Verse 23

In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Alt arbeid gir utbytte, men tomme ord fører kun til tap.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  I alt arbeid er det profitt, men tomt snakk fører kun til fattigdom.

• Norsk King James

  I alt arbeid er det gevinst; men skravlingen fører bare til fattigdom.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  I alt strevsomt arbeid finnes det fortjeneste, men tomt snakk fører bare til mangel.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  I alt strev er det vinning, men munnhuggeri fører bare til fattigdom.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  I alt arbeid er det nytte, men leppens tale fører bare til fattigdom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  I alt arbeid finnes det nytte, men tomt leppeprat fører bare til fattigdom.

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

  I alt arbeid er det nytte, men leppens tale fører bare til fattigdom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  I alt strev er det vinning, men tomt prat fører bare til mangel.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  I alt arbeid er det vinning, men tomt snakk fører bare til tap.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I alt smerteligt (Arbeide) er der Fordeel, men (hvor der ikkun ere) Læbers Ord, (der kommer det) aleneste til Mangel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In all labour there is ofit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  I alt arbeid er det fortjeneste, men munntemas snakk fører bare til fattigdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  I alt strev er det inntekt, men leppenes prat fører bare til fattigdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  I all arbeide er det vinning, men tomt prat fører kun til tap.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  I alt arbeid er det gevinst, men munnen er bare fattigdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  I alt hardt arbeid er det gevinst, men tomprat gjør en mann fattig.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.
• Prov 28:19 : 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.
• John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
• 2 Thess 3:10-12 : 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and eat their own bread.
• Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,
• 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.
• Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream comes through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.
• Prov 10:10 : 10 He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.