Verse 4

Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Herren vil utrydde alle glatte ord, og tunger som taler store løgner.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De sier: Med vår tunge skal vi vinne; våre lepper er våre egne. Hvem er herre over oss?

• Norsk King James

  Som sier: Med vår tunge skal vi vinne; våre lepper tilhører oss: hvem kan herske over oss?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herren vil fjerne alle smigrende lepper, og tunger som taler store ord.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herren skal utrydde alle smigrende leber, den stolte tungen som taler store ord.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De sier: Med vår tunge skal vi seire; våre lepper er våre egne; hvem er herre over oss?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De har sagt: 'Med vår egen tunge skal vi seire; våre lepper tilhører oss – hvem er herre over oss?'

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

  De sier: Med vår tunge skal vi seire; våre lepper er våre egne; hvem er herre over oss?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herren skal kutte av alle glatte lepper, tunger som taler store ord.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.12.4", "source": "יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃", "text": "*yaḵrēṯ* *YHWH* all *śip̄ṯê* *ḥălāqôṯ* *lāšôn* *məḏabbereṯ* *gəḏōlôṯ*", "grammar": { "*yaḵrēṯ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will cut off", "*YHWH*": "proper name, subject - LORD", "*śip̄ṯê*": "feminine plural construct - lips of", "*ḥălāqôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - smoothness/flattery", "*lāšôn*": "feminine singular noun - tongue", "*məḏabbereṯ*": "piel participle, feminine singular - speaking", "*gəḏōlôṯ*": "feminine plural adjective - great things/boastful things" }, "variants": { "*yaḵrēṯ*": "cut off/destroy/eliminate", "*śip̄ṯê ḥălāqôṯ*": "flattering lips/smooth-talking lips/deceitful speech", "*lāšôn məḏabbereṯ gəḏōlôṯ*": "tongue speaking great things/boastful tongue/arrogant speech" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Måtte Herren utrydde alle glatte lepper, den tunge som taler store ord.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herren skal udrydde alle smigrende Læber, (ja) en Tunge, som taler store (Ord),

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our li are our own: who is lord over us?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De som har sagt: Med vår tunge skal vi seire; leppene våre er våre egne: hvem er herre over oss?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De som sier: "Med vår tunge skal vi seire. Våre lepper er våre egne. Hvem er herre over oss?"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  de som sier: "Med vår tunge er vi sterke; våre lepper er våre egne; hvem er herre over oss?"

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De som har sagt, Med vår tunge skal vi seire; Våre lepper er våre egne: hvem er herre over oss?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De har sagt: Med vår tunge skal vi seire; leppene våre tilhører oss: hvem er herre over oss?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Which saye: Oure toge shulde preuayle: we are they that ought to speake, who is lorde ouer vs?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Which haue saide, With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whiche say, we wyll preuayle with our tongue: our lippes are our owne, who is Lorde ouer vs?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips `are' our own; who `is' lord over us?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: Who is lord over us?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

• World English Bible (2000)

  who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”

Referenced Verses

• Jas 3:5-6 : 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
• Gen 3:5 : 5 For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.
• Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.
• Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.' 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
• Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why do my people say, We are lords; we will come no more to you?
• Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well; but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands?
• 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.