Verse 20

In this way, his heart will not become proud above his fellow Israelites, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left. He and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da skal han ikke bli hovmodig og se ned på sine landsmenn eller vike fra budet, verken til høyre eller venstre, for at han kan ha et langt kongedømme, han og hans sønner, midt iblant Israel.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For at han ikke skal opphøye hjertet sitt over sine brødre, og ikke avvike fra budet, verken til høyre eller til venstre, slik at han kan forlenge sine dager i sitt kongedømme, han og hans barn, midt iblandt Israel.

• Norsk King James

  At hans hjerte ikke skal bli hevet over brødrene, og at han ikke avviker fra budet, verken til høyre eller til venstre; for at han kan forlenge sine dager i sitt rike, sammen med sine barn, midt i Israel.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så hans hjerte ikke opphøyer seg over hans brødre, og han ikke viker fra budene, verken til høyre eller til venstre, slik at han og hans barn kan få lange dager i sitt kongerike i Israel.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Slik at han ikke skal opphøye sitt hjerte over sine brødre og ikke vike av fra budet, verken til høyre eller til venstre, for at han og hans etterkommere kan ha et langt kongedømme i Israel.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så hans hjerte ikke stiger over hans brødre, og han ikke vender seg bort fra budene verken til høyre eller til venstre for at han og hans barn kan ha lange dager i sitt rike midt blant Israel.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik skal hans hjerte ikke stige seg opp over sine brødre, og han skal ikke avvike fra budet – verken til høyre eller til venstre – for at han og hans barn skal få leve lenge i sitt rike midt i Israel.

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

  Så hans hjerte ikke stiger over hans brødre, og han ikke vender seg bort fra budene verken til høyre eller til venstre for at han og hans barn kan ha lange dager i sitt rike midt blant Israel.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Slik skal han ikke opphøye sitt hjerte over sine brødre, og ikke vike bort fra budet, verken til høyre eller venstre, så han kan leve lenge i sitt kongedømme, han og hans barn, midt i Israel.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Slik at hans hjerte ikke skal opphøye seg over hans brødre, og han ikke skal vike fra budet, verken til høyre eller til venstre. Da skal han og hans sønner ha lange dager i kongeriket blant Israel.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at hans Hjerte ikke skal ophøie sig over sine Brødre, ei heller vige fra Budet til høire eller venstre Side; at han maa forlænge sine Dage i sit Kongerige, han og hans Børn i Israel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not asi from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  slik at hans hjerte ikke løfter seg over hans brødre, og at han ikke viker fra budet, til høyre eller til venstre: for at han og hans barn kan leve lenge sitt rike, i midten av Israel.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  That his heart may not be lifted above his brothers, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  så hans hjerte ikke hever seg over sine brødre, og han ikke viker fra budene, verken til høyre eller venstre; for at han skal ha lange dager i sitt kongerike, han og hans barn, midt blant Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Slik at hans hjerte ikke hever seg over sine brødre, og at han ikke vender seg bort fra budet, verken til høyre eller venstre, for at han skal forlenge sine dager i sitt kongerike, han og hans sønner, midt i Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Slik at hans hjerte ikke skal heve seg over sine brødre, og at han ikke viker fra budet til høyre eller til venstre: for at han skal forlenge sine dager i sitt rike, han og hans barn, midt i Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Slik at hans hjerte ikke skal heves over sine landsmenn, og han ikke skal avvike fra ordrene, til den ene eller andre siden: men at hans liv og livet til hans barn kan bli langt i hans kongedømme i Israel.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  that his hert aryse not aboue his brethern and that he turne not from the commaundment: ether to the righte hande or to the lifte: that both he ad his childern maye prolonge their dayes in his kingdome in Israel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren, and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement, nether to the right hade ner to the lefte, that he maye prologe his dayes in his kyngdome, he and his children in Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That his heart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren, and that he turne not from the commaundement, to the right hand or to the left, but that he may prolong his daies in his kingdom, he, and his sonnes in the middes of Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And that his heart arise not aboue his brethren, and that he turne not from the commaundement to the right hand or to the left: but that he may prolong his dayes in his kyngdome, he and his children in the middes of Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  so that his heart is not high above his brethren, and so as not to turn aside from the command, right or left, so that he prolongeth days over his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

• World English Bible (2000)

  that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
• Deut 5:32 : 32 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or the left.
• Deut 8:2 : 2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Deut 8:13-14 : 13 When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied, 14 then your heart may grow proud, and you might forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deut 12:25 : 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
• Deut 12:28 : 28 Be careful to obey all these words I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
• Deut 17:11 : 11 Follow exactly the law they teach you and the judgment they declare to you. Do not turn aside from the decision they give you, to the right or to the left.
• 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 13 Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, which He gave you. If you had, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him leader over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."
• 1 Sam 15:23 : 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.
• 1 Kgs 11:12-13 : 12 'Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.' 13 'However, I will not tear away the entire kingdom. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of David My servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.'
• 1 Kgs 11:34 : 34 'However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will allow him to remain ruler all his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept My commands and statutes.'
• 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 'But to his son, I will give one tribe, so that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen for Myself to put My name there.'
• Deut 4:2 : 2 Do not add to the command that I am giving you, and do not take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you.
• 2 Kgs 10:30 : 30 The LORD said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in executing what is right in my eyes and have carried out all that was in My heart against the house of Ahab, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."
• 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant. Be content with your glory and stay at home. Why bring disaster on yourself and Judah as well?'
• 2 Chr 25:19 : 19 You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why provoke disaster so that you and Judah will fall?
• 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But after Uzziah became strong, his heart was lifted up with pride, leading to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• 2 Chr 32:25-26 : 25 But Hezekiah did not respond to the kindness shown to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore, wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 26 However, Hezekiah humbled himself, along with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during Hezekiah's days.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer and how God was moved by his plea, all his sins and unfaithfulness, the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.
• 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 But he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you tore your clothes and wept in My presence, I have heard you,' declares the LORD.
• Ps 19:11 : 11 They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
• Ps 131:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents. LORD, my heart is not proud, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with matters too great or too wonderful for me. 2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
• Ps 132:12 : 12 If your sons keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.
• Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.
• Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.
• Eccl 8:13 : 13 But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.
• Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 He was driven away from people, his mind became like that of an animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of men and sets over it whomever He wishes. 22 But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.
• Hab 2:4 : 4 Look! The proud person—his soul is not upright within him, but the righteous one will live by his faith.
• 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And because of the extraordinary revelations, so that I might not become conceited, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I would not become conceited.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.