Verse 5

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Er dette den faste jeg har valgt? Er det en dag hvor man ydmyker sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et rør og spre ut sekkestrie og aske? Kan du kalle dette en faste og en glede for Herren?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Er dette en faste jeg har valgt, en dag for en mann å ydmyke sin sjel? Er det for å bøye sitt hode som en siv, og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste, og en dag som er behagelig for Herren?

• Norsk King James

  Er dette den fasten jeg har valgt? En dag for et menneske å belaste sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du virkelig kalle dette en faste og en akseptabel dag for Herren?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Skulle dette være en faste som jeg har utvalgt, en dag når et menneske plager sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv, eller ligge i sekk og aske? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag som er til behag for Herren?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Er dette fasten jeg vil ha, en dag når mennesket ydmyker seg selv? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv, å legge seg i sekk og aske? Vil du kalle dette faste og en dag som er til glede for Herren?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Er dette den faste jeg har utvalgt? En dag for en mann å plage sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag til behag for Herren?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Er dette fasten jeg har valgt – en dag der en mann skal ydmyke sin sjel, bøye hodet som en siv og dekke seg med sekkeklær og aske? Vil du kalle dette en faste, en dag som er velbehagelig for Herren?

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

  Er dette den faste jeg har utvalgt? En dag for en mann å plage sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag til behag for Herren?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Er dette den faste jeg ønsker, en dag for å plage menneskets sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som en siv og legge seg i sekk og aske? Kaller du dette en faste, en dag som behager Herren?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Er dette den faste jeg vil ha? En dag for et menneske å ydmyke seg? Å bøye hodet som et siv, og å legge seg i sekk og aske? Vil du kalle dette en faste, en dag som behager Herren?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Skulde (Saadant) som dette være en Faste, som jeg haver udvalgt, at et Menneske plager sit Liv en Dag, eller at han hælder sit Hoved ned som et Siv, eller ligger i Sæk og Aske? vil du kalde dette en Faste og en behagelig Dag for Herren?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Er dette den fasten jeg har valgt? En dag for et menneske å plage sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som en sivplante, og legge sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil dere kalle dette en faste, en dag som er velbehagelig for Herren?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Er det slik faste jeg har valgt? En dag for et menneske å plage sin sjel? Å bøye hodet som et siv, og legge sekkelerret og aske under seg? Vil dere kalle dette en faste, en dag som er til glede for Herren?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Er dette en fast som Jeg har utvalgt? En dag hvor en mann plager sin sjel? Å bøye sitt hode som et siv, og spre ut sekkestrie og aske? Kaller du dette en fast, og en dag som er ønskelig for Herren?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Er dette den fasten jeg har valgt, en dag for å ydmyke menneskets sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og bre ut sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag som er til behag for Herren?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Har jeg ønsket en slik dag? En dag til å ydmyke seg? Er det bare et spørsmål om å bøye hodet, kle seg i sekkestrie, og sitte i asken? Er dette det dere kaller en fastedag, en Herre velbehagende dag?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a ma shulde chasten himself for a daye, and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth, & to lye vpon the earth? Shulde that be called fastinge, or a daye yt pleaseth ye LORDE?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Is it such a fast that I haue chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bull rush, and to lie downe in sackecloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thinke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a man shoulde chasten hym selfe for a day? and to hang downe his head like a bulrushe, and to lye vpon the earth in an heerie cloth? Should that be called fasting, or a day that pleaseth the Lord?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man's afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day -- to Jehovah?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?

Referenced Verses

• Zech 7:5 : 5 Say to all the people of the land and the priests: 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?'
• Job 2:8 : 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 This is what the Lord says: 'In the time of favor, I answered you, and in the day of salvation, I helped you. I will preserve you and make you a covenant to the people to restore the land and to distribute its desolate inheritances.'
• Lev 16:29 : 29 This shall be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you are to deny yourselves and do no work—whether native-born or a foreigner living among you.
• Isa 61:2 : 2 To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn.
• Dan 9:3-9 : 3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: 'O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commandments and judgments. 6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land. 7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You. 8 O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You. 9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him. 10 We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following His instructions, which He gave us through His servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice. So the curse and oath written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us because we have sinned against Him. 12 He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and our rulers who governed us, bringing on us a great disaster. Nothing like it has ever been done under the entire heaven as what has been done in Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth. 14 Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice. 15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made a name for Yourself that endures to this day, we have sinned and acted wickedly. 16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, let Your anger and wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. For because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn to all those around us. 17 Now, our God, hear the prayer and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary. 18 Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy. 19 Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay attention and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, my God, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.
• Jonah 3:5-8 : 5 The people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: “Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not graze or drink water. 8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands.
• 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went about meekly. 28 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 'Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring disaster during his lifetime; but in the days of his son, I will bring disaster on his house.'
• 2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 When the king heard the woman's words, he tore his clothes. As he was walking on the wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth underneath, next to his skin.
• 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he resolved to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
• Ezra 10:6 : 6 Ezra then withdrew from the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
• Neh 9:1-2 : 1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dust on their heads. 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, stood, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
• Esth 4:3 : 3 In every province where the king’s command and decree had reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
• Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, gather all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.
• Isa 58:3 : 3 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' Yet on the day of your fasting, you pursue your own desires and oppress all your workers.
• Ps 69:13 : 13 Those who sit at the gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
• Luke 4:19 : 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.