Verse 13

The carpenter measures out wood; he marks it with a stylus. He shapes it with chisels and marks it with a compass. He crafts it in the form of a man, a human figure, to dwell in a house.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Treskjæreren spenner snor og tegner omrisset med rødkritt. Han jobber med det med høvler og legger inn detaljer med passer. Han former det til en menneskeskikkelse, et vakkert menneske, for å bo i et hus.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Snekkeren strekker ut en linje, han markerer det med rød jord, han former det med høvler, og markerer det med passer, og gjør det til en menneskeskikkelse, en merkverdighet av et menneske som skal bo i huset.

• Norsk King James

  Snekkerne strekker ut målelinjen; de markerer det med en snor; de tilpasser det med høvler, og de markerer det med kompasset, og lager det etter bildet av en mann, i henhold til menneskets skjønnhet; så det må bli i huset.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  En tømrer strekker ut en målesnor, tegner med en tråd, og høvler det jevnt, tegner det med en sirkel; han lager det etter en manns form, etter menneskets skjønnhet, til å bo i hus.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Tømmermannen strekker målesnoren, markerer det med rød krittpenn, bearbeider det med høvler og tegner det med passer. Så lager han det i menneskeform, som en vakker mann, for å bo i et hus.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Snekker strekker ut målebåndet, han markerer det med en linje, former det med høvler og markerer det med en sirkel, og lager det etter en manns skikkelse, etter menneskets skjønnhet, for å stå i huset.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Snekkeren strekker ut sitt målebånd, markerer opp med en snor, glatter over med en metode og tegner med en passer, slik at det ligner på et menneske, etter menneskets skjønnhet, for at det skal bestå i huset.

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

  Snekker strekker ut målebåndet, han markerer det med en linje, former det med høvler og markerer det med en sirkel, og lager det etter en manns skikkelse, etter menneskets skjønnhet, for å stå i huset.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Treskjæreren strekker ut sin målesnor, tegner det med rød krit, bearbeider det med høvel og merker det av med passer. Han lager det som en manns form, etter menneskelig skjønnhet, til å bo i et hus.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Treskjæreren spenner målesnoren, tegner det med rødkritt, arbeider det ut med huggjern og tegner det med sirkel. Han gjør det som en manns figur, som en vakker mann for å bo i et hus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  En Tømmermand udstrækker en Maalesnor, aftegner det med en Farvetraad, gjør det (jævnt) med Høvlerne, og aftegner det med Cirkelen; og han gjør det efter en Mands Skikkelse, efter et Menneskes Herlighed, til at boe i et Huus.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Tømreren strekker ut målebåndet, markerer det med en linje. Han utfører arbeidet med høvler og markerer det med passeren, lager det etter et menneskes form, etter menneskets skjønnhet, for å bli i huset.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Tømreren strekker ut en snor; han merker den med rød kritt; han former den med høvler, og merker den med passeren og former den etter en manns skikkelse, som menneskelig skjønnhet, for å bo i et hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han har arbeidet med tre, strukket ut en linjal, markert det med en linje. Han former det med treskjæringsverktøy, markerer det med en passer og gjør det etter menneskeform, etter et manns skjønnhet, til å bo i et hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Tømmermannen strekker ut en snor, markerer med en blyant, former med høvler, og markerer med passeren, og former det etter en manns skikkelse, etter et menneskes skjønnhet, for å bo i et hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Trearbeideren måler ut treet med sin line, merker det med sin blyant: etter å ha glattet det med sin høvel, og laget sirkler på det med sitt verktøy, gir han det form og herlighet som en mann, slik at det kan plasseres i huset.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The carpenter (or ymage caruer) taketh me the tymbre, and spredeth forth his lyne: he marketh it with some coloure: he playneth it, he ruleth it, ad squareth it, and maketh it after the ymage of a man, and acordinge to the bewtie of a man: that it maye stonde in the temple.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The carpenter stretcheth out a line: he facioneth it with a red thread, he planeth it, and he purtreyeth it with the compasse, and maketh it after the figure of a man, and according to the beautie of a man that it may remaine in an house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The carpenter or image caruer taketh measure of the timber, and spreadeth foorth his line, he marketh it with some colour, he playneth it, he ruleth it, and squareth it, and maketh it after the image of a man, and according to the beautie of a man, that it may stande in the house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The carpenter stretcheth out [his] rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The carpenter stretches out a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with planes, and he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He hath wrought `with' wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 17:4-5 : 4 So when he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast idol. And they were placed in Micah's house. 5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and he consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.
• Ps 115:5-7 : 5 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see. 6 They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell. 7 They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats.
• Isa 41:7 : 7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the one who polishes with the hammer encourages the one striking the anvil, saying of the soldering, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not move.
• Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’'
• Acts 17:29 : 29 Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone—an image formed by human skill and imagination.
• Rom 1:23 : 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.
• Judg 18:24 : 24 Micah replied, 'You’ve taken my gods that I made and my priest and gone away! What else do I have? How can you ask me, “What’s the matter with you?”'
• Gen 31:19 : 19 Meanwhile, Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
• Gen 31:30 : 30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?
• Gen 31:32 : 32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether anything of yours is here with me; and if so, take it.' Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.
• Gen 35:2 : 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes."
• Exod 20:4-5 : 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Deut 4:16-18 : 16 Do not act corruptly by making for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure, whether male or female. 17 Or in the form of any animal on the earth, or any bird that flies in the sky, 18 Or any creature that moves along the ground, or any fish in the waters below the earth.
• Deut 4:28 : 28 There you will serve gods made by human hands—objects of wood and stone that cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
• Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'