Verse 5

In order to establish the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey—as it is today.’ Then I replied, ‘Amen, LORD.’

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så jeg skal oppfylle eden jeg har sverget til deres fedre om å gi dem et fruktbart land, et land som flyter med melk og honning, slik det er i dag.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Slik kan jeg oppfylle eden jeg sverget deres fedre, om å gi dem et land som flyter av melk og honning, som det er denne dag. Jeg svarte da og sa: Så være det, Herre.

• Norsk King James

  For at jeg kan oppfylle den ed jeg har sverget til deres fedre, om å gi dem et land som flyter med melk og honning, som det er i dag. Da svarte jeg og sa: La det skje, Herre.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For å oppfylle eden jeg ga deres fedre, om å gi dem et land som flyter av melk og honning, som dere ser i dag. Og jeg svarte: Amen, Herre!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For at jeg slik kan oppfylle den ed jeg sverget deres forfedre, å gi dem et land som flyter med melk og honning, slik som det er i dag. Da svarte jeg og sa: Amen, Herre.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  for å oppfylle eden jeg sverget til deres fedre, å gi dem et land som flyter av melk og honning, som det er i dag. Da svarte jeg og sa: Må det skje slik, Herre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For at jeg skal oppfylle den ed jeg har avlagt over deres fedre, om å gi dem et land som flyter over med melk og honning, slik det er i dag. Da svarte jeg og sa: Slik skal det være, Herre.

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

  for å oppfylle eden jeg sverget til deres fedre, å gi dem et land som flyter av melk og honning, som det er i dag. Da svarte jeg og sa: Må det skje slik, Herre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For å oppfylle edens løfte som jeg gav deres fedre om å gi dem et land som flyter med melk og honning, slik det er denne dag. Og jeg svarte: Amen, Herre.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så jeg kunne oppfylle eden jeg sverget deres fedre, å gi dem landet som flyter av melk og honning, slik det er i dag. Da svarte jeg og sa: Amen, Herre.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  paa det (jeg kan) stadfæste den Ed, som jeg svoer eders Fædre, at give dem et Land, som flyder med Melk og Honning, som (det sees) paa denne Dag; og jeg svarede og sagde: Amen! Herre!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette for å innfri den eden jeg sverget til deres fedre, om å gi dem et land som flyter av melk og honning, slik det er i dag. Da svarte jeg: La det skje, Herre.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered and said, So be it, O LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  for at jeg kunne opprette eden som jeg sverget til deres fedre, å gi dem et land som flyter med melk og honning, som i dag. Da svarte jeg og sa: Amen, Herre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for å oppfylle den eden jeg sverget til deres fedre, om å gi dem et land som flyter med melk og honning, som det er i dag. Og jeg svarte og sa: Amen, Herre.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For at jeg kan oppfylle eden jeg sverget deres fedre, å gi dem et land som flyter av melk og honning, slik som i dag. Da svarte jeg: Amen, Herre.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Slik at jeg kan oppfylle den eden jeg gjorde til deres fedre, å gi dem et land som flyter med melk og honning, som på denne dag. Og jeg sa som svar: Må det skje, Herre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and will kepe my promyse, yt I haue sworne vnto youre fathers: Namely, that I wolde geue them a londe which floweth with mylke and hony, as ye se, it is come to passe vnto this daye. Then answered I, and sayde: Amen. It is euen so LORDE, as thou sayest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That I may confirme the othe, that I haue sworne vnto your fathers, to giue them a lande, which floweth with milke and hony, as appeareth this day. Then answered I and sayde, So be it, O Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And wyll kepe my promise that I haue sworne vnto your fathers, namelye that I woulde geue them a lande whiche floweth with milke and honie, as ye see it is come to passe vnto this day. Then aunswered I and sayde, Amen: let it be euen so Lorde as thou sayest.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey.” That is the very land that you still live in today.’” And I responded,“Amen! Let it be so, LORD!”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 105:9-9 : 9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. 10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. 11 Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.'
• Jer 28:6 : 6 The prophet Jeremiah said, 'Amen! May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing back the articles of the LORD's house and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.'
• Deut 7:12-13 : 12 And it will happen that because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and obey them, the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love that He swore to your ancestors. 13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land—your grain, your new wine, and your fresh oil—the young of your livestock and the calves of your herds in the land that He swore to your ancestors to give you.
• Deut 27:15-26 : 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.' 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 17 Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 18 Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 20 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 21 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 22 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 23 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 24 Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor secretly. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 25 Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 26 Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• Matt 6:13 : 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
• 1 Cor 14:16 : 16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can someone who is in the position of an outsider say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?
• Gen 22:16-18 : 16 and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies. 18 And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'
• Gen 26:3-5 : 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 5 This is because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My instructions.
• Exod 3:8-9 : 8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.' 9 'Now, the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.' 10 'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.' 11 But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?' 12 God reassured him, 'I will certainly be with you. And this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.' 13 Then Moses said to God, 'Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, "The God of your ancestors has sent me to you," and they ask me, "What is his name?" What should I tell them?' 14 God replied to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: "I AM has sent me to you."' 15 God also said to Moses, 'Say to the Israelites, "The LORD, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation." 16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel, and tell them, 'The LORD, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: "I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt." 17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
• Exod 13:5 : 5 And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ceremony in this month.
• Lev 20:24 : 24 But I said to you, 'You will inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
• Deut 6:3 : 3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey, so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.