Verse 14

You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere har sagt: Det er meningsløst å tjene Gud. Hva har vi å vinne ved å holde hans bud og gå i sorgdrakt foran Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud, hva nytte har vi av å holde hans forskrifter eller å gå med sorg for Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Norsk King James

  Dere har sagt: Det er meningsløst å tjene Gud; hva har vi å vinne ved å holde hans bud og gå sorgfullt foran HERREN over hærer?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva vinning har vi av å holde hans påbud og gå i sørgeklær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere har sagt: 'Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva gagner det at vi holder hans forskrifter, og at vi går sorgfulle for Herren, Allhærs Gud?'.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud: og hva nytte er det at vi har holdt hans forskrifter, og har vandret sorgfullt foran Herren over hærskarene?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dere har sagt at det er forgjeves å tjene Gud; hva får vi da ut av å holde hans bud og vandre sørgmodig foran HERRENS hærskarer?

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

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud: og hva nytte er det at vi har holdt hans forskrifter, og har vandret sorgfullt foran Herren over hærskarene?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere sier: «Å tjene Gud er forgjeves. Hva har vi igjen for å oppfylle hans krav og for å gå sorgfulle for Herrens, hærskarenes Guds åsyn?»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva har vi fått ut av å holde hans forskrifter eller å gå i sorgklær for hans ansikt, hærskarenes Gud?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I sagde: (Det er) forfængeligt at tjene Gud, og hvad Vinding (er derved), at vi tage vare paa hans Varetægt, og at vi gaae i Sørgeklæder for den Herre Zebaoths Ansigt?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud; hva nytte har vi av å holde hans forskrifter og å vandre med sorg for Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, åsyn?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere har sagt: 'Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud'; og 'Hva har vi fått ut av å holde hans bud og av å vandre sørgmodig for Herren, hærskarenes Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere har sagt: 'Det er nytteløst å tjene Gud! Hva får vi igjen for å holde hans bud og gå ydmykt for Gud, hærskarenes Herre?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere har sagt: Det er forgjeves å tjene Gud. Hva nytte har vi av å holde hans befalinger og vandre med sorg for Herren over hærskarene?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere har sagt: Det er til ingen nytte å tjene Gud. Hva har vi fått ut av å holde hans bud og gå i sørgedrakt for Herren over hærskarene?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye haue sayed: It is but lost laboure, to serue God: What profit haue we for kepynge his commaundementes, and for walkinge humbly before the LORDE off hoostes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Hosts?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?

• World English Bible (2000)

  You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You have said,‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD of Heaven’s Armies?

Referenced Verses

• Isa 58:3 : 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors.
• Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled in complacency: that say in their heart, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will He do evil.'
• Zech 7:3-6 : 3 And to speak to the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these many years? 4 Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to Me, even to Me? 6 And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
• Jas 4:9 : 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
• Joel 2:12 : 12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
• Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.' 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
• Job 22:17 : 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do for us?'
• Job 34:9 : 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.
• Job 35:3 : 3 For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?
• Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of oppression; they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them. 11 And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 13 Surely I have kept my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.