Verse 9

And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og du, min sønn Salomo, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og villig sinn, for Herren ser til alle hjerter og forstår alle menneskers tanker. Hvis du søker ham, skal du alltid finne ham; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han forlate deg for alltid.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og du, Salomo min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud, og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og en villig sjel. For Herren gransker alle hjerter og kjenner til alle tanker. Hvis du søker ham, skal han la seg finne av deg. Men hvis du forlater ham, skal han støte deg bort for alltid.

• Norsk King James

  Og du, Salomo, min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud, og tjen ham med et fullkomment hjerte og med en villig vilje; for Herren gjennomforsker alle hjerter, og forstår alle tanker i sinnene: hvis du søker ham, vil han bli funnet av deg; men hvis du svikter ham, vil han forlate deg for alltid.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du, Salomo, min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og en villig sjel, for Herren gransker alle hjerter og forstår alle tankers hensikter. Søk ham, så skal han la seg finne; men forlater du ham, skal han forkaste deg for alltid.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og du, min sønn Salomo, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og med et villig sinn, for Herren ransaker alle hjerter og forstår alle tankers hensikter. Om du søker ham, vil han la seg finne av deg; men om du forlater ham, vil han forkaste deg for alltid.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og du, Salomo, min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og et villig sinn; for Herren gransker alle hjerter og forstår alle tanker. Hvis du søker ham, vil han la seg finne av deg; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han støte deg bort for alltid.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og du, Salomo min sønn, kjenn til din fars Gud og tjen ham med et fullkomment hjerte og en villig sinn; for HERREN søker gjennom alle hjerter og forstår alle tanker. Om du søker ham, vil han la seg finne, men om du forlater ham, vil han forkaste deg for evig.

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

  Og du, Salomo, min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og et villig sinn; for Herren gransker alle hjerter og forstår alle tanker. Hvis du søker ham, vil han la seg finne av deg; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han støte deg bort for alltid.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og du, min sønn Salomo, kjenn din fars Gud, og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og en villig sjel, for Herren utforsker alle hjerter og forstår hver tenkings intensjon. Hvis du søker ham, vil han bli funnet av deg; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han forkaste deg for alltid.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og du, Salomo min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham helhjertet og med en villig sjel, for Herren gransker alle hjerter og forstår alle tanker og intensjoner. Hvis du søker ham, vil han la seg finne av deg; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han forkaste deg for alltid.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du, Salomo, min Søn! kjend din Faders Gud og tjen ham i et retskaffent Hjerte og i en villig Sjæl, thi Herren randsager alle Hjerter og forstaaer alle Tankers Digt; dersom du søger ham, skal han findes af dig, og dersom du forlader ham, skal han forkaste dig i Evighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og du, min sønn Salomo, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et fullkomment hjerte og et villig sinn; for Herren gransker alle hjerter og kjenner alle tankers intensjoner: hvis du søker ham, vil han la seg finne av deg; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han kaste deg bort for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du, min sønn Salomo, kjenn din fars Gud, og tjen ham med et hederlig hjerte og med villig sinn; for Herren gransker alle hjerter, og forstår all tankenes tilbøyelighet: Hvis du søker ham, vil han la seg finne av deg; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han forkaste deg for evig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du, Salomo, min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud, og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og med et villig sinn, for Herren ser alle hjerter og forstår alle tanker og motiver. Hvis du søker ham, vil du finne ham, men hvis du forlater ham, vil han forkaste deg for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og du, Salomo min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et helt hjerte og med et villig sinn; for Herren gransker alle hjerter og forstår alle tanker og hensikter. Hvis du søker ham, vil han la seg finne av deg; men hvis du forlater ham, vil han kaste deg bort for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og du, Salomo, min sønn, kjenn din fars Gud og tjen ham med et fullt hjerte og en villig sjel, for Herren søker i alle hjerter og forstår alle menneskers tanker; hvis du søker ham, vil han være nær deg; men hvis du vender deg bort fra ham, vil han forlate deg for alltid.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou my sonne Salomo, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with all thy hert, and with the desyre of thy soule: for the LORDE searcheth all hertes, and vnderstondeth all thoughtes & ymaginacions Yf thou seke him, thou shalt fynde him: but yf thou forsake him, he shall refuse the for euer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lorde searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou Solomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a pure heart and with a wyllyng minde: For the Lord searcheth al heartes, and vnderstandeth all the immaginations of thoughtes: And if thou seeke him, he wyll be founde of thee: but if thou forsake him, he wyll cast thee of for euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 29:13 : 13 And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
• 1 Kgs 8:61 : 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
• Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up. 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
• Ps 139:2 : 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar.
• John 4:24 : 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Ps 9:10 : 10 And those who know your name will put their trust in you; for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
• Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you; 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
• Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Jer 9:24 : 24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.'
• 1 Chr 29:17-19 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart towards You: 19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek Me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
• Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
• Deut 31:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
• 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beg You, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
• 1 Chr 29:9 : 9 Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, for with a perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and King David also rejoiced with great joy.
• 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 Then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
• Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
• Gen 6:5 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
• Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt:
• 1 Kgs 9:6-9 : 6 But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: 7 Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: 8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.
• Ps 101:2 : 2 I will conduct myself wisely in a blameless way. O when will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
• John 21:17 : 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Ezek 38:10 : 10 Thus says the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time, things shall come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought:
• Acts 17:30 : 30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
• Rom 1:28-29 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Ezra 8:22 : 22 For I was ashamed to request from the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek him; but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.
• Gen 28:13 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
• Deut 4:35 : 35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
• Deut 31:16-17 : 16 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
• 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
• Job 36:11-12 : 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 12 But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
• Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Ps 89:26 : 26 He shall cry to me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
• Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
• Isa 1:28 : 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
• Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.
• Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I opened my cause.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
• 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
• 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
• Heb 12:28 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
• 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
• John 8:55 : 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.
• Acts 1:24 : 24 And they prayed and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen
• Acts 17:23 : 23 For as I passed by and observed your objects of worship, I found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the one whom you worship without knowing—Him I proclaim to you.
• Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
• John 2:25 : 25 And had no need that anyone should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
• John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!
• 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;
• 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Hear in heaven your dwelling place, and act according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.