Verse 31

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så ble David informert om at Ahitofel var blant de som konspirerte med Absalom. David sa: «HERRE, gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og noen fortalte David og sa: Ahitofel er blant dem som har sammensverget seg med Absalom. Og David sa: Å, Herre, jeg ber at du gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.

• Norsk King James

  Og en sa til David: Ahitofel er blant konspiratorene med Absalom. Og David sa: O Herre, jeg ber deg, snu Ahitofels råd til galskap.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det ble fortalt David at Ahitofel var blant konspiratørene med Absalom. David sa: 'Herre, gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap!'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det ble fortalt David: 'Ahitofel er blant dem som har sluttet seg til Absalom.' Da ba David: 'Å Herre, la Ahitofels råd bli gjort til dårskap.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Noen fortalte David: Ahitofel er blant konspiratørene med Absalom. Og David ba: Herre, jeg ber deg, gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  En budbringer meldte til David: «Ahitofel er med i sammensvergelsen med Absalom.» Da utbrøt David: «O Herre, la Ahitofels råd bli forvandlet til dårskap!»

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

  Noen fortalte David: Ahitofel er blant konspiratørene med Absalom. Og David ba: Herre, jeg ber deg, gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  David fikk beskjed om at Ahitofel var med i sammensvergelsen sammen med Absalom. Da sa David: «Gjør, Herre, Ahitofels råd til dårskap.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then someone told David, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.' So David prayed, 'O LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Noen fortalte David at Ahitofel var blant dem som konspirerte med Absalom, og David sa: 'Herre, gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og der det blev David tilkjendegivet og sagt: Achitophel er i Forbund med Absalom, da sagde David: Herre! Kjære, gjør Achitophels Raad til Daarlighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Noen fortalte David: Ahitofel er blant konspiratorene med Absalom. Og David sa: Å, Herre, jeg ber deg, gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Noen fortalte David, og sa: Ahitofel er blant konspiratørene med Absalom. David sa: Herre, vennligst gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  David fikk vite at Ahitofel var blant konspiratørene med Absalom; og David sa: 'Herre, gjør Ahitofels råd til dårskap.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det ble fortalt David: "Ahitofel er blant de som har sammensverget seg med Absalom." David sa: "Herre, ydmyk jeg deg, omdann Ahitofels råd til dårskap."

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så fikk David vite at Ahitofel var blant de som hadde gått over til Absalom. Da sa David: Å Herre, la Ahitofels råd bli til dårskap.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan it was tolde Dauid, that Achitophel was in the cofederacy with Absalom, he sayde: LORDE turne thou Achitophels councell to foolishnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithophel is one of them that haue cospired with Absalom: and Dauid sayde, O Lorde, I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And one tolde Dauid, saying: Ahithophel is one of them that haue conspired with Absalom. And Dauid sayde: O Lorde I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  One told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and David declared, saying, `Ahithophel `is' among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, `Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now David had been told,“Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed,“Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O LORD.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
• 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
• Ps 3:1 : 1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.
• Ps 41:9 : 9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
• 2 Sam 15:12 : 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
• Isa 19:11-25 : 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?' 12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools; the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they who are the foundation of its tribes. 14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in its midst, and they have caused Egypt to err in every work, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit. 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. 16 In that day Egypt shall be like women, and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He shakes over it. 17 The land of Judah shall be a terror to Egypt; everyone who mentions it shall be afraid in themselves because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which He has determined against it. 18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt shall speak the language of Canaan and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day there shall be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to the LORD. 20 It shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt, for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a savior, a great one, and He shall deliver them. 21 The LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day and shall offer sacrifice and gifts; yes, they shall vow a vow to the LORD and perform it. 22 The LORD shall smite Egypt; He shall smite and heal it, and they shall return to the LORD. He shall be entreated by them and shall heal them. 23 In that day there shall be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day Israel shall be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the land, 25 whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.'
• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
• Job 12:16-20 : 16 With Him are strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His. 17 He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools. 18 He loosens the bonds of kings, and girds their loins with a belt. 19 He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty. 20 He removes the speech of the trusted, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
• Jas 3:15 : 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
• 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
• Ps 109:3 : 3 They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.
• Isa 19:3 : 3 The spirit of Egypt shall fail in its midst; I will destroy its counsel, and they shall seek the idols, the charmers, those with familiar spirits, and the wizards.
• Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
• Matt 26:14-15 : 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, 15 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they agreed with him for thirty pieces of silver.
• John 13:18 : 18 I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
• Job 5:12 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes.
• Ps 55:12 : 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden from him,
• Ps 55:14-15 : 14 We took sweet counsel together and walked to the house of God in company. 15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell, for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.