Verse 19

Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Fordi ditt hjerte var ømt, og du ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte hva jeg har sagt om dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skulle bli til forferdelse og forbannelse, og fordi du rev klærne dine og gråt foran meg, så har jeg hørt deg, sier Herren.'

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Fordi ditt hjerte var ydmykt, og du bøyde deg for Herren da du hørte det jeg talte mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skulle bli en ødeleggelse og en forbannelse, og du rev i stykker klærne dine og gråt for meg, derfor har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk King James

    Fordi ditt hjerte var mykt, og du har ydmyket deg selv for Herren da du hørte hva jeg talte om dette stedet og om innbyggerne, at de skulle bli til ødeleggelse og forbannelse; du har revet klærne dine og grått for mitt ansikt. Jeg har også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Fordi ditt hjerte ble mykt og du ydmyket deg for Herrens ansikt da du hørte hva jeg talte mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skulle bli til ødeleggelse og forbannelse, og fordi du rev dine klær og gråt for mitt ansikt, har jeg også hørt det, sier Herren.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Fordi ditt hjerte var mykt og du ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte hva jeg talte mot dette sted og dets innbyggere, at det skulle bli til ødeleggelse og forbannelse, og du rev dine klær og gråt for meg, har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Fordi ditt hjerte var vendt mot meg, og du ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte hva jeg har talt mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skulle bli en øde og forbannet plass, og fordi du rev klærne dine og gråt for meg, har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    «Fordi ditt hjerte var inderlig, og du ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte det jeg sa mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, om at de skulle bli en ødeleggelse og en forbannelse, og fordi du rev dine klær og gråt for meg; jeg har hørt deg, sier Herren.»

