Verse 9

Therefore give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil: for who is able to judge this your great people?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gi derfor din tjener et lydhørt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk, så jeg kan skille mellom godt og ondt. For hvem kan ellers dømme dette store folket ditt?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Gi derfor din tjener et hjerte som forstår å dømme ditt folk, så jeg kan skjelne mellom godt og ondt. For hvem kan dømme dette ditt store folk?

• Norsk King James

  Gi derfor din tjener et forståelsesfullt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk, så jeg kan skille mellom godt og ondt; for hvem kan dømme dette store folket ditt?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  'Gi derfor din tjener et forståelsesfullt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk og til å skille mellom godt og ondt, for hvem kan ellers dømme dette store folket?'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gi derfor din tjener et lyttende hjerte til å dømme ditt folk, til å skille mellom godt og ondt. For hvem er i stand til å dømme dette store folket av ditt?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  "Gi derfor din tjener et lydhørt hjerte så han kan dømme ditt folk og skjelne mellom godt og ondt. For hvem er i stand til å dømme dette ditt store folk?"

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Gi derfor din tjener et innsiktsfullt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk, så jeg kan skille mellom rett og galt, for hvem kan ellers dømme ditt så store folk?»

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

  "Gi derfor din tjener et lydhørt hjerte så han kan dømme ditt folk og skjelne mellom godt og ondt. For hvem er i stand til å dømme dette ditt store folk?"

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gi derfor din tjener et lydhørt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk, så jeg kan skille mellom godt og ondt. For hvem kan ellers dømme dette store folket ditt?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between good and evil, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Gi derfor din tjener et lydhørt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk og kunne skille mellom godt og ondt. For hvem er i stand til å dømme dette ditt store folk?»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa giv din Tjener et forstandigt Hjerte til at dømme dit Folk og med Forstand at skille imellem Godt og Ondt; thi hvo kan (ellers) dømme dette dit mægtige Folk?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gi derfor din tjener et klokt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk, så jeg kan skille mellom godt og ondt. For hvem kan dømme dette ditt så store folk?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gi derfor din tjener en forstandshjerte til å dømme ditt folk, så jeg kan skjelne mellom godt og ondt; for hvem er i stand til å dømme dette ditt store folk?"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gi derfor din tjener et lydhørt hjerte så han kan dømme ditt folk, og skille mellom godt og ondt, for hvem kan dømme dette ditt store folk?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gi derfor din tjener et lydhørt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk og skille mellom godt og ondt; for hvem er i stand til å dømme dette ditt store folk?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gi derfor din tjener et klokt hjerte til å dømme ditt folk, så han kan se hva som er godt og hva som er ondt, for hvem kan dømme dette store folket?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
• 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then your maidservant said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD your God will be with you.
• Ps 72:1-2 : 1 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
• Prov 2:3-9 : 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. 7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. 8 He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.
• Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
• Isa 11:2-4 : 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge by what his eyes see, nor reprove by what his ears hear: 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
• Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
• 1 Chr 22:12 : 12 Only may the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
• 2 Chr 1:10 : 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
• Ps 119:144 : 144 The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.
• Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
• 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
• Eph 5:17 : 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
• Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;
• Jer 1:6 : 6 Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
• Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
• Matt 3:14 : 14 But John tried to stop him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?
• 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.
• 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?
• Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding. 14 For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.
• Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
• Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made both of them.
• Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.
• Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men in the city.
• Eccl 9:15-18 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no one remembered that same poor man. 16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
• 1 Chr 29:19 : 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.
• Ps 119:73 : 73 JOD. Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
• 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had made; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
• Exod 3:11-12 : 11 And Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.
• Exod 4:10-13 : 10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before, nor since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of him whom you will send.