Verse 14

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ahimelek svarte kongen: 'Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er som David? Han er trofast, kongens svigersønn, leder over livvaktene dine og æret i ditt hus.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ahimelek svarte kongen: «Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er så trofast som David? Han er kongens svigersønn, går dine ærender og er æret i ditt hus.

• Norsk King James

  Da svarte Ahimelek kongen, og sa: 'Og hvem er så trofast blant alle dine tjenere som David, som er svigersønn til kongen, og alltid gjør dine befalinger, og er ærverdig i ditt hus?'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Akimelek svarte kongen: "Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er like trofast som David? Han er kongens svoger, undervist av deg, og æret i ditt hus.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ahimelek svarte kongen: "Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er så trofast som David? Han er kongens svigersønn, han er din høyre hand, og hederlig i ditt hus.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da svarte Akimelek kongen: 'Og hvem av alle dine tjenere er så trofast som David, som er svigersønn til kongen, gjør alt etter din vilje, og er æresverdig i ditt hus?'

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da svarte Ahimelech kongen: «Hvem er så trofast blant alle dine tjenere som David, som er kongefamiliens svigersønn, og som gjør som du befaler, og som er hedersfull i ditt hus?»

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

  Da svarte Akimelek kongen: 'Og hvem av alle dine tjenere er så trofast som David, som er svigersønn til kongen, gjør alt etter din vilje, og er æresverdig i ditt hus?'

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ahimelek svarte kongen og sa: 'Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er like trofast som David, som er kongens svigersønn, som går i spissen for din vakt og er æret i ditt hus?'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Ahimelech answered the king, 'Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and highly respected in your house?'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ahimelek svarte kongen: 'Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er så tro som David? Han er kongens svigersønn, leder for din livvakt og respektert i ditt hus.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Achimelech svarede Kongen og sagde: Hvilken er og iblandt alle dine Tjenere trofast som David, og (han er) Kongens Svoger og er gaaen hen i din Lydighed, og er æret i dit Huus?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ahimelek svarte kongen: "Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er like trofast som David, svigersønn til kongen, ansvarlig for dine ærend og æret i ditt hus?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da svarte Ahimelek kongen og sa: «Hvem av alle dine tjenere er så trofast som David, som er kongens svigersønn, og er ansett i ditt råd og æret i ditt hus?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ahimelek svarte kongen og sa: «Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er som David? Trofast, og kongens svigersønn, en som går høyt ansett i ditt råd og er aktet i ditt hus?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da svarte Ahimelek kongen og sa: Og hvem blant alle dine tjenere er så trofast som David, som er kongens svigersønn, tatt opp i ditt råd, og er æret i ditt hus?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ahimelek svarte kongen: Hvem blant alle dine tjenere er så tro som David, kongens svigersønn, leder for dine krigere, og har ære i ditt hus?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ahimelech answered the kynge and saide: And who is amonge all thy seruauntes like Dauid, which is faithfull, and hath maried the kynges doughter, and goeth in thine obedience, & is honorably taken in thine house?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Ahimelech answered the King, and sayde, Who is so faithfull among all thy seruants as Dauid, being also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honourable in thine house?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ahimelech aunswered the king, and sayde: Who is so faithfull among all thy seruauntes, as Dauid, and therto the kinges sonne in lawe: and goeth at thy bidding, and is had in honour in thyne house?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who [is so] faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants `is' as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Ahimelech replied to the king,“Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 19:4-5 : 4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you: 5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
• 1 Sam 20:32 : 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done?
• 1 Sam 21:2 : 2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a matter, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
• 1 Sam 22:13 : 13 And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
• 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the edge of your robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the edge of your robe and killed you not, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; yet you hunt my soul to take it.
• 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 The LORD repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
• 2 Sam 22:23-25 : 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity. 25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his sight.
• Prov 24:11-12 : 11 If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, and those ready to be slain; 12 If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?
• Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
• 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
• 1 Sam 18:13 : 13 Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
• 1 Sam 18:27 : 27 Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.