Verse 15

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Vær oppmerksom på falske profeter, som kommer til dere i sauers klær, men innvendig er de ravende ulver.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Vokt dere for falske profeter, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men som innvendig er grådige ulver.

• Norsk King James

  Vær på vakt mot falske profeter, som kommer til dere i sauers klær, men innvendig er de rovgriske ulver.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men som innvendig er glupske ulver.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Vær på vakt mot falske profeter, som kommer til dere i saueklær, men inni er glupske ulver.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men innvendig er ville rovgriske ulver.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vokt dere for falske profeter, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men innvendig er glupende ulver.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vokt dere for falske profeter, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men innerst inne er grådende ulver.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Vokt dere for de falske profeter, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men som innvendig er glupske ulver.

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

  Vokt dere for de falske profeter, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men som innvendig er glupske ulver.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i saueklær, men innvendig er glupske ulver.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene! De kommer til dere i fåreklær, men innvendig er de glupske ulver.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vogter eder for de falske Propheter, som komme til eder i Faareklæder, men ere indvortes glubende Ulve.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men innvendig er glupske ulver.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men innvendig er glupske ulver.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men innvendig er glupske ulver.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men som innvendig er glupske ulver.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vokt dere for de falske profetene, som kommer til dere i fåreklær, men som innvendig er glupende ulver.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Beware of false Prophetes which come to you in shepes clothinge but inwardly they are ravenynge wolves.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beware of false Prophetes, which come to you in shepes clothinge, but inwardly they are rauenynge wolues,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beware of false prophets, which come to you, in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beware of false prophetes, which come to you in sheepes clothyng: but inwardly they are rauenyng woolfes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ ‹Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A Tree and Its Fruit“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
• Matt 24:11 : 11 And many false prophets will rise and will deceive many.
• Col 2:8 : 8 Beware lest anyone spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the basic principles of the world, and not after Christ.
• Deut 13:1-3 : 1 If there arises among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; 3 You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God tests you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Acts 20:29-31 : 29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
• Mark 13:22-23 : 22 For false Christs and false prophets will rise, and will show signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, even the elect. 23 But take heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
• Luke 6:26 : 26 Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
• Mic 3:5-7 : 5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who make my people err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.
• Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
• 2 Pet 3:17 : 17 You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with sulfur.
• Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
• Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst.
• Isa 9:15-16 : 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.
• Jer 14:14-16 : 14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.' 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I have not sent them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land'—by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
• Jer 23:13-16 : 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused my people Israel to err. 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land. 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
• Jer 28:15-17 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
• Jer 29:21 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
• Jer 29:32 : 32 Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for my people, says the LORD, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.
• Ezek 13:16 : 16 This is concerning the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and see visions of peace for her, when there is no peace, says the Lord GOD.
• Zeph 3:3-4 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
• Zech 13:4 : 4 And it shall come to pass in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed, every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; nor shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
• Matt 10:17 : 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
• 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 : 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?
• Matt 24:4-5 : 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will deceive many.
• Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
• Eph 4:14 : 14 That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive;
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.
• Phil 3:2 : 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilators.
• 1 Tim 4:1-3 : 1 Now the Spirit speaks clearly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits, and doctrines of demons; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
• 2 Tim 3:5-9 : 5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away. 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disqualified concerning the faith. 9 But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.
• 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
• John 10:12 : 12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
• Rom 16:17-18 : 17 Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
• Matt 24:24-25 : 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand.
• Mark 12:38-40 : 38 Then he said to them in his teaching, 'Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, 39 the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, 40 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
• Rev 13:11-17 : 11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he performs great signs, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 And that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.
• Rev 16:13 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
• Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her, I marveled with great wonder.
• Acts 13:40 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
• 2 Pet 2:18-19 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
• Acts 13:6 : 6 And when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
• Ezek 13:22 : 22 Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, so he should not turn from his wicked way, by promising him life.
• Isa 56:10-11 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory.