Verse 3

They asked the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts and the prophets, 'Should I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done for so many years?'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De skulle kontakte prestene i Hærskarenes Herres hus og profetene: 'Skal jeg fortsatt sørge og faste i den femte måneden, som jeg har gjort i alle disse årene?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  og for å tale til prestene i Herren, hærskarenes Guds hus, og til profetene, og si: Skal jeg sørge i den femte måneden og avstå fra det, slik som jeg har gjort i mange år?

• Norsk King James

  og for å tale til prestene som var i Herrens hus, og til profetene, og sa: Skal jeg gråte i den femte måneden og avstå fra å spise, slik jeg har gjort i disse årene?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De skulle si til prestene i Herrens, hærskarenes Gud, hus, og til profetene: Skal jeg fortsette å gråte i den femte måneden og avstå fra mat, slik jeg har gjort i så mange år?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De skulle spørre prestene i Herrens hærskare og profetene: "Skal jeg sørge i den femte måneden og avstå fra å spise, slik jeg har gjort i mange år?"

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  og for å tale til prestene som var i Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, hus og til profetene, og spørre: Skal jeg fortsatt sørge i den femte måneden og avskille meg slik som jeg har gjort i så mange år?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  og for å tale til prestene i Herrens hærhus og til profetene, og sa: Skal jeg sørge i den femte måneden og trekke meg tilbake slik jeg har gjort i så mange år?

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

  og for å tale til prestene som var i Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, hus og til profetene, og spørre: Skal jeg fortsatt sørge i den femte måneden og avskille meg slik som jeg har gjort i så mange år?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  og de spurte prestene som var i Herrens, hærskarenes Guds hus, og profetene: 'Skal jeg fortsette å gråte i den femte måneden, slik jeg har gjort i så mange år?'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De spurte prestene i Herrens hærskarenes hus og profetene: Skal jeg gråte i den femte måneden og faste, slik jeg har gjort i så mange år?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at de skulde sige til Præsterne, som vare hos den Herre Zebaoths Huus, og til Propheterne, sigende: Mon jeg skal græde i den femte Maaned, saa jeg skal fraskille mig, som jeg haver gjort nu saa mange Aar?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  og for å spørre prestene som var i Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, hus, og profetene, og si: Skal jeg fortsette å sørge i den femte måneden som jeg har gjort i så mange år?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And to speak to the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these many years?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og for å tale til prestene i Herrens hærskars hus og til profetene, og si: "Skal jeg gråte i den femte måneden og faste, slik jeg har gjort i så mange år?"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og spurte prestene som var i Herrens hærskars hus og profetene: 'Skal jeg gråte i den femte måneden og faste, slik jeg har gjort i så mange år?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og for å tale til prestene i Herrens hærskarehus og til profetene og spørre: Skal jeg gråte i den femte måneden og avstå som jeg har gjort i så mange år?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og si til prestene i Herrens hærskars hus og til profetene, Skal jeg fortsette å gråte i den femte måneden og holde meg atskilt som jeg har gjort i mange år?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and that they shulde saye vnto the prestes, which were in the house of the LORDE of hoostes, and to the prophetes: Shulde I wepe in the fyfte moneth, and absteyne, as I haue done now certayne yeares?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And to speake vnto the Priests, which were in the House of the Lorde of hostes, and to the Prophets, saying, Should I weepe in the fift moneth, and separate my selfe as I haue done these so many yeeres?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And that they shoulde speake vnto the priestes which were in the house of the Lorde of hoastes, and to the prophetes, saying: should I wepe in the fifth moneth, & abstayne as I haue done nowe certaine yeres?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  speaking unto the priests who `are' at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ and] to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?

• World English Bible (2000)

  and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  by asking both the priests of the temple of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies and the prophets,“Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?”

Referenced Verses

• Zech 8:19 : 19 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will be joyful and glad occasions and pleasant festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.
• Zech 12:12-14 : 12 The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves. 13 The family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves. 14 All the remaining families, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
• Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
• Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• Jer 52:12-14 : 12 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He set fire to the house of the LORD, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every significant building in the city. 14 The entire Chaldean army, under the commander of the guard, tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
• Ezek 44:23-24 : 23 They are to teach My people the difference between what is holy and what is common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 In any dispute, they shall stand as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They shall keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed festivals and sanctify My Sabbaths.
• Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
• Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'
• Hag 2:11 : 11 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Ask the priests for a ruling:
• Zech 7:5 : 5 Say to all the people of the land and the priests: 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?'
• Deut 17:9-9 : 9 Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict. 10 You must act according to the decision they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you. 11 Follow exactly the law they teach you and the judgment they declare to you. Do not turn aside from the decision they give you, to the right or to the left.
• Deut 33:10 : 10 They will teach Your judgments to Jacob and Your law to Israel; they will offer incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
• 2 Kgs 25:8-9 : 8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every large house was burned down.
• Neh 8:9-9 : 9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of them, 'This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.' For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Nehemiah said, 'Go and celebrate with rich foods and sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.' 11 The Levites calmed all the people by saying, 'Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.'
• Neh 9:1-3 : 1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dust on their heads. 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, stood, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. 3 They stood in their places and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and for another quarter, they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.
• Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.
• Isa 22:12-13 : 12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth. 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!'
• Matt 9:15 : 15 Jesus answered them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.'
• 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.