Verse 22

For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Under en tjener som blir konge, og en dåre som får overflod av mat;

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Under en tjener som blir konge, og en dåre som mettes med mat,

• Norsk King James

  For en tjener som hersker; og en dåre når han blir mett av mat;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  en tjener når han blir konge, en narr som får nok å spise,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når en tjener blir konge, eller en tosk får sitt brød i overflod,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En tjener når han blir konge, en dåre når han mettes av mat,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For en tjener som blir hersker, og for en tåpe som er overmett med mat;

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

  En tjener når han blir konge, en dåre når han mettes av mat,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Under en trell når han blir konge, og en dåre når han har rikelig med mat,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Under en tjener når han blir konge, og en åndsforlatt når han metter seg med brød.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ved en Tjener, naar han regjerer, og en Daare, naar han bliver mæt af Brød,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Under en tjener når han blir konge, og en tåpe når han blir mettet med mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En tjener når han blir konge; en narr når han er mett av mat;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En tjener når han blir konge, og en dår som blir mett av brød,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For en tjener som blir konge; Og en dåre som blir mett av mat;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  En tjener når han blir konge; en mann uten fornuft når hans rikdom øker;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For a seruant when he reigneth, & a foole when he is filled with meate,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For a servant when he is king; A fool when he is filled with food;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who becomes stuffed with food,

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:10 : 10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.
• Eccl 10:7 : 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
• Isa 3:4-5 : 4 And I will make youths their princes, and children shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; the child shall act proudly against the elder, and the vile against the honorable.
• Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
• 1 Sam 25:3 : 3 Now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail; and she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his deeds; he was from the house of Caleb.
• 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 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?
• 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Please do not let my lord regard this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
• 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light. 37 But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. 38 And it came about ten days later that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.
• 1 Sam 30:16 : 16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.