Verse 3

Therefore, whatever they ask you to observe, that observe and do; but do not do according to their works: for they say and do not.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Alt som de sier til dere, skal dere ta vare på og gjøre; men ikke gjør som de gjør, for de sier, men gjør ikke.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Alt hva de sier, skal dere holde fast ved og gjøre; men gjør ikke etter deres gjerninger, for de sier, men de gjør ikke.»

• Norsk King James

  Alt de ber dere om å gjøre, skal dere gjøre; men dere skal ikke gjøre som de gjør, for de sier én ting og gjør noe annet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor, hva de sier dere skal holde, det skal dere holde og gjøre; men gjør ikke som de gjør, for de sier én ting og gjør noe annet.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Alt derfor hva de pålegger dere å holde, det hold og gjør; men gjør ikke etter deres gjerninger, for de sier, og gjør ikke.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Derfor, alt de sier til dere at dere skal holde, det skal dere holde og gjøre; men ikke gjør som de gjør, for de sier én ting, men gjør en annen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Alt derfor som de befaler dere å holde, det skal dere holde og gjøre. Men gjør ikke som de gjør, for de sier, men gjør ikke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Alt det dere blir befalt å holde, skal dere gjøre, men ikke følg deres eksempel, for de gir kun ord og handler ikke.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Alt de derfor befaler dere å holde, det skal dere holde og gjøre; men gjør ikke etter deres gjerninger. For de sier det, men gjør det ikke selv.

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

  Alt de derfor befaler dere å holde, det skal dere holde og gjøre; men gjør ikke etter deres gjerninger. For de sier det, men gjør det ikke selv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så derfor, alt det de sier dere skal holde, gjør det og følg det, men gjør ikke som de gjør, for de sier en ting og gjør en annen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So do and observe whatever they tell you, but do not do as they do, for they say things but do not practice them.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Så alt de sier til dere, skal dere gjøre og holde. Men etter deres gjerninger skal dere ikke gjøre, for de sier én ting, men gjør noe annet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Alt det derfor, som de sige eder, at I skulle holde, det holder og gjører; men gjører ikke efter deres Gjerninger; thi de sige det vel, men gjøre det ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Alt derfor som de sier til dere at dere skal holde, det skal dere holde og gjøre; men følg ikke deres gjerninger, for de sier en ting og gjør noe annet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Alt de derfor befaler dere å holde, skal dere holde og gjøre. Men ikke gjør som de gjør, for de sier, men gjør ikke selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Alt de sier til dere, skal dere derfor gjøre og overholde, men følg ikke deres gjerninger, for de sier, men gjør ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor, gjør og hold alt det de sier til dere, men gjør ikke som de gjør; for de sier én ting og gjør noe annet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Alt det de befaler dere å gjøre, det skal dere gjøre og holde; men gjør ikke etter deres gjerninger, for de sier, men gjør ikke.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  All therfore whatsoever they byd you observe that observe and do: but after their workes do not:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and do, but after their workes shal ye not do,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  All therefore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and doe: but after their workes doe not: for they say, and doe not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  All therfore, whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and do: but do not ye after their workes, for they say, and do not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,› [that] ‹observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, [these] do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.
• Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
• Exod 18:19-20 : 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God. 20 And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.
• Exod 18:23 : 23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will go to their place in peace.
• Deut 4:5 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it.
• Deut 5:27 : 27 Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak to us all that the LORD our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it.
• Deut 17:9-9 : 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment. 10 You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you. 11 According to the sentence of the law which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence they show you, to the right hand or to the left. 12 The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
• 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
• Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
• Matt 15:2-9 : 2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die. 5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; 6 And does not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
• Matt 21:30 : 30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; but he did not go.
• Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
• Rom 2:19-24 : 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? 23 You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written.
• Rom 13:1 : 1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.