Verse 3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Pisk for hesten, seletøy for eselet, og ris for tåper.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En pisk til hesten, et bissel til eselet, og en stokk til ryggen på dårer.

• Norsk King James

  En pisk for hesten, et bett for eselet, og en kjevle for dummien.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  En pisk til hesten, en tømme til eselet, og en stokk til dårenes rygg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  En pisk for hesten, en tømme for eselet, og en kjepp for dårers rygg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Pisk til hesten, bissel til eselet, og ris til dårens rygg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Pisk til hesten, bitt til eselet, og en stav til den dåres rygg.

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

  Pisk til hesten, bissel til eselet, og ris til dårens rygg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Pisk for hesten, bissel for eselet, og ris for dårers rygg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.26.3", "source": "שׁ֣וֹט לַ֭סּוּס מֶ֣תֶג לַחֲמ֑וֹר וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃", "text": "*Shot* for *sus*, *meteg* for *ḥamor*, and *shevet* for *gev* *kesilim*.", "grammar": { "*shot*": "noun, masculine, singular - whip", "*sus*": "noun, masculine, singular with preposition (לַ) - horse", "*meteg*": "noun, masculine, singular - bridle/bit", "*ḥamor*": "noun, masculine, singular with preposition (לַ) - donkey", "*shevet*": "noun, masculine, singular - rod/staff", "*gev*": "noun, masculine, singular construct with preposition (לְ) - back of", "*kesilim*": "noun, masculine, plural - fools" }, "variants": { "*shot*": "whip/scourge", "*sus*": "horse", "*meteg*": "bridle/bit/halter", "*ḥamor*": "donkey/ass", "*shevet*": "rod/staff/club/scepter", "*gev*": "back/body", "*kesilim*": "fools/stupid persons (plural of *kesil*)" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Pisk til hesten, tømme til eselet, og ris til dårers rygg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  En Svøbe hører til Hesten, og en Tømme til Asenet, og et Riis til Daarers Ryg.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  En pisk til hesten, en grime til eselet, og en ris til dårens rygg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En pisk for hesten, en bissel for eslet, og en kjepp for dåres rygg!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En pisk er for hesten, en bissel for eselet, og en ris for dårers rygg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  En pisk til hesten, et bissel til eselet, og en kjepp til dårers rygg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  En pisk til hesten, en mule til eselet, og en stokk til ryggen på den dumme.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

• World English Bible (2000)

  A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.
• Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.
• Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
• Prov 19:25 : 25 Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
• Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
• Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
• 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
• 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And being ready to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
• 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I told you before, and foretell now, as if I were present the second time; and being absent now I write to those who have sinned in the past, and to all others, that if I come again, I will not spare:
• Judg 8:5-7 : 5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore, when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.