Verse 12

But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når jeg går bort fra deg, vil Herrens Ånd føre deg bort til et sted jeg ikke kjenner, og når jeg går og sier dette til Akab, så finner han deg ikke, og han vil drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og det kan skje, så snart jeg er borte fra deg, at Herrens Ånd fører deg til et sted jeg ikke vet om; så når jeg går og forteller Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men din tjener har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• Norsk King James

  Det vil skje, så snart jeg har gått fra deg, at Herrens ånd vil bære deg dit jeg ikke vet; når jeg kommer og forteller Ahab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra jeg var ung.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så snart jeg går fra deg, kan Herrens ånd ta deg bort jeg vet ikke hvor. Så, hvis jeg forteller Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Likevel har din tjener fryktet Herren helt siden ungdommen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hva om jeg går fra deg, og Herrens ånd fører deg bort til et sted jeg ikke vet om? Når jeg så går og forteller Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Og jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren siden min ungdom.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men det kan skje, så snart jeg er borte fra deg, at Herrens Ånd bærer deg bort til jeg ikke vet hvor; og når jeg så kommer til Akab og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så snart jeg er borte fra deg, vil Herrens ånd føre deg til steder jeg ikke vet om, og når jeg kommer og forteller Ahab mens han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg; men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren helt siden jeg var ung.

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

  Men det kan skje, så snart jeg er borte fra deg, at Herrens Ånd bærer deg bort til jeg ikke vet hvor; og når jeg så kommer til Akab og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men det kan hende at Herrens Ånd vil føre deg bort til et sted jeg ikke vet, når jeg går og forteller Akab det. Da finner han deg ikke, og han slår meg i hjel. Og jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så snart jeg drar fra deg, tar Herrens Ånd deg til et sted jeg ikke vet om, og når jeg kommer og forteller Akab dette, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Din tjener har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og det maatte skee, naar jeg gik fra dig, at Herrens Aand tog dig bort, jeg veed ikke hvorhen, og jeg kom at give Achab det tilkjende, og han fandt dig ikke, da slog han mig ihjel; men din Tjener frygter Herren fra sin Ungdom.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det vil skje, så snart jeg har gått fra deg, at Herrens Ånd vil føre deg til et sted jeg ikke vet; når jeg så kommer og forteller Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så snart jeg er gått fra deg, vil Herrens ånd føre deg bort jeg vet ikke hvor; og så når jeg kommer og forteller Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når jeg har gått fra deg, kan Herrens ånd føre deg bort, hvem vet hvor, og når jeg kommer for å fortelle Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, da dreper han meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren siden min ungdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så snart jeg går fra deg, vil Herrens Ånd føre deg dit jeg ikke vet, og når jeg går og sier til Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men din tjener har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Straks, når jeg har gått fra deg, vil Herrens ånd føre deg bort, hvor vet jeg ikke, slik at når jeg kommer og forteller Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, så vil han drepe meg; selv om jeg, din tjener, har tilbedt Herren fra min ungdom.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now whan I were gone from the, the sprete of the LORDE shulde take ye awaye, I can not tell whither: and yf I then came and tolde Achab, and founde the not, he shulde slaye me: But thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his youth vp.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lorde shall cary thee into some place that I doe not know: so when I come and tell Ahab, if he cannot finde thee, then wil he kil me: But I thy seruant feare the Lord from my youth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And assoone as I am gone from thee, the spirite of the Lorde shall carrie thee into some place that I do not knowe, and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can not finde thee, he shall slay me: But I thy seruaunt feare the Lorde from my youth vp.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But when I leave you, the LORD’s Spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. That would not be fair, because your servant has been a loyal follower of the LORD from my youth.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 2:16 : 16 They said to him, 'Look, we have fifty able men among your servants. Let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.' But Elisha replied, 'Do not send them.'
• Acts 8:39 : 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.
• Ezek 8:3 : 3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the lock of my head. Then the spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north-facing inner gate, where the seat of the idol that provokes jealousy was located.
• Ezek 11:24 : 24 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Chaldea in the vision given by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me.
• Ezek 37:1 : 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.
• Ezek 40:1-2 : 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, on that very day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me there. 2 In visions of God, He brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the form of a city facing toward the south.
• Dan 2:5-9 : 5 The king answered the Chaldeans, saying, "The command from me is firm: if you do not make the dream and its interpretation known to me, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into rubble. 6 But if you reveal the dream and its interpretation, you will receive gifts, rewards, and great honor from me. So declare the dream and its interpretation to me." 7 They answered again, saying, "Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will reveal its interpretation." 8 The king responded, "I am certain that you are trying to gain time because you see that my command is firm. 9 If you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. You have agreed to speak false and corrupt words before me until the situation changes. Therefore, tell me the dream, so that I may know that you can reveal its interpretation." 10 The Chaldeans answered the king, saying, "There is no man on earth who can declare the king's matter. No great and powerful king has ever asked such a thing from any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean. 11 What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one can reveal it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals." 12 Because of this, the king became angry and extremely furious, and he commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. 13 The decree was issued, and the wise men were being put to death. They also sought Daniel and his companions to execute them.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, realizing that he had been deceived by the magi, became furious. He sent orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.
• Matt 4:1 : 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
• Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
• 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In the twelfth year, he started to purify Judah and Jerusalem by removing the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 God, you have taught me from my youth, and to this day I declare your wondrous works. 18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.
• Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good to grasp one thing and not let go of the other, for the one who fears God will avoid all extremes.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD and listens to the voice of his servant? Let the one who walks in darkness, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
• Ezek 3:12-14 : 12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the noise of a great rushing: "Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place!" 13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and the sound of the wheels among them, and the sound of a great rumbling. 14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and anger of spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
• 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
• 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with people.
• 1 Sam 3:19-20 : 19 Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and he let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground. 20 All of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.
• 1 Sam 22:11-19 : 11 The king sent for Ahimelech the priest, son of Ahitub, and his entire family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. 12 Saul said, 'Listen now, son of Ahitub!' And he replied, 'Here I am, my lord.' 13 Saul said to him, 'Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has risen against me to lie in wait, as he does today?' 14 Ahimelech answered the king, 'Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and highly respected in your house?' 15 Was this the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse me or any of my father's family, for your servant knows nothing about this whole affair—whether great or small.' 16 The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.' 17 Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, 'Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they are allies of David. They knew he was fleeing but didn’t inform me.' But the king's servants were unwilling to raise their hands to strike the priests of the Lord. 18 The king then commanded Doeg, 'Turn and strike down the priests!' So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, killing its men and women, children and infants, and also its oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
• 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
• Acts 12:19 : 19 After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
• 2 Cor 12:2-3 : 2 I know a man in Christ who, fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows—was caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I know such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know; God knows—
• 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.