Verse 23

If the scourge slays suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når en pest plutselig dreper, håner han de uskyldige.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvis plagen dreper plutselig, vil han le av de uskyldiges prøvelse.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis plagen rammer brått, vil han le av den uskyldige.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om han med pisken dreper i hast, ler han av de uskyldiges prøvelser.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis en svøpe dør plutselig, vil han le av de uskyldiges elendighet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om svøpen dreper plutselig, vil han le av de uskyldiges prøvelse.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om straffen tar livene brått, vil han le av de uskyldiges lidelser.

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

  Om svøpen dreper plutselig, vil han le av de uskyldiges prøvelse.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når en svøpe dreper plutselig, spotter han de uskyldiges nød.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When a scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.9.23", "source": "אִם־שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ים יִלְעָֽג׃", "text": "*ʾim-šôṭ* *yāmît* *pitʾōm* *lə-massat* *nəqiyyîm* *yilʿāg*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-šôṭ*": "conditional particle + masculine singular noun - if scourge", "*yāmît*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - kills", "*pitʾōm*": "adverb - suddenly", "*lə-massat*": "preposition + feminine singular construct noun - at the despair of", "*nəqiyyîm*": "adjective masculine plural - innocent ones", "*yilʿāg*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he mocks" }, "variants": { "*šôṭ*": "scourge, whip, plague", "*yāmît*": "to kill, cause to die, put to death", "*pitʾōm*": "suddenly, unexpectedly", "*massat*": "despair, trial, testing", "*nəqiyyîm*": "innocent, clean, free from guilt", "*yilʿāg*": "to mock, scorn, deride" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når en flom dreper plutselig, spotter Han de uskyldiges fortvilelse.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om han end med Svøbe dræber (Nogen) hasteligen, da spotter han de Uskyldiges Fristelse.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis pisken slår plutselig, ler han av de uskyldiges prøvelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis svøpen dreper plutselig, vil han le av den uskyldiges prøvelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis en svøpe kommer brått, ler Han av uskyldiges prøvelser.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dersom en svøpe dreper plutselig, vil han spotte uskyldiges prøvelser.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om døden kommer plutselig gjennom sykdom, ler han av skjebnen til dem som ikke har gjort noe galt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And though he slaye sodenly wt the scourge, yet laugheth he at the punyshment of the innocent.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If the scourge should suddely slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And though he slay sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If the scourge kills suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 14:15 : 15 Now therefore I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, because the people have made me afraid: and your maidservant said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his maidservant.
• 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then your maidservant said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD your God will be with you.
• Job 1:13-19 : 13 And there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house. 14 And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away; and they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you." 16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you." 17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and carried them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you." 18 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 19 and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
• Job 2:7 : 7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
• Job 4:7 : 7 Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
• Job 8:20 : 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will He help the evildoers:
• Job 24:12 : 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out, yet God does not charge them with folly.
• Ps 44:22 : 22 Yes, for Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Ezek 14:19-21 : 19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall only deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus says the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
• Ezek 21:13 : 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword despises even the rod? it shall be no more, says the Lord GOD.
• Heb 11:36-37 : 36 Still others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—