Verse 15

Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hva betyr den Allmektige for oss at vi skal tjene ham? Hva har vi å vinne?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hva er Den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene Ham? Og hva nytte har vi av å be til Ham?

• Norsk King James

  Hva er den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Hvilken fordel har vi av å be til ham?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvem er Den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Hva nytte har vi av å be til ham?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hva er Den Allmektige slik at vi skulle tjene ham? Og hva ville vi tjene på å henvende oss til ham?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvem er Den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Og hva ville vi vinne på å påkalle ham?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvem er den Allmektige slik at vi skal tjene ham? Hva vinner vi på å bede til ham?

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

  Hvem er Den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Og hva ville vi vinne på å påkalle ham?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hva er Den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Hvilken vinning har vi om vi ber til ham?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.21.15", "source": "מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*mah-šadday kî-naʿabdennû û-mah-nôʿîl kî nipgaʿ-bô*", "grammar": { "*mah*": "interrogative pronoun - what", "*šadday*": "noun masculine singular - Almighty", "*kî*": "conjunction - that", "*naʿabdennû*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - we should serve him", "*û-mah*": "conjunctive waw + interrogative pronoun - and what", "*nôʿîl*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person common plural - we should profit/gain", "*kî*": "conjunction - if/when", "*nipgaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural - we meet/encounter", "*bô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him" }, "variants": { "*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient (divine name)", "*ʿābad*": "to work/serve", "*yāʿal*": "to gain/profit/avail", "*pāgaʿ*": "to meet/encounter/intercede/entreat" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hva er Den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Og hva gang har vi av å påkalle ham?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvo er den Almægtige, at vi skulle tjene ham? eller hvad Gavn skulle vi have (deraf), at vi møde ham (med Bøn)?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvem er Den Allmektige at vi skal tjene ham? Hva nytte har vi av å be til ham?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hva er Den Allmektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Hva gagner det oss å be til ham?'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvem er Den Mektige, at vi skulle tjene ham? Hva gagn har vi av å søke ham?’

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hva er Den Allmektige, så vi skulle tjene ham? Og hva vinner vi på å be til ham?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hva er den Allmektige, at vi skal tilbe ham? Og hva har vi å tjene på å be til ham?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  What maner of felowe is the Allmightie, that we shulde serue him? What profit shulde we haue, to submitte oure selues vnto him?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

• World English Bible (2000)

  What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’

Referenced Verses

• Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.
• Job 34:9 : 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.
• Mal 1:13-14 : 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have sneered at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought what was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? says the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the heathen.
• Matt 7:7 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
• John 16:24 : 24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name: ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete.
• Job 35:3 : 3 For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?
• Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
• Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full and deny You, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Isa 30:11 : 11 Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek Me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
• Hos 13:6 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me.