Verse 3

Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely exclude me from His people.' And let no eunuch say, 'I am a dry tree.'

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    La ikke den som søker til Herren si: 'Herren vil skille meg fra sitt folk.' Og la ikke den barnløse si: 'Se, jeg er som et visnet tre.' For slik sier Herren: 'Jeg vil gi deg en plass blant mitt folk; du skal bli akseptert og bli en del av fellesskapet.'

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren, si: Herren har sannelig skilt meg fra sitt folk; la heller ikke den gjeldfrie si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre.

  • Norsk King James

    La ikke de som har sluttet seg til Herren si: Herren har skilt meg fra sitt folk; la heller ikke eunukken si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren si: 'Herren vil sikkert skille meg fra sitt folk'; og la ikke den kastrerte si: 'Se, jeg er et tørt tre.'

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Den fremmede som slutter seg til Herren, skal ikke si: Herren vil skille meg ut fra sitt folk. Og den som er uten evne til barn, skal ikke si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til HERREN, si: HERREN har fullstendig skilt meg fra sitt folk. La heller ikke eunukken si: Se, jeg er som et tørt tre.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    La heller ikke den fremmedes sønn, som har forent seg med HERREN, si: «HERREN har fullstendig atskilt meg fra sitt folk», og la heller ikke evnen si: «Se, jeg er et uttørt tre.»

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

    La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til HERREN, si: HERREN har fullstendig skilt meg fra sitt folk. La heller ikke eunukken si: Se, jeg er som et tørt tre.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Og la ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren, si: 'Herren vil sikkert skille meg fra sitt folk.' La heller ikke evnukken si: 'Se, jeg er et tørt tre.'

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren, skal ikke si: «Herren vil sikkert skille meg ut fra sitt folk.» Og la ikke den kastrerte si: «Se, jeg er et uttørket tre.»

