Verse 6

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De ondes ord er en skjult felle for blod, men de frommes munn redder dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De ondes ord er et bakhold for blod, men de oppriktiges munn vil redde dem.

• Norsk King James

  De ondes ord er som en felle for blod; men den oppriktiges munn kan redde dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De ugudeliges handlinger er å ligge på lur etter blod, men de ærliges ord skal redde dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De ondes ord lurer på blod, men de oppriktiges munn redder dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De ondes ord er for å lure på blod, men de oppriktiges munn skal utfri dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De onde ordene lurer i bakhold på blod, men den rettferdiges munn skal redde dem.

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

  De ondes ord er for å lure på blod, men de oppriktiges munn skal utfri dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De ondes ord lurer på blod, men de rettsindiges munn berger dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright rescues them.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De urettferdiges ord lurer på blod, men de oppriktiges munn redder dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Det er) de Ugudeliges Handeler at lure paa Blod, men de Oprigtiges Mund skal redde dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the uight shall deliver them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De ondes ord ligger på lur for blod, men de oppriktiges munn skal redde dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De ondes ord venter på blod, men de oppriktiges tale redder dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De ondes ord skaper bakhold for blod, men de oppriktiges munn redder dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De ondes ord ligger på lur etter blod; men den rette skal berge dem med sin munn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Syndernes ord bringer ødeleggelse for de rettskafne, men de rettskafnes munn er deres frelse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The talkynge of the vngodly is, how they maye laye wayte for bloude, but the mouth of ye righteous wil delyuer them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer the.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:3 : 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
• Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.
• Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
• 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight: 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king only: 3 And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
• Esth 4:7-9 : 7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him a copy of the written decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther and explain it to her, and to charge her to go to the king, to plead with him and make a request before him for her people. 9 And Hatach came and reported Mordecai's words to Esther. 10 Again Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him a command for Mordecai: 11 All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that anyone, whether man or woman, who comes to the king in the inner court without being called, there is but one law to put him to death, unless the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But I have not been called to come to the king these thirty days. 12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words. 13 Then Mordecai instructed them to reply to Esther, "Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king's house more than all the Jews. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
• Esth 7:4-6 : 4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to perish. But if we had been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, although the enemy could not compensate for the king's loss. 5 Then King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so? 6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
• Prov 1:11-19 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse," 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
• Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Woe is me! For I am like when they have gathered the summer fruits, like the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desired the first ripe fruit. 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.
• Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
• Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.
• Acts 25:3 : 3 requesting a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.