Verse 12

If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvis du sier: 'Vi visste ikke om dette,' vil han som veier hjertene forstå det; han som vokter din sjel, vil vite det, og han vil belønne mennesket etter sine gjerninger.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvis du sier: 'Se, vi visste det ikke,' vil ikke han som veier hjertene merke det? Han som vokter din sjel, vet han ikke, og skal ikke han gi enhver etter hans verk?

• Norsk King James

  hvis du sier: Se, vi visste ikke; vurderer ikke han som veier hjertene dette? Og han som beskytter sjelen din, vet ikke han dette? Skal ikke han dømme enhver etter sine gjerninger?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når du sier: «Se, vi visste ikke om dette», vil ikke han som veier hjertene forstå det? Og han som passer på din sjel, vil han ikke kjenne det? For han gir et menneske etter dets gjerninger.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis du sier: 'Se, vi visste ikke dette,' skal ikke Han som veier hjerter forstå det? Han som vokter din sjel, vet det, og Han gir et menneske tilbake etter dets gjerninger.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  og hvis du sier: Se, vi visste det ikke, skal ikke han som gransker hjertet forstå det? Og han som vokter din sjel, skal han ikke kjenne det? Og skal han ikke gi enhver etter hans gjerninger?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  og sier: 'Vi visste det ikke!', tar da ikke den som gransker hjertet det til etterretning, og den som vokter sjelen din, vet det vel? Skal han ikke gi hver mann sin lønn etter hans gjerninger?

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

  og hvis du sier: Se, vi visste det ikke, skal ikke han som gransker hjertet forstå det? Og han som vokter din sjel, skal han ikke kjenne det? Og skal han ikke gi enhver etter hans gjerninger?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis du sier: 'Se, vi visste det ikke,' forstår ikke han som veier hjertene? Han bevarer din sjel og kjenner det, og han vil gjengjelde mennesket etter hans merke.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you say, 'We did not know about this,' won't the one who examines hearts perceive it? Won't the one who guards your soul know? He will repay everyone according to their deeds.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvis du sier: 'Se, vi visste det ikke,' tar han som prøver hjertene, det ikke til følge? Han som vokter din sjel, vet det, og han vil gi hver mann igjen etter hans gjerninger.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Naar du siger: See, vi kjende ikke (denne), mon da ikke han, som veier Hjerter, han skal forstaae det, og han, som tager vare paa din Sjæl, han skal kjende det? thi han betaler et Menneske efter sin Gjerning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis du sier: Se, vi visste det ikke; vil ikke han som veier hjertene vurdere det? Og han som vokter din sjel, vet han det ikke? Skal han ikke gi enhver etter sine gjerninger?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis du sier: "Se, vi visste ikke dette;" vurderer ikke han som veier hjertene det? Vet ikke han som beskytter sjelen din det? Skal han ikke gi hver mann etter hans verk?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når du sier, 'Se, vi visste det ikke.' Han som gransker hjerter, forstår han ikke? Han som vokter din sjel, kjenner han det ikke? Og han skal gi hver mann etter hans gjerninger.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Om du sier: Se, vi visste det ikke, veier ikke han som vurderer hjertene det? Holder ikke han som bevarer din sjel rede på det? Skal han ikke gjengjelde hver enkelt etter hans gjerning?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis du sier: Se, vi visste ikke om dette: gir ikke hjertenes prøver tanke til det? og han som vokter din sjel, har han ingen kunnskap om det? og vil han ikke gi enhver mann lønn for hans arbeid?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf thou wilt saye: I knewe not of it. Thynkest thou yt he which made ye hertes, doth not cosidre it? & yt he which regardeth yi soule, seith it not? Shal not he recopence euery man acordinge to his workes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? And hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thou wylt say, beholde I knewe not of it: doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? And he that kepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Shall not he also recompence euery man according to his workes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" Doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:11 : 11 For the work of a man shall He repay him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
• Ps 121:8 : 8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.
• Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
• Rom 2:6 : 6 Who will render to each person according to his deeds:
• Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; for You render to every man according to his work.
• Ps 66:9 : 9 Who keeps our soul among the living, and does not allow our feet to be moved.
• 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life; but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God; and the lives of your enemies, He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
• Ps 17:3 : 3 You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out? for He knows the secrets of the heart.
• 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 The LORD kills and makes alive: he brings down to the grave and brings up.
• Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• Dan 5:23 : 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
• Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
• Acts 17:28 : 28 For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said, For we are His offspring.
• Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts; and then each person will receive praise from God.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Rev 1:18 : 18 I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Rev 2:18 : 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass;
• Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 And Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 22:12 : 12 And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.