Verse 12

It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kanskje vil Herren se på min nød og gi meg godt igjen for hans forbannelse denne dagen.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Kanskje vil Herren se på min fortvilelse, og Herren vil gi meg godt for hans forbannelse denne dagen.

• Norsk King James

  Kanskje Herren vil se til min nød, og Herren vil gjengjelde meg med vel for hans forbannelse i dag.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kanskje Herren vil se på min elendighet, og Herren vil gi meg godt i stedet for hans forbannelse denne dag.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Kanskje Herren vil se min nød og gi meg godt igjen i stedet for denne forbannelsen i dag.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Kanskje vil Herren se på min lidelse, og Herren vil gi meg godt igjen for hans forbannelse denne dagen.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Kanskje vil Herren se min nød og gi meg noe godt for at han forbanner meg i dag.

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

  Kanskje vil Herren se på min lidelse, og Herren vil gi meg godt igjen for hans forbannelse denne dagen.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kanskje Herren vil se til min nød og gi meg godt igjen i stedet for hans forbannelse denne dagen.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses I am receiving today.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Kanskje Herren vil se mitt ubehag og gi meg godt i stedet for hans forbannelse i dag.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Maaskee Herren skal see til min Elendighed, og Herren skal betale mig Godt istedetfor hans Forbandelse paa denne Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kanskje vil HERREN se min nød og gi meg godt igjen for hans forbannelse denne dagen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kanskje vil Herren se på den urett som er gjort mot meg og gi meg godt for hans forbannelser i dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Kanskje vil Herren se min lidelse og gi meg gode ting til gjengjeld for denne forbannelsen i dag.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kanskje Herren vil se på det urett som er gjort mot meg, og kanskje Herren vil gjøre godt igjen for hans forbannelse i dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det kan være at Herren legger merke til mine urettferdigheter og gir meg noe godt som svar på hans forbannelser i dag.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  peraduenture the LORDE shall consydre my aduersyte, and recompence me good for his cursynge this daye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It may be that the Lorde will looke on mine affliction, and doe me good for his cursing this day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 23:5 : 5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
• Ps 25:18 : 18 Look on my affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.
• Exod 2:24-25 : 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect for them.
• Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
• 1 Pet 4:12-19 : 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you: 13 But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter. 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust the keeping of their souls to him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
• Gen 29:32-33 : 32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was unloved, He has therefore given me this son also; and she called his name Simeon.
• Exod 3:7-8 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows; 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• 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.
• Isa 27:7 : 7 Has He smitten him, as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of those that are slain by Him?
• Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
• 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,