Jeremiah 9:23
21 For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
22 Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
24 But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
25 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren: Den vise rose seg ikke av sin visdom, og den sterke rose seg ikke av sin styrke, den rike rose seg ikke av sin rikdom!
- OTB
- Dette sier Herren: "La ikke den vise være stolt av sin visdom eller den sterke av sin styrke eller den rike av sin rikdom,
- B1930
- Så sier Herren: Den vise rose sig ikke av sin visdom, og den sterke rose sig ikke av sin styrke, den rike rose sig ikke av sin rikdom!
- BSB
- This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- KJV
- Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- WEB
- The LORD says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
- ASV
- Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
- DARBY
- Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:
- BLB
- Thus says YHWH: “Let not the wise one glory in his wisdom, and let not the mighty one glory in his might, and let not the rich one glory in his riches;
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1 Corinthians 1:27–29
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 9:11
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
Les i sammenhengRomans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 3:18–20
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 49:6–13
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Les i sammenhengEzekiel 7:19
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
Les i sammenhengJob 31:24–25
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
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