Verse 23

The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Nordvinden bringer regn, og en baktaler gir et trist ansikt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Nordavinden driver bort regnet, slik gjør et sint ansikt med en baktalende tunge.

• Norsk King James

  Nordvinden driver bort regnet; slik driver et sint ansikt bort en baktalelsestunge.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nordavind gir regn, og en hviskende tunge gir et fordreid ansikt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som en nordlig vind bringer regn, slik bringer baktalende tunge et opprørt ansikt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Nordavinden jager bort regn; slik gjør et sint ansikt med en baktalende tunge.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Som den nordlige vind driver regnet bort, slik driver et sint ansikt bort en baktalende tunge.

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

  Nordavinden jager bort regn; slik gjør et sint ansikt med en baktalende tunge.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Nordavinden driver bort regn, og et vredt ansikt driver bort en baktalende tunge.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As the north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  En nordavind bringer frem regn, og en skjult tunge bringer sinne i ansikter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nordenveir kan føde en Regn (af sig), og en Tunge, (som taler) i Skjul, et forvendt Ansigt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Nordavinden bringer regn, likeså gjør en vred mine en baktalende tunge.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nordavinden bringer regn, slik bringer en baktalende tunge et sint ansikt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En nordavind bringer regn, og en hemmelig tunge forårsaker indignerte ansiktsuttrykk.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Nordavinden fører med seg regn, slik fører baksnakking til et sint ansikt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som nordvinden gir regn, slik skaper en ond tunge et sint ansikt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenauce a backbyters tonge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that has a haughty look and a proud heart I will not endure.
• Prov 26:20 : 20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; so where there is no gossip, strife ceases.
• Rom 1:30 : 30 Backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
• 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you wish not; lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
• Job 37:22 : 22 Fair weather comes out of the north; with God is awesome majesty.
• Ps 15:3 : 3 He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.