Verse 27

Then Abraham answered, 'I have ventured to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da svarte Abraham og sa: 'Se nå, jeg har dristet meg til å ta ordet med Herren, selv om jeg bare er støv og aske.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Abraham svarte og sa: Se nå, jeg har tatt på meg å tale til Herren, selv om jeg er støv og aske.

• Norsk King James

  Og Abraham svarte og sa: Se nå, jeg har tatt på meg å tale til Herren, da jeg bare er støv og aske:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Abraham svarte: Nå har jeg våget å tale til Herren, enda jeg bare er støv og aske.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Abraham svarte og sa: 'Jeg har gjort meg dristig til å tale til Herren, enda jeg er bare støv og aske.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Abraham svarte og sa: Se, nå har jeg tatt på meg å tale til Herren, jeg som er støv og aske.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da svarte Abraham: «Se, nå har jeg tatt på meg å tale til Herren, jeg som bare er støv og aske.

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

  Og Abraham svarte og sa: Se, nå har jeg tatt på meg å tale til Herren, jeg som er støv og aske.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Abraham svarte: "Se, jeg har våget å tale til Herren, enda jeg er støv og aske.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Abraham svarte og sa: 'Se nå, jeg har tatt meg på å tale til Herren, enda jeg er støv og aske.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Abraham svarede og sagde: See nu, jeg haver begyndt at tale til Herren, alligevel jeg er Støv og Aske.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Abraham svarte og sa: Se nå, jeg har tatt meg friheten til å tale til Herren, enda jeg bare er støv og aske.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Abraham svarte: "Se nå, jeg har tatt på meg å tale til Herren, enda jeg er støv og aske.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Abraham svarte: 'Se nå, jeg har tatt meg til å tale til Herren, jeg som er jord og aske.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Abraham svarte og sa: Se nå, jeg har tatt på meg å tale til Herren, jeg som er støv og aske.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Abraham svarte: Se, jeg som er bare støv, har dristet meg til å tale til Herren.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Abraham answered and sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto ye LORde ad yet am but dust ad asshes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Abraham answered, and sayde: O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the LORDE, howbeit I am but dust and asshes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Abraham answered and said, Behold nowe, I haue begun to speake vnto my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
• Luke 18:1 : 1 Jesus told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up.
• Gen 2:7 : 7 Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
• 1 Cor 15:47-48 : 47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
• 2 Cor 5:1-2 : 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,
• Isa 64:8 : 8 Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people.
• Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"
• Gen 18:30-32 : 30 Then Abraham said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if thirty are found there?' He replied, 'I will not do it if I find thirty there.' 31 Abraham said, 'Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there.' He answered, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.' 32 Finally, he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if ten are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.'
• Ezra 9:6 : 6 I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift my face to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.'
• Job 4:19 : 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
• Job 30:19 : 19 He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
• Job 42:6-8 : 6 Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes. 7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My anger burns against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.' 8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.
• Ps 8:4 : 4 When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon, and the stars that You have set in place—
• Ps 144:3 : 3 Lord, what is man that You care for him, or a son of man that You think of him?
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.