Verse 12

These are hidden reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, shepherding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Disse er flekker på deres kjærlighetsmåltider, når de holder fest med dere, som fôrer seg selv uten frykt; de er vannløse skyer, som drives rundt av vinden; trær uten frukt, død for annen gang, som er revet opp med røttene;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Disse er klagere, misfornøyde, som følger sine egne lyster; de taler store ord, og viser bare respekt for dem de kan dra fordel av. De er tørre skyer som drives av vinden; de er fruktsvake trær, to ganger døde, røttene ødelagt.

• Norsk King James

  Disse er flekker på deres kjærlighetsfester, når de fester sammen med dere, og fôrer seg selv; de er skyer uten vann, drevet omkring av vind; trær hvis frukt visner, uten frukt, to ganger døde, opprykket med røttene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Disse er skampletter ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, mens de fråtser blant dere uten skam og gir næring til seg selv. De er skyløse skyer drevet av vinden, bladløse trær uten frukt, to ganger døde og rykket opp med rot.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Disse er skampletter ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, idet de med uforferdethet fester sammen med dere og røkter seg selv; skyene uten vann, som drives omkring av vinder; trær, uten frukt, to ganger døde, opprotet;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Disse er skjult under deres kjærlighetsmåltider, fryktløse når de fester sammen med dere og gjeter seg selv; skyer uten vann, drevet av vind; høsttrær uten frukt, to ganger døde, opprotet;

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Disse er skamflekker ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, når de sammen med dere holder fest og eter uten frykt; skyer uten vann, drevet av vinder; høsttrær som er uten frukt, to ganger døde og rykket opp med roten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De er som flekker midt i deres veldedighetsbanketter, når de spiser sammen med dere uten bekymring: som skyer uten regn, drevet av vinden; trær hvis frukt visner, uten bær, to ganger døde, rykket opp fra roten.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Disse er skampletter ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, som fryktløst deltar og metter seg selv. De er som vannløse skyer som drives av vinden; trær uten frukt om høsten, døde to ganger, opprykket med rot;

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

  Disse er skampletter ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, som fryktløst deltar og metter seg selv. De er som vannløse skyer som drives av vinden; trær uten frukt om høsten, døde to ganger, opprykket med rot;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Disse er skjulte farer ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, som uredd fører seg selv. De er uten vann, drevet av vinden, fruktløse høsttrær, to ganger døde og rykket opp med roten.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Disse er skampletter ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, når de uten frykt fester sammen med dere, mens de gjeter bare seg selv. Skyer uten vann, båret omkring av vinder; høsttrær uten frukt, to ganger døde, opprotet;

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Disse ere Skampletter ved eders Kjærligheds-Maaltider, naar de uden Undseelse fraadse iblandt eder, idet de pleie sig selv; de ere vandløse Skyer, som omdrives af Vindene, bladløse Træer, ufrugtbare, to Gange døde, oprykte med Rod,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De er skampletter ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, når de fester sammen med dere, uten frykt. De er skyer uten vann, drevet av vinden; usynlige trær som ikke bærer frukt, to ganger døde, rykket opp med røttene.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Disse er skjulte skjær ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, når de eter med dere. De er hyrder som uten frykt føder seg selv, skyene uten vann, drevet av vinden, trær uten frukt om høsten, to ganger døde, rykket opp med rot.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Disse er skjulte skjær ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, der de frykterløst fester sammen og forsyner seg selv; de er skyer uten vann som drives av vinden; trær uten frukt om høsten, døde to ganger, rykket opp med rot.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Disse er skjulte skjær i deres kjærlighetsmåltider, når de spiser sammen med dere uten frykt; de er gjeterne som bare bryr seg om seg selv; skyer uten regn, drevet hit og dit av vinden; høsttrær uten frukt, to ganger døde og opptrevlete ved roten.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Disse mennene er som skjulte farer ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, der de fester sammen med dere uten frykt; de er som skyer uten vann drevet av vinden, trær som ikke bærer frukt, to ganger døde, rotfestet opp.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast to gedder with out feare fedynge them selves. Cloudes they are with outen water caried about of wyndes and trees with out frute at gadringe tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder, without feare, fedynge the selues. Cloudes they are withouten water, caried about of wyndes, and trees without frute at gadringe tyme, twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  These are rockes in your feasts of charitie when they feast with you, without al feare, feeding themselues: cloudes they are wtout water, caried about of windes, corrupt trees & without fruit, twise dead, and plucked vp by ye rootes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  These are spottes in your feastes of charitie, whe they feast with you, without al feare feedyng the selues: cloudes they are without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees, and without fruite, twise dead, and plucked vp by the rootes:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

• World English Bible (2000)

  These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit– twice dead, uprooted;

Referenced Verses

• Matt 15:13 : 13 He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
• Prov 25:14 : 14 Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of gifts never given.
• Ezek 34:8 : 8 'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,
• Eph 4:14 : 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
• Phil 3:19 : 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their appetite, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
• 2 Pet 2:17-20 : 17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever. 18 For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery. 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them. 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
• 1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But the one who lives indulgently, even while living, is dead.
• Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace. 7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
• Jas 5:5 : 5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
• 2 Pet 2:13-14 : 13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to indulge in carousing during the day. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.
• Ezek 34:10 : 10 This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My flock from their hand and stop them from shepherding My flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths, so it will no longer be food for them.'
• Ezek 34:18 : 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pastures? Must you also trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
• Hos 6:4 : 4 What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning cloud, like the dew that disappears early.
• Matt 13:6 : 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and since they had no roots, they withered away.
• Isa 56:10-12 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep. 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter. 12 "Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."
• Ezek 17:9 : 9 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots.
• Ezek 34:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
• 2 Chr 7:20 : 20 then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
• Ps 1:3 : 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; whatever he does prospers.
• Ps 37:2 : 2 For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.
• Ps 78:29-31 : 29 They ate and were filled abundantly, for He gave them what they craved. 30 But while the food was still in their mouths, they were not yet free of their craving. 31 Then the anger of God rose against them, and He killed the strongest among them, striking down the young men of Israel.
• Matt 21:19-20 : 19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, 'May no fruit ever come from you again!' And immediately, the fig tree withered. 20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, 'How did the fig tree wither so quickly?'
• Mark 4:6 : 6 But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.
• Mark 11:20-21 : 20 Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to him, 'Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.'
• Luke 8:6 : 6 Other seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew up, it withered because it had no moisture.
• Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
• Luke 12:45 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
• Luke 16:19 : 19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
• John 15:4-6 : 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
• 1 Cor 11:20-22 : 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat. 21 For when you eat, each one takes his own supper ahead of others. One goes hungry, and another gets drunk. 22 Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Shall I praise you? I will certainly not praise you in this matter.