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og den Fremmedes Søn, som haver føiet sig til Herren, skal ikke sige: Herren skal vist skille mig fra sit Folk; og den Gildede skal ikke sige: See! jeg er et tørt Træ.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren si: Herren har skilt meg helt fra sitt folk. Og la ikke den som er ufruktbar si: Se, jeg er som et tørt tre.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Do not let the son of the foreigner, who has joined himself to the LORD, say, The LORD has utterly separated me from his people: nor let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren si: Herren vil sikkert skille meg fra sitt folk. La heller ikke evnukken si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren si: «Herren vil sikkert skille meg fra sitt folk», og la ikke evnukken si: «Se, jeg er et uttørket tre.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren, skal ikke si: Herren vil sikkert skille meg fra sitt folk; og heller ikke skal den evnukke si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren, skal ikke si at Herren vil skille meg fra sitt folk; og den ufruktbare skal ikke si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then shal not the straunger, which cleaueth to the LORDE, saye: Alas the LORDE hath shut me cleane out from his people. Nether shal the gelded man saye: lo, I am a drie tre.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And let not the sonne of the stranger, which is ioyned to the Lord, speake and say, The Lord hath surely separate me from his people: neither let the Eunuch say, Beholde, I am a drye tree.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then shall not the straunger whiche cleaueth to the Lorde, say, Alas the Lorde hath shut me cleane out from his people: Neither shall the gelded man say, Lo I am a drye tree.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, Yahweh will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: `Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, `Lo, I am a tree dried up,'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, "Yahweh will surely separate me from his people;" neither let the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say,‘The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say,‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Num 18:4 : 4 They are to join you and take responsibility for the care of the tent of meeting, performing all its service. No unauthorized person may come near you.
  • Num 18:7 : 7 But you and your sons with you are to diligently guard your priestly duties for every aspect of the altar and the area behind the curtain. I have given your priesthood to you as a service of gift. Any unauthorized person who approaches shall be put to death.
  • Deut 23:1-3 : 1 A man shall not marry his father’s wife or dishonor his father’s bed. 2 No man who has been wounded in his private parts or whose reproductive organs have been severed may enter the assembly of the LORD. 3 No one born of an illegitimate union may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
  • Isa 14:1 : 1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will again choose Israel, and He will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.
  • Isa 39:7 : 7 Some of your own descendants, who will issue from you and whom you will father, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 I will give them within my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.'
  • Jer 38:7-9 : 7 Now Ebed-Melech, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, 8 Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king, 9 "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will die from hunger, since there is no longer any bread in the city." 10 The king commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies." 11 So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down to Jeremiah in the cistern with ropes. 12 Ebed-Melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, "Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes." Jeremiah did so, 13 and they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.
  • Jer 39:16-17 : 16 'Go and say to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring my words against this city for disaster and not for good, and they will happen before your eyes on that day. 17 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord, and you will not be handed over to the men you fear.
  • Jer 50:5 : 5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  • Dan 1:3-9 : 3 The king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring some of the sons of Israel from the royal family and the nobles. 4 They were young men without any physical defect, handsome, skilled in all wisdom, knowledgeable, discerning, and capable of serving in the king's palace. He was to teach them the literature and the language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king assigned them a daily portion from the royal food and wine that he drank. They were to be trained for three years, and at the end of that time, they were to serve before the king. 6 Among them were some from the sons of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 7 The chief of the officials gave them new names: to Daniel, he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. 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. 10 But the chief official said to Daniel, 'I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other youths your age? You would endanger my life before the king.' 11 Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the other youths who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see. 14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days. 15 At the end of the ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the royal food. 16 So the steward took away their portion of the royal food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead. 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. 18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king spoke with them, and among all of them, no one was found to be like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king's service. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom. 21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
  • Zeph 2:11 : 11 The Lord will be awesome to them when He destroys all the gods of the earth. People from every shore and nation will bow down to Him, each from their own place.
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Again, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD. 23 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In those days, ten men from every language and nation will take hold of the robe of a Jewish man and say, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’
  • Matt 8:10-11 : 10 When Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those following Him, 'Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.' 11 I tell you, many will come from the east and the west and will recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 15:26-27 : 26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
  • Matt 19:12-30 : 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, there are eunuchs who were made that way by others, and there are eunuchs who made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone who can accept this accept it. 13 Then children were brought to Jesus for him to lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14 But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." 15 After he laid his hands on them, he left from there. 16 Then someone came to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?" 17 Jesus replied, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." 18 The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" 20 The young man said to him, "I have kept all these. What do I still lack?" 21 Jesus replied, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." 22 When the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful, for he had great wealth. 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I tell you, it is hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?" 26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." 27 Then Peter answered him, "See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will there be for us?" 28 Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
  • Luke 7:6-8 : 6 So Jesus went with them. When He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to Him, 'Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.' 7 That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 8 'For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to one, "Go," and he goes; and to another, "Come," and he comes; and to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.'
  • Acts 8:26-40 : 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' (This is a desert road.) 27 So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and an important official in charge of all the treasury of the queen of the Ethiopians, known as Candace, who had gone to Jerusalem to worship. 28 He was on his way home, sitting in his chariot and reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. 29 The Spirit said to Philip, 'Go up to that chariot and stay near it.' 30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?' 31 The man replied, 'How can I understand unless someone guides me?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.' 33 In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth. 34 The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?' 35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?' 37 Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' The eunuch answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.' 38 He ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, was found at Azotus, and as he traveled, he preached the good news in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
  • Acts 10:1-2 : 1 There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. 2 He was a devout man and feared God along with all his household. He gave many alms to the people and prayed to God continually.
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter began to speak: 'Now I truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
  • Acts 13:47-48 : 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
  • Acts 17:4 : 4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of devout Greeks and a considerable number of prominent women.
  • Acts 18:7 : 7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
  • Rom 2:10-11 : 10 But glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then also for the Gentile. 11 For God shows no partiality.
  • Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: 'Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to Your name.' 10 And again it says: 'Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people.' 11 And again: 'Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol Him.' 12 And again, Isaiah says: 'The root of Jesse will come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will hope.'
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 6:17 : 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
  • Eph 2:12 : 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Eph 2:22 : 22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 1:1 : 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen exiles scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,