Verse 1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years arrive when you say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Husk Skaperen din i ungdommen, før de vanskelige dagene kommer og årene nærmer seg, når du sier: 'Jeg finner ingen glede i dem.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Husk din Skaper i din ungdoms dager, før de onde dagene kommer, og årene nærmer seg når du sier: Jeg har ingen glede i dem.

• Norsk King James

  Husk nå din Skaper i ungdommens dager, før de onde dager kommer, og årene nærmer seg når du sier: Jeg finner ikke glede i dem lenger;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Husk på din Skaper i ungdommens dager, før de vanskelige dager kommer, og årene kommer som du vil si: Jeg har ingen glede av dem;

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Husk din skaper i din ungdoms dager, før de onde dagene kommer og årene nærmer seg hvor du vil si: "Jeg har ingen glede av dem."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Husk din Skaper i din ungdoms dager, før de onde dager kommer og årene nærmer seg hvor du sier: Jeg har ingen glede i dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Husk din Skaper i ungdommens dager, før de vonde dager kommer, og årene nærmer seg, da du skal si: «Jeg finner ingen glede i dem.»

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

  Husk din Skaper i din ungdoms dager, før de onde dager kommer og årene nærmer seg hvor du sier: Jeg har ingen glede i dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Husk din Skaper i dine ungdoms dager, før de vonde dagene kommer og årene når du sier: 'Jeg har ikke glede i dem.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Husk din skaper i ungdommens dager, før de onde dagene kommer og de årene nærmer seg hvor du sier: Jeg har ingen glede i dem;

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og tænk paa din Skaber i din Ungdoms Dage, medens de onde Dage ikke (endnu) komme, og Aarene komme, om hvilke du skal sige: Jeg haver ikke Lyst til dem;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Husk Skaperen i ungdommens dager, før de onde dagene kommer, og årene nærmer seg når du skal si: 'Jeg har ingen glede av dem.'

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Husk din Skaper i din ungdoms dager, før de onde dagene kommer, og årene nærmer seg når du vil si, "Jeg har ingen glede i dem."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Husk din Skaper i ungdommens dager, mens vanskelige dager ennå ikke har kommet, og årene ikke har nådd deg hvor du sier: 'Jeg har ingen glede i dem.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Husk også din Skaper i ungdommens dager, før de onde dagene kommer, og årene nærmer seg når du skal si: Jeg har ingen glede i dem;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Husk din Skaper i ungdommens dager, før de vonde dagene kommer, og årene nærmer seg hvor du sier: "Jeg har ingen glede i dem."

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Remembre thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersite come, and or the yeares drawe nye, when thou shalt saye: I haue no pleasure in them:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Remember nowe thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeeres approche, wherein thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the evil days come, and the years draw near, When you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 11:8 : 8 For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.
• Lam 3:27 : 27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.
• Luke 18:16 : 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'
• Prov 22:6 : 6 Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
• Ps 34:11 : 11 Young lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
• 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.
• Ps 90:10 : 10 The span of our life is seventy years—or eighty, if we have strength; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
• Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
• Ps 22:9-9 : 9 'Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him! Let Him rescue him, since He delights in him.' 10 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me secure on my mother’s breasts.
• Eccl 11:10 : 10 Remove vexation from your heart and put away distress from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are fleeting.
• 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.
• Gen 39:23 : 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with him and gave him success in whatever he did.
• Gen 39:2 : 2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the house of his Egyptian master.
• 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 But Barzillai said to the king, "How many more years do I have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
• Gen 39:8-9 : 8 But Joseph refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. 9 "No one in this house is greater than I am. He has not withheld anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"
• 1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam's family will come to the grave. He is the only one in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, found something good within the house of Jeroboam.
• 1 Kgs 18:12 : 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.
• 2 Chr 34:2-3 : 2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, walking in the ways of his forefather David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left. 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.
• Job 30:2 : 2 Even the strength of their hands is useless to me; their vigor has perished.
• 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 Now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.' And they worshiped the LORD there.
• 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 3:19-21 : 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. 21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel there through his word.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD told Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
• 1 Sam 16:12-13 : 12 So Jesse sent for him and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; this is the one." 13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel left and went to Ramah.
• 1 Sam 17:36-37 : 36 'Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.' 37 David added, 'The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.' Saul said to David, 'Go, and may the LORD be with you.'
• Eph 6:4 : 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
• Dan 1:8-9 : 8 But Daniel resolved in his heart not to defile himself with the royal food or wine. So he requested permission from the chief official not to defile himself. 9 God caused the chief official to show favor and compassion toward Daniel.
• Dan 1:17 : 17 To these four young men, God gave knowledge and understanding in all kinds of literature and wisdom. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.
• Hos 7:9 : 9 Foreigners consume his strength, yet he does not realize it. Gray hairs are sprinkled on him, but he does not notice.
• 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.
• Luke 2:40-52 : 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. 41 Every year, Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 When the festival was over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of it. 44 Thinking he was in their traveling group, they went a day's journey. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. 46 After three days, they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us this way? Look, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you!" 49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?" 50 But they did not understand the statement he made to them. 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
• Isa 26:8 : 8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your judgments, we wait for You; Your name and Your renown are the desire of our soul.
• 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day." 7 Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, but I am only a young and inexperienced servant who does not know how to carry out his duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or record. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between good and evil, for who is able to govern this great people of yours? 10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked this. 11 God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life, wealth for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but for discernment in administering justice, 12 behold, I have done what you asked. I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.