnelse.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Sinne dreper dåren, og avund tar livet av den enfoldige.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Fortørnelse skal slaae en Daare ihjel, og Nidkjærhed skal dræbe den Taabelige.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For vrede dreper den uforstandige, og misunnelse slår i hjel den enfoldige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For harme dreper den tåpelige, og misunnelse tar livet av den enfoldige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For frustrasjon dreper den vrange, og misunnelse dreper den enfoldige.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For forargelse dreper den tåpelige mannen, og misunnelse dreper den enfoldige.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For vrede fører de tåpelige til død, og den uten visdom går til grunne av lidenskap.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him, and anger slayeth ye ignoraunt.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die."
• 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 And Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day forward.
• Job 18:4 : 4 He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
• Ps 14:1 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
• Ps 75:4 : 4 I said to the fools, Do not act foolishly; and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:
• Ps 92:6 : 6 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.
• Ps 107:17 : 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
• Prov 1:22-23 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
• Prov 8:5 : 5 O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.
• Prov 12:16 : 16 A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.
• Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
• Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
• Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
• Rom 2:8 : 8 But to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
• 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts,