Verse 28

For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For Herren elsker rettferdighet og forlater ikke sine fromme. De blir bevart for alltid, men de ondes avkom vil bli utryddet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For Herren elsker rettferdighet og forlater ikke sine hellige; de er bevart for alltid, men de ondes avkom skal bli avskåret.

• Norsk King James

  For Herren elsker rettferdighet, og forlater ikke sine hellige; de blir vernet for alltid: men de onde etterkommere skal bli utryddet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For Herren elsker rett og svikter ikke sine trofaste; de blir bevart for alltid, men de ugudeliges etterkommere skal bli utryddet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Herren elsker rett og forlater ikke sine trofaste. De blir bevart for evig, men de ondes slekt skal bli utryddet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Herren elsker rett, og forlater ikke sine troende; de blir bevart for evig, men de urettferdiges etterkommere skal bli utryddet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Herren elsker rettferdighet og forkaster ikke sine hellige; de er bevart for evig, mens de onde og deres ætt skal bli utestengt.

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

  For Herren elsker rett, og forlater ikke sine troende; de blir bevart for evig, men de urettferdiges etterkommere skal bli utryddet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For Herren elsker rett og forlater ikke sine trofaste; de blir bevart for alltid, men de ugudeliges avkom blir utslettet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.37.28", "source": "כִּ֤י יְהוָ֨ה ׀ אֹ֘הֵ֤ב מִשְׁפָּ֗ט וְלֹא־יַעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־חֲ֭סִידָיו לְעוֹלָ֣ם נִשְׁמָ֑רוּ וְזֶ֖רַע רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽת׃", "text": "For *YHWH* *ʾōhēb mišpāṭ* and will not *yaʿăzōb* his *ḥăsîdāyw*; *ləʿôlām* they are *nišmārû*, but *zeraʿ rəšāʿîm* [is] *nikrāt*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*ʾōhēb*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - loves/loving", "*mišpāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - justice/judgment", "*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and not", "*yaʿăzōb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will forsake/abandon", "*ḥăsîdāyw*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithful ones/godly ones", "*ləʿôlām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - forever", "*nišmārû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are preserved", "*zeraʿ*": "masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of", "*rəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones", "*nikrāt*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is cut off" }, "variants": { "*ʾōhēb mišpāṭ*": "loves justice/loves judgment/delights in what is right", "*yaʿăzōb*": "will forsake/will abandon", "*ḥăsîdāyw*": "his faithful ones/his godly ones/his loyal followers", "*nišmārû*": "are preserved/are protected/are guarded", "*zeraʿ rəšāʿîm nikrāt*": "offspring of the wicked are cut off/descendants of evildoers are destroyed" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For Herren elsker rett og forlater ikke sine trofaste; for evig skal de bli bevart, men de urettferdiges etterkommere skal utryddes.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Herren elsker Ret og skal ikke forlade sine Hellige; de blive bevarede evindelig, men de Ugudeliges Sæd bliver udryddet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Herren elsker rett og forlater ikke sine trofaste; de er evig bevart, men de ondes etterkommere blir utryddet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Herren elsker rett og forlater ikke sine troende. De blir bevart for alltid, men de ondes barn skal utryddes.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For Herren elsker rettferdighet og forlater ikke sine hellige, til evig tid er de bevart, men de ondes avkom skal utryddes.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Herren elsker rett, og han forlater ikke sine hellige; de blir bevart for alltid, men de ondes avkom skal bli avskåret.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Herren elsker rettferdighet og vil ikke svikte sine hellige; de bevares for evig, men de ugudeliges etterkommere vil bli utryddet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For ye LORDE loueth ye thinge yt is right, he forsaketh not his sayntes, but they shal be preserued for euermore:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Yahweh loves justice, And doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, But the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 21:10 : 10 You shall destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among the children of men.
• Prov 2:22 : 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.
• Ps 11:7 : 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
• Isa 59:21 : 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: My Spirit that is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your descendants, nor out of the mouth of the descendants of your descendants, says the Lord, from this time forth and forever.
• Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
• Jer 9:24 : 24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.'
• Jer 32:40-41 : 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
• John 6:39-40 : 39 And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• John 10:28-30 : 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
• John 15:9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
• Isa 14:20-21 : 20 You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain your people: the seed of evildoers will never be renowned. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
• Job 18:19 : 19 He shall neither have son nor descendant among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
• Job 27:14 : 14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
• Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.
• Ps 37:40 : 40 And the LORD shall help them and deliver them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they trust in him.
• Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.
• Ps 92:13-15 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing, 15 To show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loves justice; you establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.