Verse 16

Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Bedre med lite og respekt for Herren enn med store skatter og uro.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Bedre er det med lite i Herrens frykt enn mye rikdom med uro.

• Norsk King James

  Bedre er lite med frykt for Herren enn mye rikdom med problemer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Litt med gudsfrykt er bedre enn stor rikdom med uro.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er bedre med lite i Herrens frykt enn stor rikdom med uro.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Bedre er lite i frykt for Herren enn stor skatt med uro.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det er bedre å ha litt med Herrens ærefrykt enn å ha mye rikdom med tilhørende bekymringer.

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

  Bedre er lite i frykt for Herren enn stor skatt med uro.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Bedre er lite med Herrens frykt enn stor rikdom med uro.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil with it.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.15.16", "source": "טוֹב־מְ֭עַט בְּיִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה מֵאוֹצָ֥ר רָ֝֗ב וּמְה֥וּמָה בֽוֹ׃", "text": "*Ṭôḇ-məʿaṭ bəyirʾat YHWH mēʾôṣār rāḇ ûməhûmāh ḇô*", "grammar": { "*Ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - better/good is", "*məʿaṭ*": "adjective, masculine singular - little/few", "*bəyirʾat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - with fear of", "YHWH": "proper noun - divine name", "*mēʾôṣār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - than treasure", "*rāḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - great/much", "*ûməhûmāh*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and turmoil/trouble", "*ḇô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it" }, "variants": { "*Ṭôḇ-məʿaṭ*": "better is little/good is small amount", "*bəyirʾat YHWH*": "with fear of YHWH/in reverence for the LORD", "*mēʾôṣār rāḇ*": "than great treasure/than abundant wealth", "*ûməhûmāh ḇô*": "and trouble with it/with turmoil in it" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Bedre er lite med Herrens frykt enn stor rikdom med uro.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Lidet er bedre i Herrens Frygt, end stort Liggendefæ, naar der er Forstyrrelse derhos.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Bedre er lite med frykt for Herren enn stor skatt med uro.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Bedre er lite med Herrens frykt enn stor rikdom med uro.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Bedre er litt med frykt for Herren enn mye skatt og uro med det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Bedre er lite med frykt for Herren enn store skatter med uro.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Bedre er lite med frykt for Herren enn stor rikdom med bekymring.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Better `is' a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.
• 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
• Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.
• Eccl 5:10-12 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
• Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
• Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
• Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.