Verse 31

And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save your life.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: «Hør nå, vi har hørt at Israels konger er barmhjertige konger. La oss binde sekkestrie om midjene våre og tau rundt hodene våre og gå ut til Israels konge; kanskje han lar din sjel leve.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: Se nå, vi har hørt at kongene av Israels hus er barmhjertige konger; la oss, ber vi deg, ta sekkestrier på våre hofter og tau på våre hoder, og gå ut til Israels konge, kanskje vil han spare ditt liv.

• Norsk King James

  Og hans tjenere sa til ham: Se nå, vi har hørt at kongene av Israels hus er barmhjertige konger; la oss, jeg ber deg, ta sekkekledning på våre lenden og tau på våre hoder, og gå ut til kongen av Israel: kanskje han vil redde ditt liv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: «Se, vi har hørt at kongene i Israels hus er barmhjertige. La oss ta sekk på kroppen og tau rundt hodene våre og gå til Israels konge. Kanskje han lar deg leve.»

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: «Vi har hørt at Israels konger er nådige konger. La oss ta sekker på våre hofter og tau på våre hoder, så kan vi kanskje be om nåde overfor Israels konge, så han kan spare ditt liv.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Tjenerne hans sa til ham: "Hør nå, vi har hørt at Israels hus' konger er barmhjertige konger. La oss ta på sekkestrie rundt livet vårt, og tau på hodene våre, og gå ut til Israels konge. Kanskje han vil spare ditt liv."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: Se, vi har hørt at Israels konger er nåderike; la oss derfor, jeg ber deg, trekke sekkbukker over livet og binde løse bånd om hodet, og gå ut til Israels konge – kanskje han vil redde ditt liv.

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

  Tjenerne hans sa til ham: "Hør nå, vi har hørt at Israels hus' konger er barmhjertige konger. La oss ta på sekkestrie rundt livet vårt, og tau på hodene våre, og gå ut til Israels konge. Kanskje han vil spare ditt liv."

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: "Hør, vi har hørt at kongene i Israels hus er barmhjertige konger. La oss binde sekkestrie om hoftene våre og tau rundt hodene våre og gå ut til Israels konge. Kanskje han lar din sjel leve."

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  His servants said to him, "We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life."

