Verse 7

Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så skal du nå si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarkene, fra å følge sauene, for at du skulle være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Nå skal du derfor si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarken, fra å følge sauene, for at du skulle være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Norsk King James

  Nå skal du derfor si til min tjener David: Slik sier Herren over hærskarene: Jeg tok deg fra fårehuset, fra å følge sauene, for at du skulle bli hersker over mitt folk Israel.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så skal du si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beiteplassen, fra å være bak sauene, for at du skulle bli fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Si nå derfor til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarkene, fra sauene, for at du skulle være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Nå skal du derfor si til min tjener David: Så sier hærskarenes Herre: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarken, fra å følge sauene, for at du skulle være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Derfor skal du fortelle min tjener David: Slik sier HERRENS hær: Jeg tok deg ut av sauelåven, selv mens du gjette sauene, for at du skulle bli leder for mitt folk Israel.»

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

  Nå skal du derfor si til min tjener David: Så sier hærskarenes Herre: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarken, fra å følge sauene, for at du skulle være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  "Nå skal du si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarken, fra å følge sauene, til å være fyrste over mitt folk Israel."

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now then, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Derfor skal du nå si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarkene og fra å følge sauene for å være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa skal du nu sige saaledes til min Tjener, til David: Saa sagde den Herre Zebaoth: Jeg, jeg tog dig fra Faarestien, fra (at være) bag efter Faarene, at du skulde være en Fyrste over mit Folk Israel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor skal du nå si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarken, der du fulgte sauene, for at du skulle bli fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så skal du nå si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren over hærskarene: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarkene, fra saueflokken, for at du skulle være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  'Og nå skal du si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beitemarkene, fra sauene, til å være leder over mitt folk Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Nå skal du derfor si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg tok deg fra beiteplassen, fra å følge sauene, så du skulle være fyrste over mitt folk Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så nå, si til min tjener David: Herren, hærskarenes Gud, sier, Jeg tok deg fra markene, fra å gjete sauer, for at du skulle være en hersker over mitt folk Israel;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid: Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth: I toke the from the pasture behynde the shepe, that thou shuldest be the prynce ouer my people,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe therefore thus shalt thou say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecoat and from following the sheepe, that thou shouldest bee a prince ouer my people Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therfore thus shalt thou say vnto my seruaunt Dauid, thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes: I toke thee from the sheepe coate, and from folowing the sheepe, that thou shouldest be captayne ouer my people Israel:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, [even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 6:21 : 21 And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me before your father and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel; therefore will I play before the LORD.
• 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• Ps 78:70-71 : 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
• Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
• Matt 2:6 : 6 And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule my people Israel.
• Matt 4:18-22 : 18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they immediately left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
• Luke 5:10 : 10 And so were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now on you will catch men.
• Exod 3:1-9 : 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am. 5 And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows; 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
• 1 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he comes here. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with a beautiful countenance, and good to look upon. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
• 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.