Verse 25

For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For dere var som sauer som gikk seg vill; men nå er dere vendt tilbake til Hyrden og Biskopen for deres sjeler.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For dere var som en gruppe som hadde kommet bort fra flokken; men nå har dere vendt tilbake til hyrden og til tilsynsmannen for deres sjeler.

• Norsk King James

  For dere var som sauer som gikk vill; men nå er dere vendt tilbake til Hyrden og til Biskopen for deres sjeler.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For dere var som bortkomne sauer, men er nå vendt tilbake til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For dere var som sauer som gikk vill; men nå har dere vendt om til hyrden og tilsynsmannen for deres sjeler.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For dere var som bortkomne sauer, men nå har dere vendt om til deres sjele hyrde og vokter.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For dere var som sauer som har gått seg vill, men nå har dere vendt tilbake til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For dere var som sauer på avveie, men nå har dere vendt dere tilbake til hyrden og biskopen for deres sjeler.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For dere var lik sauer som hadde gått seg vill, men er nå vendt tilbake til hyrden og tilsynsmannen for deres sjeler.

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

  For dere var lik sauer som hadde gått seg vill, men er nå vendt tilbake til hyrden og tilsynsmannen for deres sjeler.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For dere var som bortkomne sauer, men nå har dere vendt tilbake til sjelens hyrde og tilsynsmann.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For dere var som bortkomne sauer, men nå har dere vendt om til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi I vare som vildfarende Faar, men ere nu omvendte til eders Sjæles Hyrde og Tilsynsmand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For dere var som får som gikk seg vill, men nå har dere vendt tilbake til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For dere var som får som har gått seg vill; men har nå vendt tilbake til sjelens Hyrde og Tilsynsmann.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For dere var som sauer som hadde gått seg vill, men har nå vendt tilbake til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For dere var som får som gikk seg vill, men nå har dere vendt tilbake til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For som sauer gikk dere bort fra veien, men dere er nå vendt tilbake til han som er vokteren av deres sjeler.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For ye were as shepe goinge astraye: but are now returned vnto ye shepheerd and bisshoppe of youre soules.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For ye were as shepe goinge astraye, but now are ye turned vnto the shepherde and Bisshoppe of youre soules.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For ye were as sheepe going astray: but are nowe returned vnto the shepheard and Bishop of your soules.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For ye were as sheepe goyng astray: but are nowe turned vnto the sheephearde and Byshop of your soules.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you were going astray like sheep; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer{"Overseer" is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent.} of your souls.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Luke 15:4-6 : 4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders. 6 And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
• John 10:11-16 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them. 13 The hired worker runs away because he is a hired worker and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me. 15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest whom we confess.
• Matt 9:36 : 36 When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
• Matt 18:12 : 12 What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away?
• Ps 23:1-3 : 1 A psalm of David: The LORD is my shepherd; I will lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul; He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
• Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
• Ezek 34:11-16 : 11 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations, gather them from the countries, and bring them to their own land. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14 I will feed them in good pasture, and their grazing land will be on the high mountains of Israel. There they will lie down in a pleasant grazing land and feed in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel. 15 I Myself will tend My flock and cause them to lie down, declares the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
• Ezek 37:24 : 24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My laws and carefully obey My decrees.
• Jer 23:2 : 2 Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the shepherds who tend My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I am about to punish you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Song 1:7-8 : 7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.
• Ps 80:1 : 1 For the director of music, to the tune of 'Lilies', a testimony of Asaph, a psalm.