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

    Fordi ditt hjerte var vendt mot meg, og du ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte hva jeg har talt mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skulle bli en øde og forbannet plass, og fordi du rev klærne dine og gråt for meg, har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Fordi ditt hjerte var ømt og du ydmyket deg for Herrens ansikt da du hørte hva jeg har talt mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skal bli til ødeleggelse og forbannelse, og fordi du rev dine klær og gråt for mitt ansikt, har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and its inhabitants—that they would become a desolation and a curse—and because you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "2 Kings.22.19", "source": "יַ֠עַן רַךְ־לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע ׀ מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּרְתִּי֩ עַל־הַמָּק֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו לִהְי֤וֹת לְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה וַתִּקְרַע֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יךָ וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י וְגַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*Ya'an* *rakh*-*levavekha* *wattikkana* from-*peney* *YHWH* in-*shame'akha* *asher* *dibbarti* upon-the-*maqom* the-this and-upon-*yoshevav* to-be to-*shammah* and-to-*qelalah* *wattiqra* *et*-*begadeykha* *wattivkeh* before-me and-also I *shama'ti* *ne'um*-*YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*Ya'an*": "conjunction - because", "*rakh*": "adjective, masculine, singular - soft/tender", "*levavekha*": "common noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart", "*wattikkana*": "verb, waw-consecutive imperfect, Niphal, 2nd person masculine singular - and you humbled yourself", "*peney*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - face of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*shame'akha*": "verb, Qal infinitive construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hearing", "*asher*": "relative particle - which/that", "*dibbarti*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have spoken", "*maqom*": "common noun, masculine, singular - place", "*yoshevav*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its inhabitants", "*shammah*": "common noun, feminine, singular - desolation", "*qelalah*": "common noun, feminine, singular - curse", "*wattiqra*": "verb, waw-consecutive imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you tore", "*begadeykha*": "common noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your clothes", "*wattivkeh*": "verb, waw-consecutive imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you wept", "*shama'ti*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have heard", "*ne'um*": "common noun, masculine, singular construct - declaration of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh" }, "variants": { "*Ya'an*": "because/since", "*rakh-levavekha*": "your heart is tender/your heart is soft [indicates sensitivity]", "*wattikkana*": "you humbled yourself/you were submissive", "*mippeney YHWH*": "before the LORD/in the presence of the LORD", "*shammah*": "desolation/horror/waste", "*qelalah*": "curse/cursing", "*wattivkeh*": "you wept/you cried", "*ne'um-YHWH*": "declaration of the LORD/oracle of the LORD" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Fordi ditt hjerte var følsomt og du ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte hva jeg har talt mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skal bli en ødeleggelse og en forbannelse, og du rev i stykker dine klær og gråt for meg, har også jeg hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Fordi dit Hjerte er blevet blødt, og du er ydmyget for Herrens Ansigt, da du hørte, hvad jeg haver talet imod dette Sted og imod dets Indbyggere, at de skulle blive til en Ødelæggelse og til en Forbandelse, og du sønderrev dine Klæder og græd for mit Ansigt, saa haver jeg, jeg ogsaa hørt det, siger Herren.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Fordi ditt hjerte var føyelig, og du har ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte hva jeg talte mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skulle bli en ødeleggelse og en forbannelse, og fordi du har revet dine klær og grått for meg, har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    fordi ditt hjerte var ydmykt, og du ydmyket deg for Herren, da du hørte hva jeg talte mot dette stedet, og mot dets innbyggere, at det skulle bli en ødeleggelse og en forbannelse, og du rev dine klær og gråt for meg, har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Fordi ditt hjerte er ydmykt, og du ydmyket deg for Herrens ansikt da du hørte hva jeg har talt mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere – at det skulle bli til en ødeleggelse og en forbannelse – og du flerret dine klær og gråt for meg, så har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    fordi ditt hjerte var ømt, og du ydmyket deg for Herren da du hørte hva jeg uttalte mot dette stedet og dets innbyggere, at de skulle bli til en ødemark og en forbannelse, og fordi du har flerret klærne dine og grått foran meg, har jeg også hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Fordi ditt hjerte var ydmykt, og du bøyde deg for meg da du hørte hva jeg sa om dette stedet og dets folk, at de skulle bli en ødeplass og en forbannelse, og fordi du viste sorg og gråt for meg, har jeg hørt deg, sier Herren.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and hast humbled thyselfe before the LORDE, to heare what I haue spoken agaynst this place and the inhabiters therof (how that they shall become a very desolacion and curse) & hast rente thy clothes, and wepte before me, I haue herde it, sayeth the LORDE:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But because thine heart did melt, & thou hast humbled thy selfe before the Lorde, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it should be destroyed and accursed, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I hane also heard it, saith the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Because thyne heart dyd melt, and because thou hast humbled thy selfe before me the Lorde, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabiters of the same, howe that they should be destroyed and accursed: and hast rent thy clothes and wept before me, of that also haue I hearde sayth the Lorde:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    because thy heart `is' tender, and thou art humbled because of Jehovah, in thy hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me -- I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah --

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,' says Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 21:29 : 29 Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
  • Jer 26:6 : 6 Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
  • Jer 44:22 : 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore your land is a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Lev 26:31-32 : 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet aromas. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  • 1 Sam 24:5 : 5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's robe.
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
  • Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Rom 9:2-3 : 2 That I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
  • Jas 4:6-9 : 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
  • Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
  • Jer 14:17 : 17 Therefore, you shall speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.'
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it.
  • Jer 36:24 : 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
  • Jer 36:29-32 : 29 And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says the LORD: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause man and beast to cease from there? 30 Therefore thus says the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they did not listen. 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.
  • Lev 26:40-41 : 40 If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me; 41 And that I also have walked contrary to them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity:
  • Num 25:6 : 6 And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:
  • Judg 2:4-5 : 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to the LORD.
  • Judg 20:26 : 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because men do not keep Your law.
  • Isa 46:12 : 12 Listen to me, you stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
  • 2 Kgs 19:20 : 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, That which you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 22:11 : 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.
  • 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 Also his prayer, how God was entreated of him, all his sin and trespass, and the places where he built high places and set up groves and carved images, before he humbled himself, are written among the sayings of the seers.
  • 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 And he did not humble himself before the LORD as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but Amon trespassed more and more.
  • Ezra 9:3-4 : 3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled out the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished. 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the transgression of those who had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.
  • Ezra 10:1 : 1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and laying himself down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.
  • Neh 1:4 : 4 And it happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
  • Neh 8:9 : 9 And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.