Verse 24

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Livets vei fører oppover for den som handler klokt, så han kan unnslippe dødsriket.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Livets vei går oppover for den vise for å unngå dødsriket nedenfor.

• Norsk King James

  Livets vei er for den vise, så han kan vende seg bort fra helvete nedenfor.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Visdommens vei fører oppover til liv, så man slipper å gå ned til dødsriket.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De klokes vei leder oppover for å unnfly dødsriket nedenfor.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Livets vei fører oppover for den vise, for at han skal unnslippe dødsriket der nede.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den vise ser livets vei fra oven, slik at han kan unngå å falle ned i helvete.

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

  Livets vei fører oppover for den vise, for at han skal unnslippe dødsriket der nede.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Til livets sti ledes den forstandige, så han kan unngå dødsriket der nede.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.15.24", "source": "אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְמַ֣עְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּ֑יל לְמַ֥עַן ס֝֗וּר מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃", "text": "*ʾōraḥ ḥayyîm ləmaʿlāh ləmaśkîl ləmaʿan sûr miššəʾôl māṭṭāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾōraḥ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - path of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - life", "*ləmaʿlāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - upward", "*ləmaśkîl*": "preposition + hiphil participle, masculine singular - for the prudent", "*ləmaʿan*": "conjunction - in order that", "*sûr*": "qal infinitive construct - to turn away/depart", "*miššəʾôl*": "preposition + noun, proper feminine - from Sheol", "*māṭṭāh*": "adverb - downward/below" }, "variants": { "*ʾōraḥ ḥayyîm*": "path of life/way of living", "*ləmaʿlāh ləmaśkîl*": "upward for prudent/leads upward for discerning", "*ləmaʿan sûr*": "in order to turn away/that he might depart", "*miššəʾôl māṭṭāh*": "from Sheol below/from realm of death beneath" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Veien til livet går oppover for den som er klok, så han kan unngå dødsriket nedenfor.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Livsens Vei er for den Kloge oventil, paa det han skal undvige Helvede nedentil.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Den vises vei går oppover mot livet for å unngå dødsriket nedenunder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Livets vei fører oppover for den vise, så han holdes borte fra dødsriket nedenfor.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For den vise er livets sti oppad for å unngå dødsriket under.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den klokes vei går oppover mot livet, så han kan unna seg helvetes undergang.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Visdoms vei er en livets sti, som leder bort fra dødsriket.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A path of life `is' on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:18 : 18 For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.
• Phil 3:20 : 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Col 3:1-2 : 1 If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
• Ps 16:11 : 11 You will show me the path of life: in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
• Ps 139:24 : 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
• Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
• Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
• Prov 23:14 : 14 You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.
• Jer 21:8 : 8 And to this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
• Matt 7:14 : 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.