Verse 7

Your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians. He brought the sea over them and covered them. Your eyes witnessed what I did to Egypt. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Dine fedre ropte til Herren, som satte et mørke mellom dere og egypterne. Han lot sjøen komme over dem og dekke dem, og deres egne øyne så hva jeg gjorde med egyptene. Deretter bodde dere i ørkenen i mange dager.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Og da de ropte til Herren, satte han et mørke mellom dere og egypterne, og lot havet komme over dem og dekke dem; og deres øyne så hva jeg gjorde i Egypt. Deretter bodde dere i ørkenen i lang tid.

  • Norsk King James

    Og da de ropte til Herren, la han mørke mellom dere og egypterne, og førte havet over dem, og dekket dem; og deres øyne har sett hva jeg har gjort i Egypt: og dere har bodd i ørkenen lenge.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De ropte til Herren, og han satte mørke mellom dere og egypterne. Han lot havet komme over dem, og det skjulte dem. Dere så hva jeg gjorde i Egypt; dere oppholdt dere i ørkenen i mange år.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De ropte til Herren, og han la mørke mellom dere og egypterne og lot havet komme over dem som dekket dem. Dere så med egne øyne hva jeg gjorde i Egypt. Deretter bodde dere i ørkenen i lang tid.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Da ropte de til Herren, og han satte mørke mellom dere og egypterne. Han lot havet komme over dem og dekke dem. Dere så selv hva jeg gjorde i Egypt; og dere bodde lenge i ørkenen.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Da de ropte til Herren, satte han mørke mellom dere og egypterne, og førte havet over dem slik at de ble dekket. Dere har sett hva jeg gjorde i Egypt, og dere tilbrakte en lang tid i ørkenen.

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

    Da ropte de til Herren, og han satte mørke mellom dere og egypterne. Han lot havet komme over dem og dekke dem. Dere så selv hva jeg gjorde i Egypt; og dere bodde lenge i ørkenen.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De ropte til Herren, og han satte skille mellom dere og egypterne. Han førte havet over dem og dekket dem. Øynene deres så hva jeg gjorde i Egypt. Deretter bodde dere lenge i ørkenen.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De ropte til Herren, og han satte et mørke mellom dere og egypterne. Han lot havet komme over dem og dekke dem. Dere så med egne øyne hva jeg gjorde i Egypt. Dere bodde lenge i ørkenen.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Da raabte de til Herren, og han satte et Mørke imellem eder og imellem Ægypterne, og lod Havet komme over dem, og det skjulte dem, og eders Øine have seet det, som jeg gjorde i Ægypten; og I bleve i Ørken mange Aar.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Da de ropte til Herren, satte han mørke mellom dere og egypterne, og han førte sjøen over dem og dekket dem. Øynene deres så hva jeg gjorde i Egypt, og dere bodde i ørkenen lenge.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Da de ropte til Herren, satte han mørke mellom dere og egypterne, og lot havet komme over dem og dekke dem; og deres øyne har sett hva jeg gjorde i Egypt. Dere bodde i ørkenen i mange dager.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Og de ropte til Herren, og Han la et tett mørke mellom dere og egypterne, og lot havet komme over dem og dekket dem. Dere så med egne øyne hva jeg gjorde i Egypt. Så bodde dere lenge i ørkenen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De ropte til Herren, og han satte mørke mellom dere og egypterne, og lot havet komme over dem og dekke dem; deres egne øyne så hva jeg gjorde i Egypt; dere bodde i ørkenen i mange dager.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Og når de ropte, gjorde Herren det mørkt mellom dere og egypterne, og lot havet komme over dem, og de ble dekket av vannet; deres øyne har sett hva jeg gjorde i Egypt; så bodde dere lenge i ødemarken.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    then cryed they vnto the LORDE, which put a darcknesse betwene you and the Egipcians, and broughte the see vpon them, and ouerwhelmed them. And youre eyes haue sene what I dyd to ye Egipcians, & ye dwelt in ye wildernes a loge season.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then they cryed vnto the Lorde, and he put a darkenesse betweene you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea vpon them, and couered them: so your eyes haue seene what I haue done in Egypt also ye dwelt in the wildernesse a long season.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when they cryed vnto the Lord, the Lord put darcknesse betweene you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea vpon them, & couered them, and your eyes haue seene what I haue done to the Egyptians: and ye dwelt in thee wildernesse along season.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And at their cry, the Lord made it dark between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go over them, covering them with its waters; your eyes have seen what I did in Egypt: then for a long time you were living in the waste land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Your fathers cried out for help to the LORD; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, and then drowned them in the sea. You witnessed with your very own eyes what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 14:20 : 20 It came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. There was a cloud and darkness, yet it lit up the night, and neither side approached the other all night long.
  • Exod 14:27-28 : 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak, the sea returned to its normal state. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, but the LORD swept them into the sea. 28 The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
  • Deut 4:34 : 34 Or has any god ever tried to take for himself a nation from within another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
  • Deut 29:2 : 2 The great trials that your eyes saw, those signs and great wonders.
  • Josh 5:6 : 6 The Israelites journeyed in the wilderness for forty years until all the warriors who had come out of Egypt died, because they did not obey the LORD. The LORD swore that He would not show them the land He had promised to their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.
  • Exod 14:10 : 10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them! They were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
  • Neh 9:12-21 : 12 By day, You led them with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light for the path they should follow. 13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them upright judgments, true laws, good statutes, and commandments. 14 You made Your holy Sabbath known to them, and You gave them commandments, statutes, and laws through Your servant Moses. 15 You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them. 16 But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments. 17 They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them. 18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves and said, 'This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,' and they committed terrible blasphemies, 19 You, in Your great mercy, did not abandon them in the wilderness. During the day, the pillar of cloud did not depart to guide them on their way, nor did the pillar of fire by night to give them light for the path they should take. 20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst. 21 For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
  • Ps 95:9-9 : 9 where your fathers tested Me; they tried Me, though they had seen My deeds. 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know My ways.'
  • Acts 13:17-18 : 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and He made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt. With an uplifted arm, He led them out of it. 18 For about forty years He endured their behavior in the wilderness.
  • Heb 3:17 : 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
  • Exod 14:31 : 31 When Israel saw the mighty hand of the LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and put their trust in Him and in Moses, His servant.
  • Num 14:33-34 : 33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, bearing the consequences of your unfaithfulness, until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 For forty days you explored the land; now, for each day, you will bear your guilt for a year—forty years—and you will know my opposition.
  • Deut 1:46 : 46 So you stayed in Kadesh for many days, as long as you remained there.