Verse 5

Who sing to the sound of the harp, and invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere som spiller på harper og lager musikk inspirert av David, og ser det som en kunstform.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De som synger til lyrenes lyd, og som finner opp musikkinstrumenter for seg selv, som David.

• Norsk King James

  Som synger til lyden av harpen og lager harper som David brukte;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De som lager melodier til lyren, som tenker ut instrumenter til sang, som David gjorde.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere som spiller på harpene og som David skaper deres egne musikkinstrumenter.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De synger til lyden av harpen og finner opp strengeinstrumenter til seg selv, lik David.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Som fremfører sanger til lyden av fiolen og lager for seg selv musikkinstrumenter, lik David;

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

  De synger til lyden av harpen og finner opp strengeinstrumenter til seg selv, lik David.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  som improviserer på harpens strenger som David, og oppfinner instrumenter for musikk.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You strum away on your harps like David and fashion instruments for music.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De synger til harpemusikken og dikter opp instrumenter for seg selv, som David.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  som gjøre Melodier efter Psalternes Lyd, og optænke sig Instrumenter til Sang, som David,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere som synger til lyden av harpen, og oppfinner instrumenter for dere selv, som David;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som spiller på harpens strenger og finner opp instrumenter til musikk for seg selv, som David;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere som improviserer til harpens toner, Og som David lager dere musikkinstrumenter for dere selv;

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere som synger ledige sanger til lyden av harpen, som finner opp musikkinstrumenter for dere selv, som David.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som lager meningsløse sanger til lyden av strengeinstrumenter, og lager seg musikk som David.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  ye that synge to the lute, and in playenge off instrumentes compare youre selues vnto Dauid:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They sing to the sounde of the viole: they inuent to themselues instruments of musike like Dauid.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They sing to the sounde of the viole, they inuent to them selues instrumentes of musicke, like Dauid.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Who strum on the strings of a harp; Who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

• World English Bible (2000)

  who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of his hands.
• Amos 5:23 : 23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your lutes.
• 1 Chr 23:5 : 5 Moreover, four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.
• Job 21:11-12 : 11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the flute.
• Eccl 2:8 : 8 I gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and various kinds of musical instruments.
• Gen 31:27 : 27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with joy, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp?
• 1 Chr 15:16 : 16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding by lifting up the voice with joy.
• Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, declares the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them out in silence.
• 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
• Rev 18:22 : 22 And the sound of harpists, and musicians, and flutists, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of any craft, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you;