Verse 31

Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Misunn ikke den urettferdige mannen, og velg ikke noen av hans veier.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Misunn ikke voldsmannen, og velg ingen av hans veier.

• Norsk King James

  Misunn ikke de onde, og velg ikke hans veier.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Misunn ikke en voldsutøver, og velg ikke noen av hans veier.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Misunn ikke den voldelige, og velg ikke noen av hans veier.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Misunn ikke den voldelige mannen, og velg ingen av hans veier.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Misunn ikke den undertrykkende, og adopter ikke noen av hans måter.

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

  Misunn ikke den voldelige mannen, og velg ingen av hans veier.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vær ikke misunnelig på en voldelig mann, og velg ikke noen av hans veier,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Misunn ikke en voldsmann, og velg ingen av hans veier.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vær ikke nidkjær over en Voldsmand, og udvælg ikke (nogen) af alle hans Veie.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Envy thou not the opessor, and choose none of his ways.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Misunn ikke en voldsmann, og velg ingen av hans veier.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Misunn ikke voldelige mennesker, og velg ingen av deres veier.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Misunn ikke en voldelig mann, og velg ingen av hans veier.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Misunn ikke den voldelige mann, og velg ingen av hans veier.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Misunn ikke den voldelige mannen, og velg ikke noen av hans veier.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;

Referenced Verses

• Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.
• Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.
• Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Ps 37:7-9 : 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
• Prov 24:19-20 : 19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked. 20 For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.
• Prov 1:15-18 : 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
• Prov 2:12-15 : 12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:
• Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
• Prov 22:22-25 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, 25 Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.
• Prov 23:17 : 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all day long.
• Ps 73:3 : 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.