Verse 23

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Other Translations

  • Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

    Men hvis ditt øye er ondt, skal hele din kropp være fylt med mørke. Hvis derfor lyset som er i deg, er mørke, hvor stort er da dette mørket!

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk

    Men hvis ditt øye er ondt, vil hele din kropp være fylt med mørke. Hvis da lyset som er i deg er mørke, hvor stort er ikke mørket!

  • Norsk King James

    Men hvis ditt øye er mørkt, vil hele kroppen være full av mørke. Hvis derfor lyset som er i deg er mørke, hvor stort er da ikke dette mørket!

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Men hvis øyet ditt er sykt, vil hele kroppen din være full av mørke. Hvis da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er ikke mørket?

  • KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

    Men hvis ditt øye er ondt, vil hele kroppen være full av mørke. Hvis da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort mørke blir det ikke!

  • Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

    Men hvis ditt øye er sykt, vil hele kroppen være full av mørke. Hvis nå det lys som er i deg er mørke, hvor stort er da mørket!

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Men er ditt øye ondt, vil hele kroppen din være full av mørke. Hvis da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er ikke da mørket!

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Men hvis øyet ditt er ondt, vil hele kroppen være full av mørke. Er derfor lyset du har, mørke, hvor stort vil da mørket være!

  • gpt4.5-preview

    Men hvis øyet ditt er ondt, da blir hele kroppen din fylt med mørke. Dersom da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er da ikke mørket!

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

    Men hvis øyet ditt er ondt, da blir hele kroppen din fylt med mørke. Dersom da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er da ikke mørket!

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Men hvis øyet ditt er ondt, vil hele kroppen din være i mørke. Hvis nå lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er da ikke mørket!

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • biblecontext

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  • NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

    Men hvis ditt øye er ondt, vil hele kroppen din være full av mørke. Hvis nå lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er ikke da mørket!

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Men dersom dit Øie er ondt, bliver dit ganske Legeme mørkt; dersom derfor det Lys, der er i dig, er Mørke, hvor stort bliver da Mørket?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Men hvis øyet ditt er ondt, vil hele kroppen være full av mørke. Hvis da lyset i deg er mørkt, hvor stort er da ikke mørket!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Men hvis ditt øye er ondt, vil hele kroppen din være full av mørke. Hvis lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er da mørket!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Men om øyet ditt er sykt, vil hele kroppen din være i mørke. Og om lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er da ikke mørket!

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Men hvis øyet ditt er sykt, vil hele kroppen din være fylt med mørke. Hvis da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er ikke mørket!

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Men hvis øyet ditt er dårlig, vil hele kroppen din være full av mørke. Hvis da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er ikke mørket!

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But and if thyne eye be wycked then all thy body shalbe full of derckenes. Wherfore yf the light that is in the be darckenes: how greate is that darckenes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But and yf thyne eye be wycked, all thy body shalbe full of darckenes: Wherfore yf the light that is in the, be darckenes, how greate then shall that darckenes be?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But and yf thyne eye be wicked, all thy body shalbe ful of darknesse. Wherfore, yf the lyght that is in thee, be darknesse, howe great is that darknesse?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great› [is] ‹that darkness!›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:18-20 : 18 For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • Rom 2:17-23 : 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God, 18 And know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 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?
  • Matt 6:22 : 22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
  • Isa 5:20-21 : 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-19 : 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.
  • Eph 4:18 : 18 Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see.
  • Matt 23:16-28 : 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.
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: