Verse 5

LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Herre, la meg få vite min ende og hvor mange mine dager er, så jeg kan forstå hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd; og min levetid er som intet for deg. Sannelig, på sitt beste er hvert menneske bare tomhet. Sela.

  • Norsk King James

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredde; min livslengde er som ingenting for deg: virkelig, menneskets tilstand er forgjengelig.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herre, la meg få vite slutten på mine dager og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg forstår hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Herre, la meg vite min ende og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg kan forstå hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd, og min levetid er som ingenting for deg. Sannelig, hver mann, selv i sin beste tilstand, er bare tomhet. Selah.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Se, du har gjort mine dager like korte som en håndbredde; mitt liv er som ingenting for deg. For sant, enhver mann, selv i sin beste stund, er fullkommen tomhet. Selah.

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

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd, og min levetid er som ingenting for deg. Sannelig, hver mann, selv i sin beste tilstand, er bare tomhet. Selah.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Herre, la meg kjenne mitt endelikt og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg kan vite hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    «Herre, la meg få vite mitt endelikt, og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg kan forstå hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herre! lad mig kjende min Ende og mine Dages Maal, hvad det er, at jeg kan kjende, hvor (snart) jeg skal lade af (at leve).

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd; min alder er som intet for deg. Sannelig, hver mann, selv på sitt beste, er bare tomhet. Selah.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som håndsbredder. Mitt livsløp er som intet for deg. Sannelig, hvert menneske står som et pust." Sela.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som et håndbredde, og min levetid er som intet for deg. Bare tomhet er hvert menneske som står rakrygget. Sela.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd, og min levetid er som intet foran deg. Sannelig, hvert menneske, selv på sitt beste, er kun tomhet. Sela.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd; og mine år er som intet for deg; sannelig, hvert menneske er bare et pust. (Sela.)

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    LORDE, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certified what I wante.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long, & mine age is euen as nothing before thee: truely euery man is al together vanitie. Selah.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age `is' as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity `is' every man set up. Selah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {{Selah [

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath keep burning like fire?
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 Before Him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by Him as worthless and less than nothing.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
  • Ps 90:4-5 : 4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it passes, or like a watch in the night. 5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning—
  • Ps 90:9-9 : 9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a sigh. 10 The span of our life is seventy years—or eighty, if we have strength; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 Jacob replied to Pharaoh, 'The days of my sojourning have been one hundred thirty years. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not compare to the years of the lives of my fathers during their sojourning.'
  • Job 7:6 : 6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away and do not see any good. 26 They pass by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
  • Job 14:1-2 : 1 Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble. 2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 Remove Your stroke from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.