Verse 32

But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den som har samleie med en kvinne er uten omtanke; den som gjør det, ødelegger sitt eget liv.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men den som driver hor med en kvinne er uten forstand; den som gjør det ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• Norsk King James

  Men den som begår ekteskapsbrudd med en kvinne mangler forstand; han som gjør dette ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den som driver hor med en kvinne er uten forstand; den som ødelegger sin sjel, han gjør det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den som driver hor med en kvinne er uten forstand; den som gjør det, ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men den som gjør hor med en kvinne mangler forstand; den som gjør det, ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den som begår utroskap med en kvinne, mangler forstand, for han ødelegger sin egen sjel.

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

  Men den som gjør hor med en kvinne mangler forstand; den som gjør det, ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den som driver utroskap med en kvinne mangler forstand; den som gjør det, ødelegger seg selv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Den som begår ekteskapsbrudd med en kvinne er uten forstand; han ødelegger seg selv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men den, som bedriver Hor med en Qvinde, (ham) fattes Forstand; den, som vil fordærve sin Sjæl, han, han maa gjøre det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men den som begår ekteskapsbrudd med en kvinne, mangler forstand: han ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Den som bedrar med en kvinne, mangler forstand; den som gjør det, ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den som begår ekteskapsbrudd mangler forstand, Han ødelegger sin sjel, den som gjør det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den som driver utroskap med en kvinne mangler forstand: Han ødelegger sin egen sjel.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Den som stjeler en annens kone, mangler all forstand: han er årsaken til ødeleggelse for sin sjel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But who so comitteth aduoutrie with a woma, he is a foole, and bryngeth his life to destruccion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But whoso committeth adultrie with a woman, lacketh vnderstanding: and he that doth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 7:7 : 7 And saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding,
• Prov 7:22-23 : 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.
• Gen 39:9-9 : 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, or to be with her.
• Gen 41:39 : 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
• Exod 20:14 : 14 You shall not commit adultery.
• Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead. 19 None who go to her return again, nor do they take hold of the paths of life.
• Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
• Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
• Prov 8:36 : 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.
• Prov 9:4 : 4 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
• Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• Eccl 7:25-26 : 25 I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness. 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.
• Jer 5:8 : 8 They were like well-fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
• Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
• Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel?
• 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.
• Hos 13:9 : 9 O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help.
• Rom 1:22-24 : 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,