Verse 16

But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men unngå profane og tomme ordskifter; for de vil føre til mer ugudelighet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men unngå meningsløse diskusjoner; for de vil bare føre til mer ugudelighet.

• Norsk King James

  Men unngå meningsløse og tomme ord; for de vil føre til mer ugudelighet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hold deg borte fra tomme og vanhellige diskusjoner, for slike fører bare til mer ugudelighet,

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men sky uverdige tomme tale; for de vil dra enda mer til gudløshet.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Unngå gudløse og tomme prat, for de vil lede til mer ugudelighet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Unngå vanhellige og tomme diskusjoner, for de vil føre til enda mer ugudelighet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Unngå profane og tåpelige snakkelser, for de fører til økt ugudelighet.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men hold deg unna verdslig og tomt snakk; for det fører bare til økende ugudelighet.

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

  Men hold deg unna verdslig og tomt snakk; for det fører bare til økende ugudelighet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men unngå verdslig og tom tale, for det vil føre videre til mer ugudelighet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men unngå profane og tomme samtaler, for de vil bare føre til mer ugudelighet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men hold dig fra den vanhellige løse Snak; thi Saadanne gaae stedse videre i Ugudelighed,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Unngå ugudelig tomt prat, for det vil bare føre til mer ugudelighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men unngå tomt snakk, for det vil føre til mer gudløshet,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hold deg borte fra ugudelig og tom prating, for de vil bare føre til mer ugudelighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men unngå vanhellige og tomme snakk, for de vil lede til enda større ugudelighet,

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Unngå vanhellig tale, for de som driver med slikt, vil fare videre i ugudelighet.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Vngostly and vayne voyces passe over. For they shall encreace vnto greater vngodlynes

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for vngoostly and vayne talkynges, eschue them: for they helpe moch to vngodlynes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Stay prophane, and vaine babblings: for they shall encrease vnto more vngodlinesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

• World English Bible (2000)

  But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,

Referenced Verses

• Titus 3:9 : 9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.
• 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard what has been committed to your trust, avoiding profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;
• Ezra 10:10 : 10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed and have taken foreign wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.
• Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind, and pursues the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation, and they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
• 2 Thess 2:7-8 : 7 For the mystery of iniquity already works: only he who now restrains will do so, until he is taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
• 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.
• Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
• 2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
• Rev 13:3 : 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed, and all the world marveled and followed the beast.
• Rev 13:14 : 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
• 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
• 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits.
• 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to argue about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.
• 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
• Titus 1:14 : 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.