Verse 5

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for my prayer shall still be in their calamities.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  La den gode medlidende irettesette meg; det vil være som olje på hodet mitt, la ikke hode mitt avvise det, for jeg ber fortsatt for deres onde gjerninger.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  La den rettferdige slå meg; det er en vennlighet. La ham irettesette meg; det er som utmerket olje, som ikke skal knuse mitt hode. For likevel skal min bønn være i deres ulykker.

• Norsk King James

  La den rettferdige irettesette meg; det er en godhet for meg: la ham korrigere meg som en velduftende olje; det skal ikke påføre meg sår; for min bønn skal fortsatt være for deres ulykker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  La en rettferdig slå meg, det er en godgjerning, og refse meg, det er som olje på hodet; la det ikke være vanskelig for hodet mitt, for min bønn skal også være for dem når det går dem ille.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  La den rettferdige slå meg, det er en velgjørenhet; la ham irettesette meg, det er som olje på hodet mitt; la ikke mitt hode avvise det. For enda er min bønn mot deres ondskap.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  La de rettferdige slå meg; det skal være en godhet: og la dem irettesette meg; det skal være en utmerket olje som ikke skal knuse mitt hode: for enda skal min bønn være i deres ulykker.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  La den rettferdige slå meg; det skal være et vennlig tegn, og la ham irettesette meg; det skal være som ypperlig olje som ikke skader mitt hode, for min bønn skal også være til stede i deres nød.

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

  La de rettferdige slå meg; det skal være en godhet: og la dem irettesette meg; det skal være en utmerket olje som ikke skal knuse mitt hode: for enda skal min bønn være i deres ulykker.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  La en rettferdig slå meg, det er en godhet; la ham irettesette meg, det er olje for hodet mitt; mitt hode vil ikke avvise det, for fortsatt er min bønn mot deres onde.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let a righteous person strike me—it is a kindness; let them rebuke me—it is oil on my head, which my head will not refuse. For my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  La en rettferdig slå meg - det er nåde. La ham irettesette meg - det er som olje på mitt hode; mitt hode skal ikke avvise det. For enda ber jeg i deres ulykker.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  En Retfærdig slaae mig, (det skal være mig) en Velgjerning, og straffe mig, (det skal være mig) en Hovedolie; lad mit Hoved ikke vægre sig derved, thi min Bøn (skal) ogsaa (fremdeles skee for dem), naar (det gaaer) dem ilde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  La den rettferdige slå meg, det vil være vennlighet; og la ham irettesette meg, det vil være som utmerket olje på hodet mitt; for fortsatt vil min bønn være i deres elendigheter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  La den rettferdige slå meg, det er vennlighet; La ham irettesette meg, det er som olje på hodet; La ikke mitt hode avvise det; Dog er min bønn alltid mot onde gjerninger.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den rettferdige slår meg i nåde og irettesetter meg, oljen fra hodet mitt avviser jeg ikke, for min bønn er fortsatt mot deres urolighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  La den rettferdige slå meg, det skal være godhet; og la ham refse meg, det skal være som olje for hodet. La ikke hodet mitt avvise det, for enda i deres ondskap skal min bønn være vedvarende.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  La de rettskafne irettesette meg; og la de gudfryktige veilede meg; men jeg skal ikke la syndernes olje komme over mitt hode: når de gjør ondt, vil jeg gi meg til bønn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let the rightuous (rather) smyte me frendly, and reproue me:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefite: and let him reprooue me, and it shalbe a precious oyle, that shall not breake mine head: for within a while I shall euen pray in their miseries.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wishe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me: for it is louing kyndnesse. But let not pretious baulmes breake mine head: for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The righteous doth beat me `in' kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer `is' about their vexations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:25 : 25 Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
• Prov 25:12 : 12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.
• Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
• 2 Tim 1:16-18 : 16 The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain; 17 But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me. 18 The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day, and you know very well how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus.
• Jas 5:14-16 : 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
• Eccl 7:5 : 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
• Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;
• Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?
• 1 Sam 25:31-34 : 31 that this will be no grief to you, nor a cause of remorse of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause or that my lord has avenged himself. But when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your maidservant. 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. 33 And blessed is your advice, and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand. 34 For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal.
• 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more. 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
• 2 Chr 16:7-9 : 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a large army, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars. 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
• 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have you been made of the king's counsel? Stop; why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, but said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.
• Ps 23:5 : 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
• Ps 51:18 : 18 Do good in your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
• Ps 125:4 : 4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.
• Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.
• Prov 15:22 : 22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.