Verse 2

Surely I am more ignorant than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For jeg er mer uvitende enn noen mann, og jeg har ikke forståelse som et menneske.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Sannelig, jeg er mer ufornuftig enn noen mann, og har ikke menneskelig forståelse.

• Norsk King James

  Sannelig, jeg er mer dum enn noen mann, og har ikke menneskelig forståelse.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sannelig, jeg er mer ufornuftig enn noen annen, og jeg mangler menneskelig forstand.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For jeg er dummere enn noen annen, og jeg har ikke menneskelig forstand i meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Sannelig, jeg er mer uforstandig enn noe menneske, og jeg forstår ikke som et menneske.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Sannelig, jeg er enklere enn ethvert menneske og mangler den innsikt et menneske burde ha.

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

  Sannelig, jeg er mer uforstandig enn noe menneske, og jeg forstår ikke som et menneske.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jeg er for dum til å være en mann, og jeg har ikke menneskers forstand.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Surely I am more ignorant than anyone, and I lack human understanding.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg er dårere enn noen annen mann, og jeg har ikke mennesker innsikt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ja, jeg er ufornuftigere end en Mand, og jeg haver ikke menneskelig Forstand,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Sannelig, jeg er mer uforstandig enn noe menneske, og har ikke menneskelig forstand.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Sannelig, jeg er den mest uvitende mann, og jeg har ikke en manns forstand.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For jeg er mer uforstandig enn noen andre, og jeg har ikke menneskelig forstand.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Sannelig er jeg mer uforstandig enn noen annen, Og jeg har ikke menneskelig forståelse;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For jeg er mer som et dyr enn et menneske, jeg har ingen manns fornuft:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For though I am ye leest of all, & haue no mas vnderstodige

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Surely I am more foolishe then any man, and haue no mans vnderstandyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Surely I am the most ignorant man, And don't have a man's understanding.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

Referenced Verses

• Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
• Ps 92:6 : 6 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.
• Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
• Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
• Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
• 1 Cor 8:2 : 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
• 2 Pet 2:12-16 : 12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption; 13 And will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their own deceptions while they banquet with you; 14 Having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
• Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4 Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me. 5 I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 49:10 : 10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.