Verse 10

For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så han kan leve evig og unngå gravens makt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For han ser at vise menn dør, likeså dør den dårlige og den tankeløse, og de etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

• Norsk King James

  For han ser at de vise dør; likeså dårer; de dumdristige går til grunne, og etterlater seg sin rikdom til andre.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  for at han skulle leve evig og aldri se graven.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For han kan ikke leve evig, kan ikke unngå graven.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han ser at vise menn dør, på samme måte dør dumme og respektløse, og de etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han ser at de vise dør, og at den dåraktige og den brutale også omkommer, og etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

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

  For han ser at vise menn dør, på samme måte dør dumme og respektløse, og de etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  så han kunne leve evig og aldri se graven.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  that he should live on forever and not see the pit of decay.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så han kan leve evig og ikke se graven.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at han fremdeles skulde leve evindeligen (og) ikke see Graven.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For han ser at de vise dør, likedan dør også dåren og den tankeløse, og de etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For han ser at vise menn dør; likeledes dør dåren og den tankeløse og etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For han ser vise menn dø, både dåren og den uforstandige omkommer, og etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For han skal se det. Vise menn dør; Da tåpen og den uforstandige alike omkommer, Og etterlater sin rikdom til andre.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For han ser at vise menn går til grunne, og dårlige mennesker lider samme skjebne, og gir sin rikdom til andre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, & leaue their riches for others.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
• Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
• Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?
• Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
• Prov 30:2 : 2 Surely I am more ignorant than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.
• Eccl 2:16-21 : 16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool. 17 Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Eccl 5:13-16 : 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 15 As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor which he may carry away in his hand. 16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?
• Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.
• Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.
• Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
• Ps 92:6-7 : 6 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this. 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.
• Ps 49:17 : 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
• Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
• Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.
• Ps 17:14 : 14 From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.
• Rom 5:12-14 : 12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned: 13 For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who was to come.
• 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,