Verse 16

When I thought to understand this, it was too painful for me;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men da jeg forsøkte å forstå dette, føltes det som en umulig oppgave.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da jeg tenkte på å forstå dette, syntes det altfor smertefullt for meg.

• Norsk King James

  Da jeg tenkte over dette, føltes det for tungt for meg;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da tenkte jeg etter for å forstå dette, men det føltes tungt i mitt sinn,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da jeg forsøkte å fatte dette, syntes det meg altfor vanskelig.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da jeg forsøkte å forstå dette, var det vondt for meg,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da jeg forsøkte å forstå dette, var det altfor smertefullt for meg.

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

  Da jeg forsøkte å forstå dette, var det vondt for meg,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da jeg tenkte etter for å forstå dette, var det en plage i mine øyne.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.73.16", "source": "וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל *היא **ה֣וּא בְעֵינָֽי׃", "text": "*Wa'achashevah lada'at zot*; *'amal hu ve'eynai*.", "grammar": { "*Wa'achashevah*": "conjunction + verb, piel imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - and I thought/considered", "*lada'at*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to know", "*zot*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*'amal*": "noun, masculine singular - trouble/labor", "*hu*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular (ketiv/qere variation) - it/he is", "*ve'eynai*": "preposition + noun, common dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my eyes" }, "variants": { "*chashav*": "thought/considered/planned", "*da'at*": "to know/understand", "*zot*": "this (feminine)", "*'amal*": "trouble/labor/toil/hardship", "*hu*": "he/it (ketiv: *hi* - feminine; qere: *hu* - masculine)", "*'ayin*": "eye/sight/appearance" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så jeg tenkte etter for å forstå dette; det var en vanskelig oppgave for meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg tænkte at forstaae det; (men) det var møisommeligt for mine Øine,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da jeg tenkte på dette for å forstå det, ble det for smertefullt for meg;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da jeg forsøkte å forstå dette, var det for smertefullt for meg;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og jeg prøvde å forstå dette, men det var en plage for meg,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da jeg tenkte på dette, var det for smertefullt for meg,

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da jeg prøvde å forstå dette, virket det håpløst for meg,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then thought I to vnderstonde this, but it was to harde for me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore I considered howe I might vnderstande this: but it was to paynefull in myne eyes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I think to know this, Perverseness it `is' in mine eyes,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

• World English Bible (2000)

  When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 8:17 : 17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.
• Luke 18:32-34 : 32 For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and on the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hidden from them, nor did they know the things which were spoken.
• John 16:18-19 : 18 They said therefore, 'What is this that he says, A little while? We do not understand what he is saying.' 19 Now Jesus knew they wanted to ask him and said to them, 'Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me?'
• Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
• Ps 36:6 : 6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.
• Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
• Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way is in the sea, and Your path in the great waters, and Your footsteps are not known.
• Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
• Prov 30:2-3 : 2 Surely I am more ignorant than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy One.