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Kings.20.31", "source": "‫וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָיו֮ עֲבָדָיו֒ הִנֵּֽה־נָ֣א שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ כִּ֗י מַלְכֵי֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי־מַלְכֵ֥י חֶ֖סֶד הֵ֑ם נָשִׂ֣ימָה נָּא֩ שַׂקִּ֨ים בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּ וַחֲבָלִ֣ים בְּרֹאשֵׁ֗נוּ וְנֵצֵא֙ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אוּלַ֖י יְחַיֶּ֥ה אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃‬", "text": "*wayyōʾmərû* to-him *ʿăḇāḏāyw* *hinnê-nāʾ šāmaʿnû* that *malḵê bêṯ yiśrāʾēl* that-*malḵê ḥeseḏ* they *nāśîmâ nāʾ śaqqîm* in-*moṯnênû* and-*ḥăḇālîm* in-*rōʾšēnû* and-*nēṣēʾ* to-*meleḵ yiśrāʾēl ʾûlay yəḥayyê ʾeṯ-nap̄šeḵā*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmərû*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural - and they said", "*ʿăḇāḏāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants", "*hinnê-nāʾ*": "particle of attention + particle of entreaty - behold please", "*šāmaʿnû*": "perfect, 1st plural - we have heard", "*malḵê*": "masculine plural construct - kings of", "*bêṯ yiśrāʾēl*": "construct state - house of Israel", "*malḵê ḥeseḏ*": "kings of mercy/kindness", "*nāśîmâ*": "cohortative, 1st plural - let us put", "*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please", "*śaqqîm*": "masculine plural noun - sackcloth", "*moṯnênû*": "masculine plural noun with 1st plural suffix - our loins", "*ḥăḇālîm*": "masculine plural noun - ropes", "*rōʾšēnû*": "masculine plural noun with 1st plural suffix - our heads", "*nēṣēʾ*": "cohortative, 1st plural - let us go out", "*meleḵ yiśrāʾēl*": "construct state - king of Israel", "*ʾûlay*": "adverb - perhaps", "*yəḥayyê*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will let live", "*nap̄šeḵā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your life/soul" }, "variants": { "*ʿăḇāḏāyw*": "his servants, his officials", "*hinnê*": "behold, see, look", "*šāmaʿnû*": "we have heard, we learned", "*malḵê ḥeseḏ*": "kings of mercy, merciful kings, compassionate kings", "*śaqqîm*": "sackcloth, rough cloth (sign of mourning/submission)", "*ḥăḇālîm*": "ropes, cords", "*nēṣēʾ*": "let us go out, let us go forth", "*ʾûlay*": "perhaps, maybe, possibly", "*yəḥayyê*": "will preserve alive, will spare, will save", "*nap̄šeḵā*": "your life, your soul, your person" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: «Hør, vi har hørt at kongene i Israel er barmhjertige konger. La oss gå med sekker om livet og tau om hodet til Israels konge. Kanskje vil han spare livet ditt.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sagde hans Tjenere til ham: Kjære, see, vi have hørt, at Israels Huses Konger ere miskundelige Konger, Kjære, lad os lægge Sække om vore Lænder og Reb om vore Hoveder, og gaae ud til Israels Konge, maaskee han lader din Sjæl leve.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: Se, vi har hørt at kongene i Israel er barmhjertige konger. La oss kle oss i sekk og legge tau på hodene våre og gå ut til Israels konge. Kanskje sparer han livet ditt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: Se nå, vi har hørt at kongene i Israels hus er barmhjertige konger; la oss be deg, ta på oss sekkestrie rundt lenden og tau på hodene, og gå ut til Israels konge; kanskje han vil spare ditt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: 'Se, vi har hørt at de konger som tilhører Israels hus, er vennlige konger; la oss binde sekkestrie om livet og tau rundt hodene våre, og la oss gå ut til Israels konge. Kanskje han vil spare livet ditt.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hans tjenere sa til ham: Se, vi har hørt at Israels konger er barmhjertige konger. La oss ta sekkeleret om våre hofter og tau om våre hoder, og gå ut til Israels konge. Kanskje vil han spare ditt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Tjenerne sa til ham: 'Det er sagt at Israels konger er barmhjertige. La oss kle oss i sekkestrie og binde tau rundt hodene våre, og gå til Israels konge; han vil kanskje spare ditt liv.'

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him: Beholde, we haue herde that the kynges of the house of Israel are mercifull kinges, Let vs therfore put sack cloth aboute oure loynes, and halters aboute oure neckes, & go forth to the kynge of Israel, peraduenture he shal let yi soule lyue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And his seruants sayd vnto him, Beholde nowe, we haue heard say that the Kings of the house of Israel are mercifull Kings: we pray thee, let vs put sacke cloth about our loynes, & ropes about our heads, & goe out to the King of Israel: it may be that he will saue thy life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And his seruauntes said vnto him: Behold, we haue heard say that the kinges of the house of Israel are mercyfull kinges: We will therfore put sackcloth about our loynes, and ropes about our heades, and go out to the king of Israel, if happyly he will saue thy lyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His servants said to him, "See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  His advisers said to him,“Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
• 2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.
• 1 Kgs 20:23 : 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
• 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
• 2 Kgs 5:13 : 13 And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean?
• 2 Kgs 7:4 : 4 If we say, We will enter the city, there the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
• 2 Kgs 19:1-2 : 1 And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
• Esth 4:1-3 : 1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry; 2 And came even before the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
• Esth 4:16 : 16 "Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."
• Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.
• Prov 20:28 : 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.
• Isa 16:5 : 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit on it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hastening righteousness.
• Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
• Isa 37:1 : 1 And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
• Jonah 3:5-6 : 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Eph 1:7-8 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; 8 Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;
• Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
• 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead: