Verse 28

In the multitude of people is the king's honor, but in the lack of people is the ruin of the prince.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Folkemengdens storhet er en konges ære, men mangel på folk er en leders undergang.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  I folkemengden er kongens ære, men mangel på folk er fyrstens ødeleggelse.

• Norsk King James

  I mengden av folk er kongens ære; men i fravær av folk lider fyrsten.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For en konge er det en ære å ha mye folk, men der folk mangler, er fyrsten fordervet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  En stor folkemengde er en konges ære, men uten folk er fyrstens undergang.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  I mange mennesker er det kongens ære, men i mangel på folk er fyrstens ødeleggelse.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  I folkemengden hviler kongens ære, men mangelen på folk fører til prinsens undergang.

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

  I mange mennesker er det kongens ære, men i mangel på folk er fyrstens ødeleggelse.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  I et folks mengde ligger kongens herlighet, men i folkets mangel er fyrstens fall.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A large population is a king's glory, but without subjects, a ruler is ruined.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  I en stor folkemengde er kongens ære, men uten folk er fyrstens ødeleggelse.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er en Konges Ære at have meget Folk, men hvor Folket er borte, der er en Fyrstes Fordærvelse.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the ince.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  I en stor folkemengde er kongens ære, men mangel på folk fører prinsen til undergang.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  I folkemengden er kongens ære, men i folkets mangel er fyrstens ødeleggelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  I folkets mengde er kongens ære, men mangel på folk er fyrstens fall.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Mange mennesker er kongens ære, men mangel på folk er prinsens undergang.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  En konges ære er i folkemengden: og når folk mangler, kan en hersker komme til ødeleggelse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confucio of the prynce.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In the multitude of people is the kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In the multitude of people is the king's glory, But in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In the multitude of a people `is' the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 1:12 : 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
• Exod 1:22 : 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.
• 1 Kgs 4:20-21 : 20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in numbers, eating and drinking and rejoicing. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• 1 Kgs 20:27 : 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the country.
• 2 Kgs 10:32-33 : 32 In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel: and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel; 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
• 2 Kgs 13:7 : 7 He left to Jehoahaz of the people only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust by threshing.