Verse 2

And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Samuel svarte: 'Hvordan kan jeg dra? Saul vil få vite om det og drepe meg.' Herren sa: 'Ta med deg en kvige som ofring, og si: Jeg kommer for å ofre til Herren.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Samuel sa: Hvordan kan jeg dra dit? Hvis Saul får høre det, vil han drepe meg. Herren sa: Ta med deg en kvige og si: Jeg er kommet for å ofre til Herren.

• Norsk King James

  Og Samuel sa: Hvordan kan jeg gå? Hvis Saul hører det, vil han drepe meg. Men Herren sa: Ta med deg en kvige, og si: Jeg er kommet for å ofre til Herren.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Samuel svarte: Hvordan kan jeg dra dit? Hvis Saul hører om det, vil han drepe meg. Herren sa: Ta med deg en kalv og si: Jeg har kommet for å ofre til Herren.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Samuel svarte: «Hvordan kan jeg gå? Når Saul hører det, vil han drepe meg.» Herren sa: «Ta med en ung ku og si: ’Jeg er kommet for å ofre til Herren.’»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Samuel sa: Hvordan kan jeg dra? Hvis Saul får høre om det, vil han drepe meg. Herren sa: Ta med deg en kvige og si: Jeg kommer for å ofre til Herren.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Samuel svarte: «Hvordan kan jeg gå? Hvis Saul får høre det, vil han drepe meg.» Og Herren sa: «Ta med deg en ungku, og si at du er kommet for å ofre til Herren.»

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

  Samuel sa: Hvordan kan jeg dra? Hvis Saul får høre om det, vil han drepe meg. Herren sa: Ta med deg en kvige og si: Jeg kommer for å ofre til Herren.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Samuel sa: "Hvordan kan jeg gå dit? Hvis Saul hører det, vil han drepe meg." Herren svarte: "Ta med deg en kvige og si: 'Jeg kommer for å ofre til Herren.'"

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD replied, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Samuel svarte: "Hvordan kan jeg gå? Hvis Saul får høre om det, vil han drepe meg." Og Herren sa: "Ta en kvige med deg og si: 'Jeg har kommet for å ofre til Herren.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Samuel sagde: Hvorledes skal jeg gaae hen? thi Saul skulde høre det og slaae mig ihjel; da sagde Herren: Tag en Kalv af Qvæget med dig, og du skal sige: Jeg er kommen at slagte (Slagtoffer) for Herren.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Samuel svarte: «Hvordan kan jeg dra? Hvis Saul får vite det, vil han drepe meg.» Herren sa: «Ta med deg en kvige og si: Jeg har kommet for å ofre til Herren.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Samuel sa: Hvordan kan jeg gå? Hvis Saul hører det, vil han drepe meg. Herren sa: Ta med deg en kvige, og si: Jeg er kommet for å ofre til Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da sa Samuel: «Hvordan kan jeg gå? Når Saul får høre det, vil han drepe meg.» Herren svarte: «Ta med deg en kvige og si at du har kommet for å ofre til Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Samuel sa: Hvordan kan jeg gå? Hvis Saul hører det, vil han drepe meg. Herren sa: Ta med deg en kvige og si: Jeg er kommet for å ofre til Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Samuel sa: Hvordan kan jeg dra dit? Hvis Saul hører om det, vil han drepe meg. Herren sa: Ta med deg en ung kvige og si: Jeg har kommet for å ofre til Herren.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But Samuel sayde: How shal I go? Saul shal perceaue it, and shal slaye me. The LORDE sayde: Take the a calfe from the droue, & saye: I am come to do sacrifice vnto ye LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Samuel sayde, Howe can I goe? For if Saul shall heare it, he will kill me. Then the Lorde answered, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to doe sacrifice to the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Samuel sayd: How can I go? For if Saul heare it, he will kill me. The Lord aunswered: Take an heyfer with thee, and saye: I am come to offer to the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Samuel saith, `How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.' And Jehovah saith, `A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." Yahweh said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Samuel replied,“How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the LORD said,“Take a heifer with you and say,‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 9:12 : 12 And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came today to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people today in the high place.
• 1 Sam 20:29 : 29 And he said, Let me go, please; for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother has commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me go, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he does not come to the king's table.
• 1 Kgs 18:9-9 : 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 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. 11 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth. 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 14 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
• Jer 38:26-27 : 26 Then you shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. 27 Then all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Luke 1:34 : 34 Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I do not know a man?
• Exod 3:11 : 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?