Verse 9

If you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will be shown compassion by those who took them captive, and they will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For dersom dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som har bortført dem, og de vil få vende tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig; han vil ikke vende ansiktet bort fra dere hvis dere søker ham av hele deres hjerte.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For hvis dere vender om til Herren, skal deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som har bortført dem, så de kan vende tilbake til dette landet. For Herren, deres Gud, er nådig og barmhjertig, og han vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere vender om til ham.

• Norsk King James

  Dere som vender om til Herren, vil oppleve barmhjertighet hos de som har ført dere i fangenskap, slik at dere kan vende tilbake til dette landet; for Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke dra sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere kommer til ham.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som holder dem fanget, og de vil komme tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig, og han vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere omvender dere til ham.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  ‘For når dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som har ført dem i fangenskap, så de kan komme tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig., og han vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere vender tilbake til ham.’

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For hvis dere vender tilbake til Herren, skal deres brødre og deres barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som har bortført dem, og de skal få komme tilbake til dette landet, for Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere vender tilbake til ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For om dere vender dere tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som holder dem fanget, slik at de kan vende tilbake til dette landet; for Herren, deres Gud, er nådig og barmhjertig, og vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere om dere vender dere til ham.

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

  For hvis dere vender tilbake til Herren, skal deres brødre og deres barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som har bortført dem, og de skal få komme tilbake til dette landet, for Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere vender tilbake til ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For når dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og sønner finne nåde for dem som har bortført dem, så de kan vende tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig, og han vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere vender tilbake til ham.»

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For dersom dere vender tilbake til Herren, skal deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som har tatt dem fanget, og få vende tilbake til dette landet, for Herren, deres Gud, er nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sitt ansikt fra dere dersom dere vender tilbake til ham.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi naar I omvende eder til Herren, skulle eders Brødre og eders Børn faae Barmhjertighed for deres Ansigt, som holde dem fangne, saa at de skulle komme tilbage til dette Land; thi Herren eders Gud er naadig og barmhjertig, og skal ikke lade (sit) Ansigt vige fra eder, dersom I omvende eder til ham.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  «For hvis dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og barn finne nåde hos dem som har bortført dem, og de skal få komme tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig, og han vil ikke vende sitt ansikt fra dere hvis dere vender tilbake til ham.»

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For if you turn again to the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before those that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if you return to Him.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For hvis dere vender tilbake til Herren, skal deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som tok dem til fange, og komme tilbake til dette landet, for Herren, deres Gud, er nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere, hvis dere vender tilbake til ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for når dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og barn finne nåde hos dem som har bortført dem, og de kan få vende tilbake til dette landet, for Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig, og han vil ikke vende sitt ansikt fra dere hvis dere vender tilbake til ham.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For hvis dere vender om til Herren, skal deres brødre og barn finne barmhjertighet hos dem som førte dem i fangenskap, og de skal vende tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere vender om til ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For hvis dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil de som førte bort deres brødre og barn, ha medlidenhet med dem og la dem komme tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er full av nåde og barmhjertighet, og hans ansikt vil ikke bli vendt bort fra dere hvis dere kommer tilbake til ham.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For yf ye turne vnto the LORDE, then shal youre brethren and children haue mercy in the sighte of them which holde them in captiuyte, that they maye come agayne in to this londe: for the LORDE youre God is gracious and mercifull, and shal not turne awaye his face from you, yf ye conuerte vnto him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For if ye returne vnto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall finde mercy before them that led them captiues, and they shall returne vnto this lande: for the Lord your God is gracious and mercifull, and will not turne away his face from you, if ye conuert vnto him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For if ye turne againe vnto the Lorde, then shall your brethren and your children finde compassion in the presence of them that toke them captiue, and they shall come againe vnto this lande: For the Lorde your God is gratious and mercifull, and wyll not turne away his face from you, if ye conuert vnto him.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return unto him.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for in your turning back unto Jehovah, your brethren and your sons have mercies before their captors, even to return to this land, for gracious and merciful `is' Jehovah your God, and He doth not turn aside the face from you, if ye turn back unto Him.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The LORD your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you if you return to him.”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 106:46 : 46 He caused them to be treated with compassion by all who held them captive.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. 7 Maintaining steadfast love to thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, but not leaving the guilty unpunished. He punishes the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."
• 1 Kgs 8:50 : 50 Forgive Your people who have sinned against You; forgive all the offenses they have committed against You, and cause their captors to show them mercy,
• Lev 26:40-42 : 40 But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness with which they were unfaithful to me, and also how they walked contrary to me— 41 so that I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their punishment for their iniquity, 42 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
• Deut 30:2-4 : 2 and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and soul, you and your children, according to all that I command you today, 3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you. He will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. 4 Even if you are exiled to the ends of the heavens, the LORD your God will gather you from there, and He will bring you back from there.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
• Jer 18:17 : 17 Like an east wind, I will scatter them before their enemies. I will show them My back and not My face on the day of their calamity.
• Jer 29:12-14 : 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you—this is the LORD's declaration—and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you—this is the LORD's declaration. I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.
• Jer 31:27-28 : 27 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals. 28 Just as I watched over them to uproot, tear down, demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the LORD.
• Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel? 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
• Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed to the LORD, saying, 'O LORD, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own land? That is why I tried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from sending calamity.
• 2 Chr 7:14 : 14 if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land.
• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, 'Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.'
• Neh 9:17 : 17 They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.
• Neh 9:31 : 31 Still, in Your great mercies, You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them, for You are a gracious and merciful God.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon You.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
• Ps 111:4 : 4 He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate.
• Ps 145:7-8 : 7 They will proclaim the memory of your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of your righteousness. 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in steadfast love.
• Prov 28:13 : 13 The one who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.