Verse 7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme til sitt dåp, sa han til dem: "Øglerede, hvem har advart dere om å flykte fra den kommende vrede?

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme for å bli døpt, sa han til dem: 'Slanger, hvem har lært dere å flykte fra den kommende vrede?'

• Norsk King James

  Men da han så mange fariseere og saddukeer komme til dåpen, sa han til dem: O dere slanger, hvem har advart dere om å flykte fra den kommende vreden?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men da han så mange fariseere og saddukeere komme for å bli døpt, sa han til dem: Ormeyngel! Hvem lærte dere å flykte fra den kommende vreden?

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og sadduseerne komme til hans dåp, sa han til dem, Ormeyngel, hvem har advart dere mot å flykte fra den kommende vrede?

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme til hans dåp, sa han til dem, «Ormeyngel, hvem har advart dere mot den kommende vredef?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og sadduseerne komme til dåpen, sa han til dem: Ormeyngel, hvem har lært dere å flykte fra den kommende vreden?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men da han så mange fariseere og saddukeere komme til dåpen hans, sa han til dem: Dere slangeslekt, hvem har advart dere om å flykte fra den kommende vrede?

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men da han så at mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne kom til hans dåp, sa han til dem: «Ormeyngel! Hvem har advart dere til å flykte fra den kommende vreden?

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

  Men da han så at mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne kom til hans dåp, sa han til dem: «Ormeyngel! Hvem har advart dere til å flykte fra den kommende vreden?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme for å bli døpt, sa han til dem: «Ormeyngel! Hvem lærte dere å flykte fra den kommende vrede?»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og sadduseerne komme til dåpen, sa han til dem: Giftslangers yngel! Hvem har lært dere å flykte fra den kommende vrede?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men der han saae mange Pharisæer og Sadducæer komme til sin Daab, sagde han til dem: I Øgleunger! hvo viste eder at flye fra den tilkommende Vrede?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme for å bli døpt, sa han til dem: Dere giftige slangers avkom, hvem har advart dere mot den kommende vreden?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme for å bli døpt, sa han til dem: «Ormeyngel, hvem har advart dere mot å flykte fra den kommende vrede?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme til dåpen, sa han til dem: «Ormeyngel! Hvem har lært dere å flykte fra den kommende vreden?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men da han så mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne komme til dåpen, sa han til dem: Ormeyngel, hvem har advart dere om å flykte fra den kommende vreden?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men da han så at mange av fariseerne og saddukeerne kom for å bli døpt, sa han til dem: Ormeyngel, hvem har sagt dere at dere kan flykte fra den kommende vrede?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When he sawe many of ye Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto the: O generacio of vipers who hath taught you to fle fro the vengeauce to come?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim, he sayde vnto them: ye generacio of vipers, who hath certified you, that ye shal escape ye vengeaunce to come?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now when he sawe many of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme, he said vnto them, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the anger to come?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But when he sawe many of the Pharisees, and Saducees come to his baptisme, he sayde vnto them. O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

• World English Bible (2000)

  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Referenced Verses

• Matt 23:33 : 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
• Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
• Matt 22:23 : 23 The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him,
• Acts 5:17 : 17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,
• Matt 16:6 : 6 Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
• Matt 16:11-12 : 11 How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees? 12 Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
• Acts 23:6-9 : 6 But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being questioned. 7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge both. 9 And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
• Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness;
• Rom 5:9 : 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
• Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
• Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul; be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; He will render to her a recompense.
• Ezek 3:18-21 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. 20 Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous do not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
• Ezek 33:3-7 : 3 If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people; 4 Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and does not take warning; if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he who takes warning shall save his soul. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. 7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
• Matt 5:20 : 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, except by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
• Ps 58:3-6 : 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear; 5 Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
• Isa 57:3-4 : 3 But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the offspring of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
• Isa 59:5 : 5 They hatch viper’s eggs and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies, and what is crushed breaks out into a viper.
• Mark 7:3-5 : 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands often, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, like the washing of cups, pots, bronze vessels, and tables. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?
• Mark 8:15 : 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
• Mark 12:13 : 13 Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to trap him in his words.
• Mark 12:18 : 18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him,
• Luke 3:7-9 : 7 Then he said to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 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 7:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, not being baptized by him.
• Luke 11:39-44 : 39 And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. 40 Fools, did not he who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you. 42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every kind of herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 43 Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him.
• Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
• John 1:24 : 24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
• John 7:45-49 : 45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have you not brought him? 46 The officers answered, No man ever spoke like this man. 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.
• John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
• John 9:40 : 40 And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also?
• Acts 4:1-2 : 1 As they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 Being disturbed that they taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
• Acts 26:5 : 5 Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
• 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
• Rev 6:16-17 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand?
• Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night."
• Matt 22:15 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle him in his talk.
• Matt 15:12 : 12 Then his disciples came and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
• Acts 15:5 : 5 But there arose certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
• Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
• Matt 22:34 : 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
• Matt 23:13-28 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: therefore you shall receive greater condemnation. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. 19 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
• 2 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us: