Verse 6

Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will not be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest,

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vektere. Hele dagen og hele natten, uavbrutt, skal de aldri være tause. Dere som minner Herren på dette, gi dere ikke ro!

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vektere; de skal aldri tie, hverken dag eller natt. Dere som påkaller Herren, hold ikke opp.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg har satt voktere på dine murer, O Jerusalem, som aldri skal tie dag eller natt; dere som nevner HERREN, ikke vær stille,

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Å Jerusalem! Jeg har satt vaktmenn på dine murer; de skal aldri tie, verken dag eller natt. Dere som kaller på Herren, hold ikke opp.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vaktmenn; de skal aldri være stille, verken dag eller natt. Dere som påminner HERREN, hold ikke opp!

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vektere. De skal aldri tie, verken dag eller natt. Dere som påkaller Herren, unn dere ingen ro,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg har satt vakter på murene dine, o Jerusalem, som verken om dagen eller natten skal tie; dere som kaller på Herren, må ikke tie.

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

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vektere. De skal aldri tie, verken dag eller natt. Dere som påkaller Herren, unn dere ingen ro,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vaktmenn; hele dagen og hele natten skal de aldri tie. Dere som nevner Herren, ta ikke skade.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vaktmenn. Hele dagen og hele natten, alltid, skal de ikke tie. Dere som påminner Herren, ikke gi dere ro!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  O Jerusalem! jeg haver beskikket Vægtere paa dine Mure, de skulle aldrig tie den ganske Dag eller den ganske Nat; I, som paaminde om Herren, I skulle ikke tie.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg har satt vektere på dine murer, Jerusalem, de skal aldri tie, verken dag eller natt. Dere som påkaller HERREN, må ikke tie.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vektere; de skal aldri tie, verken dag eller natt. Dere som roper til Herren, unn dere ikke ro,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  På dine murer, Jerusalem, har jeg satt vaktmenn. Hele dagen og hele natten, ustanselig, er de ikke tause. Dere som minner Herren, unn dere ikke ro,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg har satt vektere på dine murer, Jerusalem; de skal aldri tie, verken dag eller natt. Dere som minner Herren, unn dere ikke ro,

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg har satt vaktmenn på dine murer, Jerusalem; de skal aldri tie, hverken dag eller natt. Dere som påkaller Herren, ta dere ingen hvile,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil set watchme vpo thy walles (o Ierusalem) which shall nether ceasse daye nor night, to preach ye LORDE. And ye also shall not kepe him close,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles, O Ierusalem, which all the day & all the night continually shal not cease: ye that are mindfull of the Lord, keepe not silence,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem, which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde: and ye also that remember the Lorde, ye shall not kepe him close,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day, and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.' O ye remembrancers of Jehovah, Keep not silence for yourselves,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

• World English Bible (2000)

  I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 52:8 : 8 Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices; together they shout for joy. When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
• Isa 56:10 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.
• 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 Solomon followed the ordinance of his father David by appointing the divisions of the priests for their duties and the Levites for their responsibilities, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily schedule. He also appointed the gatekeepers in their divisions by each gate, for this was the command of David, the man of God.
• Jer 6:17 : 17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'
• Ezek 3:17-21 : 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them warning from Me. 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood. 19 But if you warn the wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die in his sin, but you will have saved yourself. 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 21 But if you warn a righteous person not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he heeded the warning, and you will have saved yourself.
• Ezek 33:2-9 : 2 Son of man, speak to the people of your nation and say to them, 'When I bring a sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one man from among them and make him their watchman,' 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet but does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes them away, their blood will be on their own head. 5 Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning, their blood will be on themselves. If they had taken warning, they would have saved their lives. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person will die for their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood. 7 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, but you will have saved yourself.
• Ps 74:2 : 2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old, the tribe of Your inheritance, which You redeemed—Mount Zion, where You have dwelled.
• Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation like a blazing torch.
• Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Ps 134:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents: Look, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand in the house of the LORD during the night. 2 Lift up your hands in holiness and bless the LORD.
• Gen 32:26 : 26 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was dislocated as they wrestled.
• Luke 11:5-9 : 5 Then He said to them, 'Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 because a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to offer him.” 7 And suppose the one inside answers, “Don’t bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.” 8 I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will surely get up and give him as much as he needs. 9 So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a piece of bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
• 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 Pray without ceasing.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from Esau, for I am afraid of him. He might come and strike me, the mothers, and the children.