Verse 14

And David said to Gad, I am in great distress: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; and do not let me fall into the hand of man.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  David sa til Gad: 'Jeg er veldig redd. La oss heller falle i Herrens hender, for hans barmhjertighet er stor, men la meg ikke falle i menneskehender.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  David sa til Gad: «Jeg er i stor nød! La oss falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor. Men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.»

• Norsk King James

  Og David sa til Gad: Jeg er i en stor nød: La oss nå falle i Herrens hånd; for hans barmhjertighet er stor, men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  David svarte Gad: Jeg er i stor nød. La oss da helst falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor, men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  David sa til Gad: 'Jeg er i stor nød. La oss falle i Herrens hånd, for hans miskunn er stor. Men la meg ikke falle i menneskehender.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  David sa til Gad: Jeg er i stor trengsel. La oss nå falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor, men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  David svarte: «Jeg er i stor nød. La oss falle i Herrens hender, for hans barmhjertighet er stor. La meg ikke havne i menneskers hender.»

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

  David sa til Gad: Jeg er i stor trengsel. La oss nå falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor, men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  David svarte Gad: 'Jeg er i stor nød. La oss falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor, men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are many, but do not let me fall into human hands."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  David sa til Gad: 'Jeg er i stor nød. La oss falle i Herrens hånd, for hans nåde er stor; men i menneskers hånd vil jeg ikke falle.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og David sagde til Gad: Jeg er saare angest; Kjære, lad os falde i Herrens Haand, thi hans Barmhjertigheder ere store, men jeg vil ikke falde i Menneskens Haand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  David sa til Gad: «Jeg er i en stor nød. La oss nå falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor. Men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  David sa til Gad: Jeg er i stor nød: La oss nå falle i Herrens hånd, for hans miskunn er stor; men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  David sa til Gad: "Jeg er i stor nød. La oss falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor, men la meg ikke falle i menneskehender."

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  David sa til Gad: Jeg er i stor nød. La oss falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er stor; men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  David sa til Gad: Det er en vanskelig beslutning for meg å ta: la oss komme i Herrens hender, for stor er hans barmhjertighet: la meg ikke komme i menneskers hender.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Dauid sayde vnto Gad: I am in extreme trouble. Neuertheles (yf it maye be) let me rather fall in to ye handes of the LORDE (for his mercy is greate) I wyll not fall in to the handes of men.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait: let vs fall nowe into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let mee not fall into the hand of man.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Dauid saide vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strayte: Let vs fall now into the hand of the Lorde (for much is his mercy) and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And David saith unto Gad, `I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many `are' His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  David said to Gad, "I am in distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  David said to Gad,“I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the LORD, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 51:1 : 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
• Ps 119:156 : 156 Great are Your tender mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your judgments.
• Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
• Ps 145:9 : 9 The LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.
• Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I have defiled My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; upon the elderly you have laid your yoke very heavily.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relent from doing harm.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
• Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very displeased with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped forward the affliction.
• John 12:27 : 27 Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this cause I came to this hour.
• Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy and truth.
• Ps 103:8-9 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy. 9 He will not always rebuke: nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
• Ps 106:41-42 : 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• 1 Sam 13:6 : 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
• 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early, and went out, behold, an army surrounded the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! what shall we do?
• 2 Kgs 13:3-7 : 3 The anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad, the son of Hazael, all their days. 4 Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. 5 The LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before. 6 Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked in them, and the Asherah pole also remained in Samaria. 7 He left to Jehoahaz of the people only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust by threshing.
• 1 Chr 21:13 : 13 And David said to Gad, I am in great distress: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are very great: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
• 2 Chr 28:5-9 : 5 Therefore, the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, and they struck him and carried away a great multitude as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter. 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king. 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive two hundred thousand of their brethren, women, sons, and daughters, and took also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.