Verse 13

And he said, Well; I will make a league with you. But one thing I require of you, and that is, You shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  David svarte: 'Bra, jeg vil inngå en avtale med deg, men én ting fordrer jeg av deg: Du skal ikke få se mitt ansikt med mindre du først bringer Sauls datter Mikal til meg når du kommer for å møte meg.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og David svarte: Godt, jeg vil inngå en pakt med deg. Men én ting krever jeg av deg: Du skal ikke se mitt ansikt før du har med deg Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å se mitt ansikt.

• Norsk King James

  Og han sa: Greit; jeg vil lage en avtale med deg: men én ting krever jeg av deg, nemlig at du ikke skal se mitt ansikt, med mindre du først bringer Michal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å se mitt ansikt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  David svarte: Det er bra, jeg vil inngå en avtale med deg. Men én ting krever jeg av deg: Du skal ikke treffe meg uten at du først bringer Mikal, Sauls datter, til meg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  David svarte: Godt, jeg vil inngå en pakt med deg. Men en ting krever jeg: Du skal ikke se mitt ansikt uten at du først bringer Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å møte meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og David sa: Godt, jeg vil inngå en pakt med deg. Men én ting krever jeg av deg: Du skal ikke se mitt ansikt, før du har brakt Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å se meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  David svarte: «Vel, jeg inngår en pakt med deg, men jeg krever én ting: Du skal ikke se mitt ansikt før du først bringer Michal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å møte meg.»

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

  Og David sa: Godt, jeg vil inngå en pakt med deg. Men én ting krever jeg av deg: Du skal ikke se mitt ansikt, før du har brakt Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å se meg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  David svarte: 'Godt! Jeg vil gjøre en avtale med deg. Men én ting krever jeg av deg: Du skal ikke se mitt ansikt uten at du kommer med Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å møte meg.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'Good,' said David, 'I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing: Do not see my face unless you bring Michal, daughter of Saul, when you come to see me.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  David sa: «Godt, jeg inngår en pakt med deg. Men én ting krever jeg av deg: Du skal ikke se mitt ansikt igjen før du kommer med Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å møte meg.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde: Godt, jeg, jeg vil gjøre en Pagt med dig, dog begjærer jeg een Ting af dig, sigende: Du skal ikke see mit Ansigt, uden du først fører Michal, Sauls Datter, (til mig), naar du kommer for at see mit Ansigt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  David svarte: 'Godt, jeg vil inngå en pakt med deg, men én ting krever jeg av deg: du skal ikke møte meg med mindre du først bringer Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å se meg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  David svarte: «Godt, jeg vil gjøre en pakt med deg. Men jeg krever én ting av deg, at du ikke ser meg før du har brakt Mikal, Sauls datter, til meg når du kommer for å se meg.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  David svarte: «Godt, jeg skal gjøre en pakt med deg. Men én ting krever jeg av deg: Du skal ikke komme inn for mitt ansikt, uten at du først bringer Mikal, Sauls datter, til meg når du kommer for å se meg.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  David svarte: «Godt, jeg vil gjøre en pakt med deg, men jeg krever én ting av deg: Du skal ikke få se mitt ansikt, med mindre du først bringer Mikal, Sauls datter, når du kommer for å se meg.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og David sa: Det er godt, jeg vil gjøre en pakt med deg, men med ett vilkår: at du ikke ser mitt ansikt med mindre du bringer Sauls datter Mikal med deg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He sayde: Wel, I wyll make a couenaunt with the, but one thynge I desyre of the, that thou se not my face, excepte thou brynge me first Michol Sauls doughter, whan thou commest to se my face.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Who saide, Well, I will make a couenant with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, that thou see not my face except thou bring Michal Sauls daughter when thou commest to see me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He sayde: Well, I will make a bonde with the: But one thing I require of thee, that is, that thou see not my face, except thou first bring Michol Sauls daughter, when thou comest to see me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith, `Good -- I make with thee a covenant; only, one thing I am asking of thee, that is, Thou dost not see my face, except thou dost first bring in Michal, daughter of Saul in thy coming into see my face.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, "Good; I will make a treaty with you; but one thing I require of you. That is, you shall not see my face, unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So David said,“Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 43:3 : 3 And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.
• Gen 44:23 : 23 And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.
• Gen 44:26 : 26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.
• 1 Sam 18:20-28 : 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Today you shall be my son-in-law in one of the two. 22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in David's ears. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, This is what David spoke. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and before the days had expired, 27 Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
• 1 Sam 19:11-17 : 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed. 12 So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for its head, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him. 16 And when the messengers came in, behold, there was the household idol in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for its head. 17 And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
• 2 Sam 3:20-23 : 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast. 21 And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a league with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace. 22 And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
• 1 Chr 15:29 : 29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out at a window, saw King David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.