Verse 12

If you are wise, you will be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Er du vis, er det til ditt eget beste. Er du en spotter, vil konsekvensene resultere i at du står alene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvis du er vis, er du vis for deg selv; men hvis du spotter, må du bære det alene.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis du blir vis, blir du vis for din egen del; men hvis du spotter, må du bære det alene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; håner du, må du bære det alene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Er du vis, da er du vis til eget gagn. Er du spotter, må du bære det alene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; men gjør du narr, må du bære det alene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvis du er klok, vil du dra nytte av det; men hvis du spotter, må du bære straffen alene.

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

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; men gjør du narr, må du bære det alene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis du er vis, er du vis til gagn for deg selv; er du en spotter, må du bære det alene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you are wise, your wisdom will benefit you; if you mock, you alone will suffer.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.9.12", "source": "אִם־חָ֭כַמְתָּ חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃", "text": "*ʾim-ḥākamtā* *ḥākamtā* *lāk* *wlaṣtā* *lbaddkā* *tiśśāʾ*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-ḥākamtā*": "conjunction with Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - if you are wise", "*ḥākamtā*": "Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you are wise", "*lāk*": "preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - for yourself", "*wlaṣtā*": "conjunction with Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and if you scoff", "*lbaddkā*": "preposition with noun and 2nd masculine singular suffix - by yourself alone", "*tiśśāʾ*": "Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will bear" }, "variants": { "*ḥākamtā*": "you are wise/have become wise", "*lāk*": "for yourself/to your benefit", "*laṣtā*": "you scoff/mock/scorn", "*lbaddkā*": "by yourself alone/you alone", "*tiśśāʾ*": "you will bear/carry/suffer" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Er du vis, så er du vis til ditt eget gagn; og om du spotter, skal du lide alene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom du er viis, er du viis for dig selv, og bespotter du, skal du bære det alene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Er du vis, vil visdommen gavne deg selv: men spotter du, må du alene bære det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv. Er du spotter, skal du alene bære det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis du har vært klok, har du vært klok for din egen skyld, og hvis du har spottet, skal du bære det selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; spott du, så skal du bære det alene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Er du vis, er du vis for deg selv; er ditt hjerte fullt av stolthet, får du selv lide for det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf thou be wyse, yi wysdome shal do yi selfe good: but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest `it'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:2-3 : 2 Can a person be beneficial to God, as one who is wise may benefit themselves? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?
• Job 22:21 : 21 Acquaint yourself with Him now and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.
• Job 35:6-7 : 6 If you sin, what do you do against him? or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? or what does he receive from your hand?
• Prov 16:26 : 26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.
• Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore do not be mockers, lest your bonds be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
• Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
• 2 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 As also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to understand, which those who are unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.