Verse 11

'This was their reply to us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago. It was a great king of Israel who built and completed it."'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dette var svaret de ga oss: 'Vi er tjenere for Gud, himmelens og jordens skaper, og vi bygger opp igjen det huset som ble bygd for mange år siden, av en stor konge i Israel.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og de ga oss følgende svar: Vi er tjenerne til himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger huset som ble bygd mange år tidligere, som en stor konge i Israel bygde og satte opp.

• Norsk King James

  De svarte: Vi er tjenere av himmelens og jordens Gud, og bygger huset som ble bygget for mange år siden av en stor konge i Israel.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De svarte oss og sa: Vi er himmelens og jordens Guds tjenere, og vi bygger et hus som stod her for mange år siden, bygget og fullført av en stor konge i Israel.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dette var svaret de gav oss: 'Vi er tjenere for himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger huset som ble bygget for mange år siden, som en stor konge i Israel bygget og fullførte.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og slik svarte de oss og sa: Vi er tjenerne til himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger det huset som ble bygget mange år siden, som en stor konge i Israel bygde og satte opp.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da svarte de oss: 'Vi er tjenere av himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger opp det huset som ble reist for mange år siden av en stor konge i Israel.'

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

  Og slik svarte de oss og sa: Vi er tjenerne til himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger det huset som ble bygget mange år siden, som en stor konge i Israel bygde og satte opp.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Slik svarte de oss: 'Vi er himmelens og jordens Guds tjenere, og vi bygger huset som ble bygd mange år før dette, og som en stor konge av Israel bygde og fullførte.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og dette var deres svar til oss: Vi er tjenerne til himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi gjenoppbygger huset som ble bygd mange år før dette, som en stor konge i Israel bygde og fullførte.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de gave os paa denne Maade Svar tilbage og sagde: Vi ere Himmelens og Jordens Guds Tjenere, og bygge et Huus, som var fordum bygget for mange Aar siden; thi en stor Konge i Israel havde bygget det og fuldkommet det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og slik svarte de oss, og sa: Vi er tjenere for himmelens og jordens Gud, og bygger huset som ble bygget for mange år siden, som en stor konge i Israel bygde og satte opp.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And they returned an answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Slik svarte de oss og sa: Vi er tjenerne til himmelens og jordens Gud, og bygger det huset som ble bygget for mange år siden, som en stor konge i Israel bygget og fullførte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dette var svaret de gav oss: 'Vi er tjenere for himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger huset som ble bygd for mange år siden, som en stor konge i Israel bygde og fullførte.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og de svarte oss slik: Vi er tjenere for himmelens og jordens Gud, og bygger huset som ble bygget for mange år siden, som en stor konge av Israel bygget og fullførte.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og de svarte oss, og sa: Vi er himmelens og jordens Guds tjenere, og vi bygger huset som ble reist i gammel tid og ble utformet og fullført av en stor konge i Israel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But they answered vs wt these wordes, and sayde: We are the seruautes of the God of heauen and earth, and buylde the house yt was buylded many yeares agoo, which a greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But they answered vs thus, & sayd, We are the seruants of the God of heauen and earth, and buylde the house that was buylt of olde & many yeeres ago, which a great King of Israel builded, and founded it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But they aunswered vs with these wordes, and saide: We are the seruauntes of him that is God of heauen and earth, and builde the house that was builded of olde and many yeres ago, which the great king of Israel builded, and set vp.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thus they have returned us word, saying, We `are' servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus they returned us answer, saying, "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They responded to us in the following way:‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 24:15 : 15 But if it seems undesirable to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve—whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 6:1-7 : 1 In the four hundred eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (the second month), he began building the house of the LORD. 2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3 The vestibule in front of the main hall of the house was twenty cubits long, extending along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. 4 He made windows with recessed frames for the house. 5 He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around. 6 The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house. 7 The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.
• 2 Chr 3:1-5 : 1 Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide. 4 The porch in front of the house was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5 He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.
• Ps 119:46 : 46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings and not be ashamed.
• Dan 3:26 : 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the opening of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come here!' So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came out of the fire.
• Jonah 1:9 : 9 And he answered, "I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."
• Matt 10:32 : 32 Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
• Luke 12:8 : 8 I tell you, anyone who acknowledges Me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.
• Acts 27:23 : 23 Last night, an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
• Rom 6:16 : 16 Do you not know that if you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
• Gal 6:14 : 14 But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.