Verse 7

And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: 'Hør på folkets røst i alt de sier til deg. For det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men de har forkastet meg som konge over seg.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: «Lytt til folket i alt de sier til deg. For det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, så jeg ikke skal være konge over dem.»

• Norsk King James

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: Hør på folkets stemme i alt de sier til deg; for de har ikke forkastet deg, men meg, så jeg ikke lenger skal være deres konge.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herren sa til Samuel: 'Lytt til folkets røst i alt de sier til deg. De har ikke forkastet deg, men de har forkastet meg, så jeg ikke skal være konge over dem.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herren sa til Samuel: "Lytt til folket i alt de sier til deg. For det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, så jeg ikke skal være konge over dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: Lytt til folkets røst i alt de sier til deg: for det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, så jeg ikke skal herske over dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Herren sa til Samuel: 'Lytt til folkets stemme i alt de sier til deg, for de har ikke avvist deg, men avvist meg, som skal herske over dem.'

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

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: Lytt til folkets røst i alt de sier til deg: for det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, så jeg ikke skal herske over dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: "Lytt til folket i alt de sier til deg, for det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, fra å være konge over dem."

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Herren sa til Samuel: 'Hør på folkets røst i alt det de sier til deg. For det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men det er meg de har forkastet, slik at jeg ikke skal være konge over dem.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Herren sagde til Samuel: Hør Folkets Røst i alt det, som de tale til dig; thi de have ikke forkastet dig, men mig have de forkastet, at jeg skal ikke regjere over dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Herren sa til Samuel: «Lytt til folkets røst i alt de sier til deg, for det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, slik at jeg ikke skal være konge over dem.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Herren sa til Samuel: «Hør på folkets røst i alt de sier til deg. For de har ikke forkastet deg, men de har forkastet meg fra å være konge over dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Herren sa til Samuel: «Hør på folkets røst i alt det de sier til deg. For det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, fra å være konge over dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: Lytt til folkets stemme i alt de sier til deg, for de har ikke forkastet deg, men de har forkastet meg som konge over dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Herren sa til Samuel: Lytt til folkets stemme i alt de sier til deg; det er ikke deg de har forkastet, men meg, de vil ikke ha meg som konge over seg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The LORDE saide vnto Samuel: Herken vnto the voice of the people in all yt they haue sayde vnto the. For they haue not refused the, but me, yt I shulde not be kinge ouer them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lorde saide vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee: For they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not raigne ouer them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 And you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
• Exod 16:8 : 8 And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against him: and what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against the LORD.
• Num 22:20 : 20 And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but only the word which I shall say to you, that shall you do.
• 1 Sam 12:17-19 : 17 Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 19 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we do not die: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
• Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel did not want me. 12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' desires, and they walked in their own counsels.
• Isa 66:4 : 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none answered; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I do not delight.
• Hos 13:10-11 : 10 I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.
• Matt 10:24-25 : 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
• Matt 10:40 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
• Luke 10:16 : 16 He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.
• Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But those my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.
• John 13:16 : 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
• John 15:20-21 : 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me.