Verse 18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil er den som vitner falskt mot sin neste.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    En mann som vitner falskt mot sin nabo er som en hammer, et sverd og en skarp pil.

  • Norsk King James

    En mann som bærer falskt vitnesbyrd mot sin nabo, er som en hammer, et sverd og en skarp pil.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Som en hammer, et sverd og en skarp pil er en mann som bærer falskt vitnesbyrd mot sin nabo.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Som en stridsøks, et sverd eller en skarp pil, er den som vitner falskt mot sin nabo.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    En mann som vitner falskt mot sin nabo, er som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    En mann som gir falskt vitnesbyrd mot sin nabo, er som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil.

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

    En mann som vitner falskt mot sin nabo, er som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil er en mann som vitner falskt mot sin neste.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Proverbs.25.18", "source": "מֵפִ֣יץ וְ֭חֶרֶב וְחֵ֣ץ שָׁנ֑וּן אִ֥ישׁ עֹנֶ֥ה בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ עֵ֣ד שָֽׁקֶר׃", "text": "*mēpîṣ* and-*ḥereb* and-*ḥēṣ* *šānûn* *ʾîš* *ʿōneh* against-*rēʿēhû* *ʿēd* *šāqer*", "grammar": { "*mēpîṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - club/mace", "*wĕ*": "conjunction - and", "*ḥereb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword", "*wĕ*": "conjunction - and", "*ḥēṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - arrow", "*šānûn*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular - sharpened", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*ʿōneh*": "qal participle, masculine singular - testifying", "*bĕ*": "preposition - against", "*rēʿēhû*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his neighbor", "*ʿēd*": "noun, masculine singular construct - witness of", "*šāqer*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood" }, "variants": { "*mēpîṣ*": "club/mace/hammer/maul", "*ḥereb*": "sword/knife", "*ḥēṣ*": "arrow/shaft", "*šānûn*": "sharpened/pointed", "*ʿōneh*": "testifying/answering/responding", "*rēʿēhû*": "his neighbor/his friend/his companion", "*ʿēd*": "witness/testimony", "*šāqer*": "falsehood/lie/deception" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil er den som vitner falskt mot sin neste.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    (Som) en Hammer og et Sværd og en skjærpet Piil er en Mand, som svarer falskt Vidnesbyrd imod sin Næste.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    En mann som avgir falskt vitnesbyrd mot sin nabo, er som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    En mann som gir falskt vitnesbyrd mot sin nabo er som en klubbe, et sverd eller en skarp pil.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil er den som vitner falskt mot sin nabo.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    En mann som bærer falskt vitnesbyrd mot sin nabo, er som en klubbe, et sverd og en skarp pil.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Den som vitner falskt mot sin nabo er en hammer, et sverd og en skarp pil.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Who so beareth false wytnesse agaynst his neghboure, he is a very speare, a swearde & a sharpe arowe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.
  • Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.