Verse 10

And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Elia svarte: 'Jeg har vært ivrig for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, fordi Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, ødelagt dine altere, drept dine profeter med sverd, og nå er jeg alene igjen, og de søker å ta livet mitt.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han svarte: «Jeg har vært nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, for Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere, og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg alene er igjen, og de søker å ta mitt liv.»

• Norsk King James

  Og han sa: «Jeg har vært svært ivrig for HERREN, hærens Gud, for Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, kastet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverd; og jeg, bare jeg, er blitt igjen; og de søker mitt liv for å ta det bort.»

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han svarte: Jeg har vært meget nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, for Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere, og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg er den eneste som er igjen, og nå står de etter livet mitt også.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han svarte: "Jeg har vært nidkjær for Herren, Allhærs Gud; Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg alene er igjen, og de forsøker å ta mitt liv."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han svarte: "Jeg har vært meget nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud. For Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverd. Jeg er den eneste som er igjen, og de søker å ta mitt liv."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han svarte: «Jeg har vært usedvanlig ivrig for Herrens hærers Gud, for Israels barn har forrådt din pakt, ødelagt dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverdet; og jeg, bare jeg, er igjen, og de søker mitt liv for å ta det.»

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

  Han svarte: "Jeg har vært meget nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud. For Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverd. Jeg er den eneste som er igjen, og de søker å ta mitt liv."

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han svarte: «Jeg har vært meget nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Israelittene har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg er den eneste som er igjen, og nå søker de å ta mitt liv.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He replied, 'I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to take my life.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Elia svarte: «Jeg har vært veldig nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud. For Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg er den eneste som er igjen, og nå søker de å ta mitt liv.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde: Jeg har aldeles været nidkjær for Herren Zebaoths Gud, fordi Israels Børn have forladt din Pagt; de have nedbrudt dine Altere og slaget dine Propheter ihjel med Sværdet, og jeg, jeg er alene overbleven, og de søge efter mit Liv til at tage det (fra mig).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han svarte: Jeg har vært meget nidkjær for HERREN, hærskarenes Gud. For Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg er alene igjen, og nå søker de å ta mitt liv også.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han sa: "Jeg har vært meget nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, for Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverde; og jeg, jeg alene, er igjen, og de søker å ta livet mitt."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han svarte: 'Jeg har vært nidkjær for Herren, Allhærs Gud. Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg er alene igjen, og de forsøker å ta livet av meg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han svarte: Jeg har vært meget nidkjær for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, for Israels barn har forlatt din pakt, revet ned dine altere og drept dine profeter med sverdet. Jeg alene er igjen, og de trakter etter mitt liv for å ta det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han svarte: Jeg har brent av iver for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, for israelittene har brutt din pakt, de har revet ned dine altere, og de har drept dine profeter med sverd. Jeg er den eneste som er igjen, og nå prøver de å ta livet mitt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He sayde: I haue bene zelous for the LORDE God Zebaoth: for the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenaunt, and broken downe thine altares, and slayne thy prophetes with the swerde, and I am lefte onely, & they seke to take awaye my life.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the Lord God of hostes: for the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenant, broken downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophets with the sword, and I onely am left, and they seeke my life to take it away.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he aunswered, I haue ben ielous for the Lorde God of hoastes sake: For the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenaunt, broken downe thyne aulters, and slayne thy prophetes with the sword: and I onely am left, and they seke my lyfe to take it away.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, "I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He answered,“I have been absolutely loyal to the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, even though the Israelites have abandoned the covenant they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
• 1 Kgs 18:22 : 22 Then said Elijah to the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
• Num 25:13 : 13 And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
• Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
• Exod 34:14 : 14 For you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
• Num 25:11 : 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was zealous for my sake among them, that I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
• 1 Kgs 18:30 : 30 And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
• 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
• 1 Kgs 19:14 : 14 And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
• 1 Kgs 20:13 : 13 And behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 20:22 : 22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and observe, and see what you do: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.
• 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him.
• 1 Kgs 20:41-42 : 41 And he hastened, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
• 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen on me.
• Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly followed the commandment.
• Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and the inhabitants a hissing; therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.
• Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.
• John 2:17 : 17 Then his disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has consumed me.
• Rom 11:2-4 : 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed Your prophets, and torn down Your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what is God's answer to him? I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
• 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not there; he made the kingdom and nation swear that they did not find you.
• 1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you he who troubles Israel?
• 1 Kgs 18:20 : 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.