Verse 9

Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Herre, min Gud, hold nå ditt løfte til min far David. For du har gjort meg til konge over et folk som er så tallrikt som støvet på jorden.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til David, min far, bli oppfylt. For du har satt meg til konge over et folk like tallrikt som jordens støv.

• Norsk King James

  Nå, O HERRE Gud, la ditt løfte til David, min far, bli oppfylt: for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk som er så tallrikt som støvet på jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  La nå, Herre Gud, ditt løfte til min far David bli oppfylt, for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk som er like tallrikt som støvet på jorden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til min far David bli oppfylt, for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk så tallrikt som jordens støv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til David, min far, bli oppfylt, for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk som er så tallrikt som jordens støv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Nå, Herre Gud, la din pakt med David, min far, stå fast, for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk så tallrikt som jordens støv.

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

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til David, min far, bli oppfylt, for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk som er så tallrikt som jordens støv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt ord til min far David bli stadfestet. For du har satt meg som konge over et folk som er tallrike som jordens støv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til min far David bli stadfestet, for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk like tallrikt som jordens støv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Lad nu, Herre Gud! dit Ord til min Fader David blive sandt; thi du, du haver gjort mig til Konge over et Folk, (som er saa) talrigt som Støv paa Jorden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til min far David bli oppfylt, for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk så tallrikt som støvet på jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til David, min far, bli oppfylt; for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk som er tallrikt som jordens støv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Nå, Herre Gud, må ditt løfte til David, min far, stå fast, for du har satt meg til konge over et folk så tallrikt som jordens støv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt løfte til David, min far, bli oppfylt; for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk som er så tallrikt som jordens støv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nå, Herre Gud, la ditt ord til min far David bli sannhet; for du har gjort meg til konge over et folk så tallrikt som støvet på jorden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now LORDE God, let yi worde that thou hast promysed vnto my father Dauid, be verified, for thou hast made me kynge ouer a people, which is as many in nobre as the dust vpon the earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe therefore, O Lorde God, let thy promes vnto Dauid my father be true: for thou hast made mee King ouer a great people, like to the dust of the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Now therefore, O Lorde God, let thy promise which thou madest vnto Dauid my father, be true: For thou hast made me king ouer a people which is lyke the dust of the earth in multitude:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Now, O Jehovah God, is Thy word with David my father stedfast, for Thou hast caused me to reign over a people numerous as the dust of the earth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now, O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now, LORD God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:12-16 : 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also shall be numbered.
• Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
• Ps 89:35-37 : 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David. 36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
• Ps 132:11-12 : 11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. 12 If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon your throne forevermore.
• Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
• 2 Sam 7:25-29 : 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said. 26 And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you. 27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. 28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words are true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant: 29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
• 1 Kgs 3:7-8 : 7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
• 1 Chr 17:11-14 : 11 And it shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you: 14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore.
• 1 Chr 17:23-27 : 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have said. 24 Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David your servant be established before you. 25 For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you. 26 And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant: 27 Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you forever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed forever.
• 1 Chr 28:6-7 : 6 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he remains steadfast to obey my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.