Verse 20

If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Selv om jeg sier at jeg er rettferdig, vil min egen munn dømme meg; selv om jeg er uskyldig, vil han finne meg skyldig.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om jeg rettferdiggjør meg selv, skal min egen munn dømme meg; om jeg sier: Jeg er uten feil, vil den også vise meg pervers.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis jeg rettferdiggjør meg selv, vil min egen munn dømme meg: hvis jeg sier, Jeg er feilfri, vil det også bevise min skam.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om jeg sier: Jeg er rettferdig, vil min egen munn dømme meg skyldig; selv om jeg er uskyldig, vil han finne meg skyldig.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Selv om jeg var uskyldig, ville min egen munn fordømme meg. Hvis jeg var skyldfri, ville den gjøre meg vrang.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om jeg rettferdiggjør meg selv, vil min egen munn dømme meg; om jeg sier jeg er fullkommen, vil den bevise meg vrang.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om jeg rettferdiggjør meg selv, vil min egen munn dømme meg; og om jeg påstår at jeg er fullkommen, vil det vise seg at jeg tar feil.

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

  Om jeg rettferdiggjør meg selv, vil min egen munn dømme meg; om jeg sier jeg er fullkommen, vil den bevise meg vrang.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om jeg rettferdiggjør meg selv, vil min egen munn dømme meg; om jeg er skyldfri, gjør han meg likevel skyldig.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Even if I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, ville min egen munn dømme meg; selv om jeg var uskyldig, ville Han finne meg skyldig.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om jeg vilde sige: Jeg er retfærdig, saa skulde min Mund dømme mig at være ugudelig; er jeg (end) fuldkommen, da kan han dog gjøre mig forvendt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis jeg rettferdiggjør meg selv, vil min egen munn dømme meg; hvis jeg sier: Jeg er fullkommen, vil det vise meg å være pervers.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Selv om jeg er rettferdig, vil min egen munn fordømme meg. Selv om jeg er ulastelig, vil den bevise meg som pervers.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis jeg er rettferdig, vil min munn dømme meg skyldig; perfekt er jeg – den erklærer meg fordervet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Selv om jeg er rettferdig, vil min egen munn fordømme meg: Selv om jeg er fullkommen, vil den bevise meg fordervet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Selv om jeg hadde rett, ville han si at jeg tok feil; jeg har ikke gjort ondt, men han sier at jeg er en synder.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  yf I will iustifie my self, myne owne mouth shall codemne me: yf I will put forth my self for a perfecte man, he shal proue me a wicked doer:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will put foorth my selfe for a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:35 : 35 Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
• Job 15:5-6 : 5 For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; yes, your own lips testify against you.
• Job 32:1-2 : 1 So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job, because he justified himself rather than God.
• Job 33:8-9 : 8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying, 9 I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy; 11 He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths. 12 Behold, in this you are not just; I will answer you, that God is greater than man. 13 Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.
• Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and avoided evil.
• Job 4:17 : 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?
• Job 9:2 : 2 I know this is true: but how can a man be righteous before God?
• Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.
• Ps 130:3 : 3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who can stand?
• Ps 143:2 : 2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living shall be justified.
• Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
• Prov 17:20 : 20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 12:36-37 : 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
• Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
• Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
• Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.