Verse 8

For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall truly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For din tjener gjorde et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Aram, og sa: ‘Hvis HERREN fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, vil jeg tjene HERREN.’»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For din tjener lovet et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Aram, og sa: Hvis Herren lar meg vende tilbake til Jerusalem, skal jeg tjene Herren.

• Norsk King James

  For din tjener har avgitt et løfte mens jeg oppholdt meg i Gesur i Syria og sa: Hvis Herren virkelig fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, da vil jeg tjene Herren.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Din tjener lovet et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesur i Syria og sa: Hvis Herren fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, vil jeg tjene Herren.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For din tjener avla et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Aram, og sa: 'Hvis Herren lar meg vende tilbake til Jerusalem, vil jeg tilbe Herren.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For din tjener har avlagt et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Syria, og sa: Hvis Herren virkelig fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, da vil jeg tjene Herren.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For din tjener avla et løfte mens jeg var hos Geshur i Syria, og sa: «Om Herren virkelig fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, skal jeg tjene ham.»

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

  For din tjener har avlagt et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Syria, og sa: Hvis Herren virkelig fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, da vil jeg tjene Herren.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For din tjener avla et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Aram og sa: ’Hvis Herren lar meg vende tilbake til Jerusalem, skal jeg tjene Herren.’»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD.’

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For din tjener ga et løfte da jeg bodde i Gesur i Aram og sa: 'Hvis Herren lar meg komme tilbake til Jerusalem, skal jeg tjene Herren.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi din Tjener lovede et Løfte, der jeg boede i Gesur i Syrien, og sagde: Dersom Herren fører mig tilbage til Jerusalem, da vil jeg tjene Herren.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For da din tjener bodde i Geshur i Syria, ga jeg et løfte og sa: Hvis Herren lar meg vende tilbake til Jerusalem, vil jeg tjene Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For din tjener ga et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesur i Syria, og sa: Hvis Herren virkelig fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, vil jeg tjene Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For din tjener har gjort et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Aram, og sa: Om Herren virkelig fører meg tilbake til Jerusalem, vil jeg tjene Herren.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For din tjener lovet et løfte mens jeg bodde i Gesjur i Syria, og sa: "Om Herren lar meg komme tilbake til Jerusalem, så skal jeg tjene Herren."

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For da jeg bodde i Gesur i Aram, gjorde din tjener et løfte og sa: Hvis Herren lar meg komme tilbake til Jerusalem, vil jeg tilbe ham i Hebron.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thy seruaunt made a vowe, whan I dwelt at Gesur in Siria, and saide: Whan ye LORDE bryngeth me agayne to Ierusalem, I shal do a Gods seruyce vnto the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thy seruant vowed a vowe when I remayned at Geshur, in Aram, saying, If the Lorde shal bring me againe in deede to Ierusalem, I will serue the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thy seruaunt vowed a vowe (when I was in Gesur in Siria) saying: If the Lorde shall bring me againe in deede to Hierusalem, I wil serue the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For while I was living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made an oath, saying, If ever the Lord lets me come back to Jerusalem, I will give him worship in Hebron.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram:‘If the LORD really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 13:37-38 : 37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there for three years.
• Gen 28:20-21 : 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to wear, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
• 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant, and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.
• 1 Sam 16:2 : 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.
• Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• 2 Sam 14:23 : 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
• 2 Sam 14:32 : 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why did I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to still be there: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
• Ps 56:12 : 12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praises to you.
• Eccl 5:4 : 4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to pay it, for He has no pleasure in fools; pay what you have vowed.
• Isa 28:15 : 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:
• Jer 9:3-5 : 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD. 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
• Jer 42:20 : 20 For you dissembled in your hearts, when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.