Verse 21

Though I were perfect, yet I would not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg er uskyldig, men jeg bryr meg ikke om hva som skjer med meg; jeg avskyr livet mitt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Selv om jeg var uten feil, ville jeg ikke forstå min sjel; jeg ville forakte mitt liv.

• Norsk King James

  Selv om jeg var feilfri, ville jeg ikke kjenne min egen situasjon; jeg ville forakte livet mitt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Selv om jeg var feilfri, ville jeg ikke kjenne meg selv, jeg forakter mitt eget liv.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg er skyldfri; men jeg forstår ikke mitt eget liv, jeg forakter det.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om jeg var fullkommen, ville jeg ikke kjenne min sjel; jeg ville forakte mitt liv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Selv om jeg var fullkommen, ville jeg likevel ikke forstå mitt indre; jeg ville forakte mitt liv.

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

  Om jeg var fullkommen, ville jeg ikke kjenne min sjel; jeg ville forakte mitt liv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Selv om jeg var uskyldig, ville jeg ikke kjenne min egen sjel, jeg ville forakte mitt liv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Though I am blameless, I do not even understand myself; I despise my life.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.9.21", "source": "תָּֽם־אָ֭נִי לֹֽא־אֵדַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶמְאַ֥ס חַיָּֽי׃", "text": "*tām-ʾānî* *lōʾ-ʾēdaʿ* *napšî* *ʾemʾas* *ḥayyāy*", "grammar": { "*tām-ʾānî*": "adjective masculine singular + 1st person singular independent pronoun - blameless am I", "*lōʾ-ʾēdaʿ*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 1st person singular - I do not know", "*napšî*": "feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*ʾemʾas*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I despise", "*ḥayyāy*": "masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my life" }, "variants": { "*tām*": "complete, blameless, perfect", "*ʾēdaʿ*": "to know, understand, recognize", "*napšî*": "soul, self, life", "*ʾemʾas*": "to reject, despise, refuse", "*ḥayyāy*": "life, lifetime, living" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg er uskyldig, jeg kjenner ikke meg selv; jeg forakter mitt liv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Var jeg fuldkommen, saa kjendte jeg dog ikke mig selv; jeg foragter mit Levnet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Om jeg enn var fullkommen, ville jeg ikke kjenne min egen sjel; jeg ville forakte mitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg er ulastelig. Jeg bryr meg ikke om meg selv. Jeg forakter mitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Perfekt er jeg; jeg kjenner ikke min sjel, jeg forakter mitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg er fullkommen; jeg bryr meg ikke om meg selv; jeg forakter mitt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg har ikke gjort urett; jeg bryr meg ikke om hva som skjer med meg; jeg har ingen lyst på livet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For that I shulde be an innocent, my coscience knoweth it not, yee I my self am weery off my life.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I am blameless. I don't respect myself. I despise my life.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.

Referenced Verses

• Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and avoided evil.
• Job 7:15-16 : 15 so that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.
• Job 7:21 : 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
• Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Prov 28:26 : 26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.
• Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
• 1 John 3:20 : 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.