Verse 4

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men dere, kjære brødre, er ikke i mørket, så dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så dagen skal komme plutselig over dere som en tyv.

• Norsk King James

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så den dagen skal ikke overraske dere som en tyv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så den dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så den dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, slik at dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så den dagen skal komme over dere som en tyv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, slik at den dagen skulle overrumple dere som en tyv.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørke, slik at den dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

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

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørke, slik at den dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så den dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.5.4", "source": "Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σκότει, ἵνα ἡ ἡμέρα ὑμᾶς ὡς κλέπτης καταλάβῃ.", "text": "*Hymeis de, adelphoi*, not *este en skotei, hina* the *hēmera hymas hōs kleptēs katalabē*.", "grammar": { "*Hymeis*": "nominative, plural - you", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and/now", "*adelphoi*": "vocative, masculine, plural - brothers", "*este*": "present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - you are", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*skotei*": "dative, neuter, singular - darkness", "*hina*": "conjunction - in order that/so that", "*hēmera*": "nominative, feminine, singular - day", "*hymas*": "accusative, plural - you (object)", "*hōs*": "comparative particle - as/like", "*kleptēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - thief", "*katalabē*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might overtake/seize" }, "variants": { "*skotei*": "darkness/obscurity", "*katalabē*": "might overtake/seize/catch/come upon suddenly" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så denne dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men I, Brødre! I ere ikke i Mørket, saa at den Dag skulde som en Tyv overraske eder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, slik at dagen skulle komme over dere som en tyv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, slik at dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, slik at dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men dere, brødre, er ikke i mørket, så dagen skulle overraske dere som en tyv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men dere, mine brødre, er ikke i mørket, slik at den dagen skal komme over dere som en tyv.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But ye brethre are not in darcknes that yt daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But ye brethren are not in darknes, that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shal come on you, as it were a thiefe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

• World English Bible (2000)

  But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:8 : 8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.
• Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you shall not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.
• Deut 19:6 : 6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.
• Deut 28:15 : 15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:
• Deut 28:45 : 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you:
• Jer 42:16 : 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which you were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.
• Hos 10:9 : 9 O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
• Zech 1:6 : 6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Rom 13:11-13 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
• Col 1:13 : 13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 Who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.