Verse 3

You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvorfor skryter du av ondskap, du som er sterk? Guds godhet er evig.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn det gode og løgn mer enn å tale rett. Sela.

• Norsk King James

  Du elsker det onde mer enn det gode; og velger å lyve heller enn å snakke rettferdighet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor skryter du av ondskap, du mektige? Guds godhet varer hele dagen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvorfor roser du deg av ondskap, du mektige? Guds miskunn varer hele dagen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn det gode; og løgn fremfor å tale rettferdighet. Selah.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn godhet, og du foretrekker løgn fremfor å tale rettferdighet. Selah.

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

  Du elsker ondskap mer enn det gode; og løgn fremfor å tale rettferdighet. Selah.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvorfor roser du deg av det onde, du mektige? Guds miskunn varer hele dagen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.52.3", "source": "מַה־תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל בְּ֭רָעָה הַגִּבּ֑וֹר חֶ֥סֶד אֵ֝֗ל כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃", "text": "Why *tithallēl* in *rāʿāh*, O *gibbôr*? *ḥesed* of *ʾēl* all-the-*yôm*.", "grammar": { "*mah-*": "interrogative particle 'why/what'", "*tithallēl*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine singular, Hitpael - you boast/glory", "*bě-*": "preposition 'in'", "*rāʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - evil/wickedness", "*ha-*": "definite article 'the'", "*gibbôr*": "noun/adjective, masculine singular - mighty one/hero/warrior", "*ḥesed*": "noun, masculine singular - lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy", "*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God/deity", "*kol-*": "construct 'all of'", "*ha-*": "definite article 'the'", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day" }, "variants": { "*tithallēl*": "boast yourself/glory/praise yourself", "*rāʿāh*": "evil/wickedness/misfortune/calamity", "*gibbôr*": "mighty one/warrior/hero/tyrant", "*ḥesed*": "lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy/covenant loyalty", "*ʾēl*": "God/Mighty One/deity" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvorfor roser du deg av ondskap, du mektige mann? Guds godhet varer hele dagen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor roser du dig i Ondskab, du Vældige? Guds Miskundhed (varer) den ganske Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du elsker ondt mer enn godt og løgn mer enn å tale rettferdighet. Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du elsker det onde mer enn det gode, løgnen heller enn å tale sannhet. Selah.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du har elsket det onde mer enn det gode, løgn mer enn å tale rettferdighet. Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du elsker det onde framfor det gode, løgn framfor sannferdig tale. Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du elsker ondt mer enn godt, og bedrag mer enn rettferdige gjerninger. (Sela.)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. Selah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes: and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes. Selah.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {{Selah

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

• World English Bible (2000)

  You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 62:4 : 4 They only plan to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• Jer 9:3-5 : 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD. 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
• Jer 9:8 : 8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.
• Mic 3:2 : 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
• John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
• Rom 1:25 : 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
• 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.