Results for verstandiges translation from Afrikaans to English

maar die verstandiges het olie in hulle kanne saam met hul lampe geneem.
but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

en die wat dwaas was, sê aan die verstandiges: gee vir ons van julle olie, want ons lampe gaan uit.
and the foolish said unto the wise, give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

en die verstandiges sal glinster soos die glans van die uitspansel, en die wat baie tot regverdigheid lei, soos die sterre vir ewig en altoos.
and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

maar die verstandiges antwoord en sê: miskien sal daar nie genoeg wees vir ons en vir julle nie. maar gaan liewer na die verkopers en koop vir julleself.
but the wise answered, saying, not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

en die verstandiges onder die volk sal baie tot insig bring; maar hulle sal struikel deur swaard en vlam, deur gevangenskap en berowing, dae lank.
and they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

baie sal gereinig en gesuiwer en gelouter word, maar die goddelose sal goddeloos handel; en geeneen van die goddelose mense sal verstaan nie, maar die verstandiges sal verstaan.
many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

oor edom. so sê die here van die leërskare: is daar geen wysheid meer in teman nie? ontbreek raad by die verstandiges? is hulle wysheid uitgeput?
concerning edom, thus saith the lord of hosts; is wisdom no more in teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

weer het ek onder die son gesien dat die wedloop nie is vir die vinniges en die oorlog nie vir die helde nie; en ook die brood is nie vir die wyse of ook rykdom vir die slimmes of ook guns vir die verstandiges nie; want tyd en lotgeval tref hulle almal.
i returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.