Verse 7

The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den rettferdige forstår behovene til de fattige, men den onde forstår dem ikke.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Den rettferdige kjenner de fattiges sak, men den onde bryr seg ikke om å forstå det.

• Norsk King James

  De rettferdige bryr seg om de fattige, men de onde ignorerer dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den rettferdige forstår de fattiges sak; en ugudelig mangler innsikt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den rettferdige forstår de svakes rett, men de onde forstår ikke hva rett er.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Den rettferdige tar seg av de fattiges sak, men de onde vil ikke vite av det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den rettferdige tar vare på de fattiges sak, mens de onde ikke bryr seg om det.

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

  Den rettferdige tar seg av de fattiges sak, men de onde vil ikke vite av det.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den rettferdige kjenner de fattiges sak, men den ugudelige forstår ikke kunnskap.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Den rettferdige kjenner rettighetene til de fattige, men den ugudelige har ikke forstand til det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  En Retfærdig kjender de Ringes Sag; en Ugudelig forstaaer sig ikke paa Kundskab.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Den rettferdige tar hensyn til de fattiges sak, men den onde bryr seg ikke om å vite det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De rettferdige bryr seg om rettferdighet for de fattige, men de onde mangler interesse for kunnskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De rettferdige kjenner de fattiges sak, mens de onde mangler kunnskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den rettferdige tar hensyn til de fattiges sak, men den ugudelige mangler forståelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Den rettferdige gir oppmerksomhet til de fattiges sak; den onde bryr seg ikke om den.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know [it] .

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

Referenced Verses

• Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know.
• Ps 41:1 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.
• Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
• Job 31:13 : 13 If I have despised the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they contended with me;
• Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate;
• Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
• Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.
• Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron. 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.
• Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
• 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and then they stopped. 10 And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who break away from their masters. 11 Shall I take my bread, my water, and the meat I have prepared for my shearers, and give it to men whom I do not know from where they are?
• Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
• Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;
• Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.