Verse 7

The legs of the lame are uneven: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som lammes ben som henger løst, slik er ordspråk fra tåper.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En lammes føtter er ustødige, slik er et ordspråk i dårers munn.

• Norsk King James

  De lamme har ikke like ben; slik er en lignelse i munnen på en dummie.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som ubrukelige ben på en halt, slik er et ordtak i dårenes munn.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som lammetes bein henger, slik er et ordspråk i munnen på dårer.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Slik de lammes ben er ujevne, slik er en lignelse i dårers munn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De lammes ben er ikke like, slik er det også med en lignelse som kommer fra dårers munn.

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

  Slik de lammes ben er ujevne, slik er en lignelse i dårers munn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Lammets ben henger slapt, og slik er et ordspråk i munnen på dårer.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Like the legs of a lame person that hang limp, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Slappe ben fra en halt, slik er et ordspråk i dårers munn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Tager Laarene bort fra en Halt; saa er et Ordsprog i Daarers Mund.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Som bena til den lamme ikke er like, slik er en lignelse i dårers munn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som den haltendes bein som henger løst, slik er et ordspråk i en dåres munn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Svake er de lammes ben, og en lignelse i munnen på dårer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den lammes bein henger slapt; slik er en lignelse i dåres munn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Bena til den som ikke kan gå, henger slapt; slik er en klok talemåte i munnen på den dumme.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 26:9 : 9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
• Matt 7:4-5 : 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
• Luke 4:23 : 23 And he said to them, You will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself: whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your country.
• Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.
• Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.
• Prov 17:7 : 7 Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a prince.