Verse 10

And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og nå er øksen lagt til rotsystemet av trærne; derfor skal hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt hogges ned og kastet i ilden.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Allerede ligger øksen ved roten av trærne. Ethvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt blir hugget ned og kastet i ilden.

• Norsk King James

  Og nå er øksen allerede lagt til roten av trærne; derfor vil hvert tre uten god frukt bli hogd ned og kastet i ilden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Øksen ligger allerede ved roten av trærne; derfor skal hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, hogges ned og kastes i ilden.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og nå ligger øksen allerede ved roten av trærne: derfor blir hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, hugget ned og kastet i ilden.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Øksen ligger allerede ved roten av trærne, og hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hugget ned og kastet i ilden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Øksen er allerede lagt ved roten av trærne. Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hogd ned og kastet i ilden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Nå er øksa lagt ved trærnes rot. Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hugget ned og kastet i ilden.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Øksen ligger allerede ved roten av trærne, derfor blir hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, hugget ned og kastet på ilden.

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

  Øksen ligger allerede ved roten av trærne, derfor blir hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, hugget ned og kastet på ilden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Øksen ligger allerede ved roten av trærne. Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hogget ned og kastet på ilden.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Øksen ligger allerede ved roten av trærne; hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hogd ned og kastet på ilden.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Øxen ligger og allerede ved Roden af Træerne; derfor skal hvert Træ, som ikke bærer god Frugt, afhugges og kastes i Ilden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og nå er også øksen lagt ved roten av trærne. Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, skal hogges ned og kastes på ilden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Allerede ligger øksen ved roten av trærne. Derfor blir hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt hogd ned og kastet på ilden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Nå er også øksen lagt ved roten av trærne; derfor blir hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, hogd ned og kastet i ilden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Øksen ligger alt ved roten av trærne. Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hogd ned og kastet i ilden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Allerede nå ligger øksen ved roten av trærne; hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt blir hugget ned og kastet på ilden.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Euenowe is ye axe put vnto ye rote of ye trees: soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute is hewe doune and cast into ye fyre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Euen now is the axe put vnto ye rote of the trees: therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute, shalbe hewe downe, and cast into the fyre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And now also is the axe put to the roote of the trees: therfore euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, & cast into ye fire.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Referenced Verses

• John 15:6 : 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
• John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit.
• Matt 7:19 : 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
• Luke 3:9 : 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
• Luke 13:6-9 : 6 He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground? 8 And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it: 9 And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.
• Ps 92:13-14 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing,
• Ps 1:3 : 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.
• Ps 80:15-16 : 15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
• Ezek 15:2-7 : 2 Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken from it to do any work? Or will one take a peg from it to hang any vessel upon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire consumes both ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it fit for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was not fit for any work: how much less shall it be fit for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Like the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
• Mal 3:1-3 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
• 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.
• Luke 23:31 : 31 For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?
• 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
• Matt 21:19 : 19 And when he saw a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you ever again. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
• Heb 3:1-3 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus; 2 Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house.
• Heb 6:8 : 8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.
• Heb 10:28-31 : 28 Anyone who despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who has said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
• Isa 5:2-7 : 2 And he fenced it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected it to bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down: 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
• Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
• Jer 17:8 : 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, nor cease from yielding fruit.