Verse 12

Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  I sine innerste tanker tror de at deres hus står evig, deres boliger gjennom alle slekter; de gir sine navn til landområder.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Like fullt, mennesket som er i heder, blir ikke værende; han er som dyrene som forgår.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel bevarer ikke mennesket ære; han går til grunne som dyrene gjør.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Deres tanke er at deres hus skal bestå for evig, deres boliger fra slekt til slekt; de kaller landene etter sine navn.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Deres graver blir hjem for evig, deres boliger fra generasjon til generasjon, selv om de kalte landeiendommene etter sine egne navn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men mennesket, selv om det er i ære, forblir ikke; det er som dyrene som omkommer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Likevel varer ikke et menneske i ære; han er som dyr som omkommer.

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

  Men mennesket, selv om det er i ære, forblir ikke; det er som dyrene som omkommer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Deres innerste tanke er at husene deres skal være til evig tid, deres boliger for generasjoner. De kaller landene opp etter sine egne navn.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Deres indre tanke er at deres hus skal bestå for alltid; deres boliger for alle generasjoner; de kaller landområder etter sine egne navn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Deres inderste (Tanker ere, at) deres Huus (skal blive) evindelig, deres Boliger fra Slægt til Slægt; de kalde Jorden efter deres Navn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men mennesket, tross sin ære, blir ikke værende; det ligner dyrene som går til grunne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men mennesket, til tross for sin rikdom, varer ikke. Han er lik dyrene som går til grunne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men mennesket i ære varer ikke, han er lik dyrene som går under.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men mennesket i ære består ikke: Han er lik dyrene som omkommer.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men mennesket, som dyrene, lever ikke evig; han går mot slutten som dyrene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuerthelesse ma abydeth not insoch honor, but is copared vnto ye brute beastes, & becometh like vnto the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse, man can not abyde in such honour: he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 49:20 : 20 Man that is in honor, and does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.
• Ps 82:7 : 7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
• Eccl 3:18-21 : 18 I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts. 19 For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
• Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
• Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also does not know his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,