Verse 11

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For så høy som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans nåde mot dem som frykter ham.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For så høyt som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans nåde mot dem som frykter ham.

• Norsk King James

  For slik som himmelen er høyere enn jorden, slik er hans miskunn stor mot dem som frykter ham.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For så høyt som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans kjærlighet til dem som frykter ham.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For så høy som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans miskunn mot dem som frykter ham.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For så høy som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans nåde mot dem som frykter ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For like høyt som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans miskunn for dem som frykter ham.

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

  For så høy som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans nåde mot dem som frykter ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For som himmelen er høy over jorden, er hans miskunn stor mot dem som frykter ham.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For så høy som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans miskunn over dem som frykter ham.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi saa høi Himmelen er over Jorden, er hans Miskundhed mægtig over dem, som frygte ham.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For så høy som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans miskunn mot dem som frykter ham.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For så høyt som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans miskunn mot dem som frykter ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For så høyt som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er Hans kjærlighet over dem som frykter Ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For så høy som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans kjærlighet mot dem som frykter ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For så høyt som himmelen er over jorden, så stor er hans miskunn mot dem som frykter ham.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For loke how hye the heaue is in comparison of the earth, so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth: his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For, as the height of the heavens `is' above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 57:10 : 10 I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations.
• Ps 36:5 : 5 He plans wickedness on his bed; he positions himself on a way that is not good; he does not despise evil.
• Eph 2:4-7 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved. 6 And He raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 7 So that in the coming ages He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's steadfast love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness is with their children's children.
• Prov 25:3 : 3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
• Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for those who fear Him from generation to generation.
• Isa 55:9 : 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
• Eph 3:18-19 : 18 may have strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
• Job 22:12 : 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? Look at the distant stars; how high they are!
• Ps 89:2 : 2 I will sing of the LORD's steadfast love forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth.