Verse 9

The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Herren beskytter de fremmede, han støtter foreldreløse og enker, men han fører de ondes sti mot undergang.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Herren bevarer de fremmede, gir støtte til farløse og enker, men de ugudeliges vei gjør han krokete.

  • Norsk King James

    Herren tar vare på fremmede, hjelper farløse og enker, men de ondes vei vender han opp ned.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herren beskytter innflytterne, han løfter de farløse og enkene, men ugudeliges vei gjør han krokete.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Herren beskytter innflytterne, han støtter farløse og enker, men de ondes vei gjør han kroket.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Herren beskytter de fremmede; han hjelper farløse og enker, men de ondes vei gjør han krokete.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Herren tar vare på fremmede; han gir hjelp til foreldreløse og enker, men de onde vender han på hodet.

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

    Herren beskytter de fremmede; han hjelper farløse og enker, men de ondes vei gjør han krokete.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Herren verner de fremmede, han støtter de farløse og enkene, men de ugudeliges vei gjør han kroket.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Herren beskytter de fremmede, oppholder de farløse og enken, men de ugudeliges vei gjør Han kroket.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herren bevarer de Fremmede, han opreiser Faderløse og Enker, men forvender de Ugudeliges Vei.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth uide down.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Herren beskytter de fremmede, han støtter farløse og enker, men de ondes vei lar han komme ut av balanse.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Herren beskytter de fremmede. Han hjelper farløse og enker, men han gjør de ondes vei krokete.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Jehova beskytter de fremmede, Han støtter farløse og enker, men han forvirrer de ondes veier.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Herren bevarer de fremmede; han holder de farløse og enken oppe; men han forstyrrer de ugudeliges vei.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Herren tar vare på de fremmede, han hjelper enker og farløse, men de ondes vei gjør han kroket.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The LORDE careth for the straungers, he defendeth ye fatherlesse and wyddowe: as for the waye of ye vngodly, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse & widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    God taketh strangers into his custodie, he releeueth the fatherlesse and the widdowe: as for the way of the vngodlye he turneth it vpsyde downe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you the orphan finds mercy.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness: they do not know at what they stumble.
  • Prov 15:25 : 25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, but He will establish the boundary of the widow.
  • Ps 83:13-17 : 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; 15 So pursue them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish:
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
  • Exod 22:21-22 : 21 You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
  • Deut 10:18-19 : 18 He executes the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 19 Therefore love the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name there.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And this pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  • Job 5:12-14 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end. 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were night.
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the perverse you will show yourself contrary.