Verse 35

When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, og de ber vendt mot dette stedet og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd fordi du har tukta dem,

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Når himmelen er stengt, og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber mot dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og vender seg bort fra sin synd, når du har plaget dem:

• Norsk King James

  Når himmelen er stengt, og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber til deg mot dette stedet, og bekjenner ditt navn, og vender seg bort fra sin synd når du plager dem:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når himmelen blir lukket og det ikke regner fordi de har syndet mot deg, ber de på dette stedet og priser ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd fordi du plager dem,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når himmelen holdes lukket og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg, men de ber mot dette stedet og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd, fordi du har ydmyket dem,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber mot dette stedet, og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd fordi du har tuktet dem,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke faller regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de da vender sine bønner mot dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og vender seg bort fra sin synd mens du straffer dem:

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

  Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber mot dette stedet, og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd fordi du har tuktet dem,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når himlene er lukket og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, og de ber vendt mot dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og omvender seg fra sin synd fordi du har ydmyket dem,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, if they pray toward this place, confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You have afflicted them,

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Kings.8.35", "source": "בְּהֵעָצֵ֥ר שָׁמַ֛יִם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה מָטָ֖ר כִּ֣י יֶחֶטְאוּ־לָ֑ךְ וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֞וּ אֶל־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ וְהוֹד֣וּ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וּמֵחַטָּאתָ֥ם יְשׁוּב֖וּן כִּ֥י תַעֲנֵֽם׃", "text": "When *bəhēʿāṣēr* *šāmayim* and not-*yihyeh* *māṭār* because *yeḥeṭʾû*-to you, and *wəhitpalǝlû* to *hammāqôm* *hazzeh* and *wəhôdû* *ʾet*-*šəmekā* and from *ûmēḥaṭṭāʾtām* *yəšûbûn* because *taʿănēm*.", "grammar": { "*bəhēʿāṣēr*": "preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - when being shut up/restrained", "*šāmayim*": "noun masculine plural - heavens", "*yihyeh*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - there will be", "*māṭār*": "noun masculine singular - rain", "*yeḥeṭʾû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they sin", "*wəhitpalǝlû*": "conjunction + Hitpael perfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they pray", "*hammāqôm*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the place", "*hazzeh*": "demonstrative adjective - this", "*wəhôdû*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they confess/praise", "*šəmekā*": "noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name", "*ûmēḥaṭṭāʾtām*": "conjunction + preposition + noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and from their sins", "*yəšûbûn*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural paragogic nun - they will return", "*taʿănēm*": "Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you afflict/humble them" }, "variants": { "*ʿāṣar*": "shut up/restrain/hold back", "*māṭār*": "rain/rainfall", "*ʿānâ*": "afflict/humble/oppress/answer" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når himmelen er lukket, og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, og de ber vendt mot dette sted og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sine synder fordi du har plaget dem,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Naar Himmelen bliver tillukket, og der vorder ikke Regn, fordi de have syndet imod dig, og de bede paa dette Sted og bekjende dit Navn, og omvende sig fra deres Synder, naar du plager dem,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke kommer regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, hvis de ber mot dette stedet, og bekjenner ditt navn, og vender om fra sine synder når du plager dem,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Når himmelen er lukket, og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber mot dette sted, og bekjenner ditt navn, og vender om fra sin synd, når du plager dem:

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke er regn fordi de synder mot Deg, og de ber mot dette stedet og bekjenner Ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd fordi Du har ydmyket dem,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når himmelen er lukket, og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber mot dette stedet og viser at de kjenner ditt navn, og vender om fra sin synd, når du ydmyker dem,

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke er noen regn, på grunn av deres synd mot deg; hvis de ber med ansiktene vendt mot dette stedet, ærer ditt navn og vender bort fra sin synd når du sender trøbbel over dem:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan the heauen is shut vp, so yt it rayneth not (for so moch, as they haue synned agaynst the) and yf they make their prayer in this place, and knowlege thy name, and turne from their synnes wha thou troublest them,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When heauen shalbe shut vp, & there shalbe no raine because they haue sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place, and confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If heauen be shut vp, and there be no rayne, because they haue sinned against thee: yet if they pray in this place, and knowledge vnto thy name, and turne from their sinne through thy scourging of them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name, and from their sin turn back, for Thou dost afflict them,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:33 : 33 When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray, and make supplication to you in this house:
• Lev 26:19 : 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze:
• Deut 11:17 : 17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and He shuts up the heaven, so there is no rain, and the land yields no fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.
• 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider, and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.
• Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine swept throughout all the land;
• Rev 11:6 : 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it does not rain in the days of their prophecy; and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
• Rom 10:9 : 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
• Rom 15:9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
• 1 Kgs 8:29-30 : 29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place. 30 And listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear in heaven your dwelling place: and when you hear, forgive.
• Deut 28:12 : 12 The LORD shall open unto you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow.
• Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon you, until you are destroyed.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.
• 2 Chr 6:24 : 24 And if your people Israel be defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall return and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;
• 2 Chr 6:26 : 26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them;
• Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isa 9:13 : 13 For the people do not turn to him who strikes them, nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.
• Jer 14:1-7 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are in mourning on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the water; they came to the wells and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass. 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
• Ezek 14:13 : 13 Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it;
• Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
• Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
• Joel 1:13-20 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. 14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come. 16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered. 18 How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. 20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
• Joel 2:15-17 : 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those who nurse at the breast. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her room. 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
• Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it.