Verse 4

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to crave strong drink.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er ikke passende for konger, Lemuel; det passer ikke for konger å drikke vin eller for herskere å begjære sterk drikke.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det sømmer seg ikke for konger, Lemuel, det sømmer seg ikke for konger å drikke vin eller for fyrster å drikke sterk drikk.

• Norsk King James

  Det er ikke for konger, å, Lemuel, det er ikke for konger å drikke vin; ikke for prinsene sterke drikker:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er ikke for konger, Lemuel, det er ikke for konger å drikke vin, og heller ikke for fyrster å drikke sterk drikk;

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er ikke for konger, Lemuel, ikke for konger å drikke vin, eller for fyrster å lengte etter sterk drikk.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det passer seg ikke for konger, Lemuel, det passer seg ikke for konger å drikke vin eller for fyrster å drikke sterk drikk;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det er ikke for konger, O Lemuel, at de drikker vin, heller ikke for fyrster en sterk drikk.

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

  Det passer seg ikke for konger, Lemuel, det passer seg ikke for konger å drikke vin eller for fyrster å drikke sterk drikk;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det sømmer seg ikke for konger, Lemuel, ikke for konger å drikke vin, eller for fyrster å nyte sterk drikk,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det passer ikke konger, Lamuel, det passer ikke konger å drikke vin, ei heller fyrster å begjære sterk drikk.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det bør ikke Konger, Lamuel! det bør ikke Konger at drikke Viin, ei heller Fyrster (at drikke) stærk Drik;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for inces strong drink:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det passer seg ikke for konger, Lemuel, det passer seg ikke for konger å drikke vin; heller ikke for fyrster å drikke sterk drikk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det passer ikke for konger, Lemuel; det passer ikke for konger å drikke vin, eller for fyrster å spørre: 'Hvor er den sterke drikk?'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det er ikke for konger, Lemuel, ikke for konger å drikke vin, eller for fyrster å ønske seg sterk drikk.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det passer seg ikke for konger, Lemuel, det passer seg ikke for konger å drikke vin; ei heller for fyrster å spørre: Hvor er det med sterke drikker?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det passer seg ikke for konger, Lemuel, det passer ikke for konger å drikke vin, eller for fyrster å si, Hvor er det sterke drikk?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O Lamuel, geue kinges no wyne, geue kynges & prynces no stronge drynke:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O Lamuel, it is not for kynges, it is not I say for kynges to drynke wine, nor princes strong drynke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It is not for kings, Lemuel; It is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes [to say], Where is strong drink?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

• World English Bible (2000)

  It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 10:17 : 17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
• Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
• Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:
• Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
• Lev 10:9-9 : 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 10 that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
• Hos 4:11-12 : 11 Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have gone astray under their God.
• Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:
• Mark 6:21-28 : 21 And when a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you. 23 And he swore to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom. 24 And she went out, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet because of his oath's sake, and for the sakes of those who sat with him, he would not refuse her. 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl: and the girl gave it to her mother.
• Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from stirring after he has kneaded the dough, until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners.
• 1 Kgs 20:12 : 12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves in order. And they set themselves in array against the city.
• 1 Kgs 20:16-20 : 16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.
• Esth 3:15 : 15 The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
• Dan 5:2-4 : 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.