Verse 15

And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og nå roser vi de frække som lykkes. De som gjør ondt har det bra, og de frister Gud og slipper unna.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og nå priser vi de stolte lykkelige; ja, de som handler ugudelig reises opp; ja, de som frister Gud, slipper unna.

• Norsk King James

  Og nå kaller vi de stolte lykkelige; ja, de som gjør ondt, står i høysetet; ja, de som setter Gud på prøve, er til og med reddet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nå priser vi de stolte lykkelige. De som handler ugudelig er også bygget opp, og de setter Gud på prøve og slipper unna.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og nå ser vi de stolte som blir lykkelige; de som gjør urett, reiser seg, ja, de frister Gud og slipper unna.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og nå kaller vi de stolte lykkelige; ja, de som utfører ondskap blir opphøyet; ja, de som frister Gud blir til og med befridd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og nå proklamerer vi de stolte for lykkelige; faktisk blir de som gjør ondt opphøyde, og de som frister Gud, blir til og med tilgitt.

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

  Og nå kaller vi de stolte lykkelige; ja, de som utfører ondskap blir opphøyet; ja, de som frister Gud blir til og med befridd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Nå kaller vi de hovmodige velsignet. De som handler ondt, blir oppbygget; ja, de setter Gud på prøve og slipper unna.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Nå kaller vi de hovmodige velsignet. De som gjør ugudelighet, skal lykkes. De setter Gud på prøve og slipper unna.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og nu, vi prise de Hovmodige salige; (thi) de, som gjorde Ugudelighed, ere baade opbyggede, og prøvede Gud og undkom.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og nå kaller vi de hovmodige lykkelige; ja, de som gjør ondt, blir opphøyet; ja, de som frister Gud, slipper unna.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nå kaller vi de stolte lykkelige; ja, de som handler ondt, blir oppbygget; de frister Gud, og unnslipper.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Nå kaller vi de stolte lykkelige. De som gjør ondt blir bygget opp, de har fristet Gud og sluppet unna.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Nå kaller vi de stolte lykkelige. Ja, de som gjør urett, blir bygget opp. Ja, de frister Gud og slipper unna.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nå synes vi de stolte er lykkelige; ja, de som gjør ondt, har det godt; de setter Gud på prøve og slipper unna.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore maye we saye, that the proude are happie, and that they which deale with vngodlynesse, are set vp: for they tempte God, and yet escape.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore wee count the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednesse, are set vp, and they that tempt God, yea, they are deliuered.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And nowe we call the proude happie: yea the workers of wickednesse are set vp, and also they that tempt God, yea they are deliuered.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

Referenced Verses

• Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Matt 4:6-7 : 6 And said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you strike your foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
• Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.
• Acts 12:21 : 21 And on a set day Herod, dressed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave a speech to them.
• 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.
• Heb 3:9 : 9 When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
• Num 14:22-23 : 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
• Esth 5:10 : 10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.
• Job 12:6 : 6 The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
• Job 21:7-9 : 7 Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power? 8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull breeds and does not fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry. 11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to the grave. 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 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
• Job 22:23 : 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, and you shall put away iniquity far from your tents.
• Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.
• Ps 49:18 : 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
• Ps 73:12 : 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
• Ps 78:18 : 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their desire.
• Ps 78:41 : 41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 78:56 : 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies:
• Ps 95:9 : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
• Ps 106:14 : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
• Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
• Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.
• Jer 7:10 : 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
• Jer 12:1-2 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously? 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their hearts.
• Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways just; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
• Dan 5:20-28 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this. 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24 Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. 25 And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of each word: MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting. 28 PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
• Dan 6:16 : 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
• Hab 1:13-17 : 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a man more righteous than he? 14 You make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them. 15 They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet; therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
• Mal 2:17 : 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?