Verse 8

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too may go and worship Him.'

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: "Gå og let nøye etter barnet; og når dere har funnet det, gi meg beskjed igjen, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham."

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Han sendte dem deretter til Betlehem og sa: Gå og undersøk barnet nøye, og når dere har funnet det, så gi beskjed til meg, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• Norsk King James

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let grundig etter barnet; og når dere finner ham, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sendte han dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og undersøk nøye om barnet, og når dere finner det, meld det til meg, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet det, kom tilbake og gi meg beskjed, så at også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: "Gå og undersøk nøye etter barnet. Når dere har funnet det, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet. Når dere har funnet det, kom da tilbake og fortell meg det, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: 'Gå og let grundig etter det unge barnet; når dere har funnet ham, kom tilbake og meld fra til meg, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: «Dra avsted og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet ham, meld tilbake til meg, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham!»

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

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: «Dra avsted og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet ham, meld tilbake til meg, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham!»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og finn nøye ut om barnet, og når dere har funnet det, bring meg melding, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og undersøk nøye om barnet, og når dere har funnet det, gi meg beskjed, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sendte dem til Bethlehem og sagde: Gaaer hen og udspørger nøie om Barnet; men naar I have fundet det, da forkynder mig det, at jeg og kan komme og tilbede det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Deretter sendte han dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet, og når dere har funnet ham, meld tilbake til meg, slik at jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sendte han dem til Betlehem og sa: "Gå og let nøye etter barnet! Når dere har funnet ham, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: 'Gå og undersøk nøye etter barnet, og når dere finner ham, gi meg beskjed, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet ham, kom tilbake og fortell meg det, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Dra av sted og finn nøye ut hvor barnet er, og når dere har funnet ham, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and sent the to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dyligetly for ye chylde. And when ye have founde hym bringe me worde yt I maye come and worshippe hym also.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sent them to Bethleem, sainge: Go, and searche dyligently for the chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come and worshippe hym also.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and sayde: Go, and search diligently for the young childe, and when ye haue founde hym, bryng me worde agayne, that I may come, and worship hym also.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 23:22-23 : 22 Please go and make further preparations. Investigate and find out where David is and who has seen him there, because I have been told he is very crafty. 23 Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah.
• 2 Sam 15:7-9 : 7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, 'Please allow me to go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.' 8 For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD.’ 9 The king said to him, 'Go in peace.' So he got up and went to Hebron. 10 Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel with this message: 'As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, say, “Absalom is king in Hebron!”' 11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited and went innocently, unaware of anything. 12 While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his hometown of Giloh. And the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
• 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, 'The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.' For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring disaster upon Absalom.
• 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'
• 2 Kgs 10:18-19 : 18 Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. Let no one fail to come, for I am going to hold a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will not live." But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.
• Ezra 4:1-2 : 1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here."
• Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
• Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity. 3 Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
• Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples. 11 The Lord’s counsel stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.
• Ps 55:11-15 : 11 Day and night they surround it on its walls, and trouble and wickedness are within it. 12 Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets. 13 For it is not an enemy who insults me—then I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who has exalted himself against me—then I could hide from him. 14 But it is you, a man like me, my companion and my close friend. 15 We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.
• Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.
• Prov 26:24-25 : 24 An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit. 25 Though they speak graciously, do not believe them, for there are seven abominations in their heart.
• Jer 41:5-7 : 5 eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies cut, bringing grain offerings and incense in their hands to present at the house of the LORD. 6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he met them, he said to them, 'Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.' 7 But when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
• Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it come to pass, unless the Lord has decreed it?
• Matt 26:48-49 : 48 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man; arrest Him." 49 Going directly to Jesus, Judas said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed Him fervently.
• Luke 20:20-21 : 20 They watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere, so that they might trap him in something he said and hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 So they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in truth.
• 1 Cor 3:19-20 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.' 20 And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'