Verse 24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Behagelige ord er som en honningkake, søt for sjelen og helsebringende for kroppen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Behagelige ord er som honningkake, søte for sjelen og helse for knoklene.

• Norsk King James

  Behagelige ord er som en bikube, søte for sjelen og helse for knoklene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Behagelige ord er som en honningkake, søtt for sjelen og en legedom for kroppen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Milne ord er som honning, søte for sjelen og helsebringende for kroppen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vennlige ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helsebringende for kroppen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vennlige ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helsebringende for beina.

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

  Vennlige ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helsebringende for kroppen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Behagelige ord er honning av sødme for sjelen, en helse for benene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.16.24", "source": "צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃", "text": "*ṣûp*-*dᵉḇaš* *ʾimrê*-*nōʿam* *mātôq* to-*neppeš* and-*marpēʾ* to-*ʿāṣem*", "grammar": { "*ṣûp*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - honeycomb of", "*dᵉḇaš*": "noun, masculine, singular - honey", "*ʾimrê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - words of", "*nōʿam*": "noun, masculine, singular - pleasantness/sweetness", "*mātôq*": "adjective, masculine, singular - sweet", "*lᵉ*": "preposition - to", "*neppeš*": "noun, feminine, singular - soul", "*wᵉ*": "conjunction - and", "*marpēʾ*": "noun, masculine, singular - healing/health", "*lᵉ*": "preposition - to", "*ʿāṣem*": "noun, feminine, singular - bone" }, "variants": { "*ṣûp-dᵉḇaš*": "honeycomb of honey/dripping honey", "*ʾimrê-nōʿam*": "words of pleasantness/sweet words/pleasant speech", "*marpēʾ*": "healing/health/medicine" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Venlige ord er en dryppende honningkake, søt for sjelen og medisinsk for bein.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Liflige Taler ere en Honningkage, sød for Sjælen og en Lægedom for Benene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Behagelige ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helse for kroppen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Behagelige ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helse for beinene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Behagelige ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helse for benet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Mildefulle ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helse for kroppen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gode ord er som honning, søte for sjelen og legende for kroppens ben.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Sayings of pleasantness `are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste. 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.
• Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A word spoken at the right time is like apples of gold in settings of silver. 12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.
• Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.
• Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
• Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
• Prov 3:8 : 8 It shall be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Prov 15:23 : 23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
• Prov 15:26 : 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
• Prov 23:16 : 16 Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
• Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.
• Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.
• John 20:19-21 : 19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace be to you. 20 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be to you! As my Father has sent me, I also send you.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching shall drop as the rain, my words shall distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: