Verse 20

For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De taler om deg med onde hensikter; dine fiender bruker ditt navn i løgn.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For de taler slett om deg, dine fiender bruker ditt navn uten grunn.

• Norsk King James

  For de taler ondt imot deg, og dine fiender misbruker ditt navn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De taler ondt om deg, de bruker ditt navn til det som er forgjeves, dine fiender.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De taler om deg i ondskap, de tar dine fiender i fåfengt prat.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de taler mot deg i ondskap, og dine fiender misbruker ditt navn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For de taler ondskapsfullt mot deg, og dine fiender bruker ditt navn forgjeves.

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

  For de taler mot deg i ondskap, og dine fiender misbruker ditt navn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  de som taler om deg med ond tanke, de opphøyer seg til ingen nytte mot deg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your name.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.139.20", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "Who *yōʾmrūkā* for-*məzimmâ*; *nāśuʾ laššāwʾ ʿārêkā*", "grammar": { "*yōʾmrūkā*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they speak of you", "*məzimmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - evil device/plot", "*nāśuʾ*": "verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they lift up", "*laššāwʾ*": "preposition + definite article + noun - for falsehood/in vain", "*ʿārêkā*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your cities/adversaries" }, "variants": { "*yōʾmrūkā*": "speak of you/mention you/invoke you", "*məzimmâ*": "evil device/plot/wicked purpose", "*nāśuʾ*": "lift up/carry/take", "*laššāwʾ*": "in vain/for falsehood/for emptiness", "*ʿārêkā*": "your cities/your enemies/your adversaries/your name" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De taler om deg med ond hensikt, dine fiender misbruker ditt navn til det onde.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  de, som tale skjændeligen om dig, som tage (dit Navn) forfængeligen, dine Fjender.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For de taler urettferdig mot deg, og dine fiender bruker ditt navn forfalsket.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For de taler ondt mot deg. Dine fiender misbruker ditt navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De som taler ondt om deg med svik, reiser seg mot deg forgjeves, dine fiender.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De taler med ondskap mot deg, dine motstandere misbruker ditt navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For de taler svikefullt mot deg, og dine fiender misbruker ditt navn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For they speake vnright of the, thine enemies exalte them selues presumptuously.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Who do speake vnto thee in guilefull maner: thou art O God exalted in vayne to thyne enemies.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity `are' Thine enemies.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

Referenced Verses

• Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.'
• Exod 20:7 : 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
• 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?
• Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.
• Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of oppression; they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
• Ps 74:18 : 18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.
• Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily. 23 Forget not the voice of Your enemies: the tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 37:28-29 : 28 But I know your abode, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me. 29 Because your rage against me and your tumult have come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
• Rev 13:6 : 6 And he opened his mouth to blaspheme against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.