Verse 6

It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han bygger sine rom i himmelen og plasserer sin makt over jorden. Han roper på vannene i havet og sprer dem ut over jordens ansikt. Herren er hans navn.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han som bygger sine saler i himmelen og har grunnlagt sitt hvelv på jorden, som kaller på havets vann og heller det ut over jordens overflate – Herren er hans navn.

• Norsk King James

  Det er han som bygger sine boliger i himmelen, og har grunnlagt sin hær på jorden; han som kaller på havets vann og helle dem ut over jordens overflate: Herren er hans navn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han bygger sine høye boliger i himmelen og grunnfester sitt kvelv på jorden. Han kaller på vannet i havet og heller det ut over jorden. Herren er hans navn.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han bygger sine høyer i himmelen og grunnlegger sin velde på jorden. Han som kaller på havets vann og tømmer det ut over jordens overflate, Herren er Hans navn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det er han som bygger sine stuer i himmelen og har grunnlagt sin paviljong på jorden. Han som roper på havets vann og øser det ut over jordens overflate; Herren er hans navn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han som har reist sin bolig i himmelen og grunnlagt sin hær på jorden, han som kaller til seg havets vann og øser dem ut over jordens overflate – Herren er hans navn.

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

  Det er han som bygger sine stuer i himmelen og har grunnlagt sin paviljong på jorden. Han som roper på havets vann og øser det ut over jordens overflate; Herren er hans navn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han som bygger sine saler i himmelen og festet sitt hvelv over jorden, han som kaller på vannene fra havet og øser dem over jorden, Herren er hans navn.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He builds His chambers in the heavens and establishes His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth—the Lord is His name.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han som bygger sine høye saler i himmelen og grunnlegger sin hvelving over jorden; Han som kaller vannene i havet og øser dem ut over jordens overflate, Herren er hans navn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han er den, som bygger sine høie (Sale) i Himmelen og grundfæster sin Klynge paa Jorden, den, som kalder ad Vandene i Havet og udøser dem ovenpaa Jorden, Herren er hans Navn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his ne.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det er han som bygger sine himmelsaler, og som har grunnlagt sin velde på jorden. Han som kaller på havets vann og øser dem ut over jordens overflate. Herren er hans navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det er han som bygger sine haller i himmelen og har grunnlagt sin hvelving på jorden; han som kaller vannet i havet og heller det ut over jordens overflate; Yahweh er hans navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han som bygger sine saler i himlene og grunnlegger sitt hærskare på jorden, han som kaller på havets vann og heller dem ut over jordens overflate, Herren er hans navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det er han som bygger sine kamre i himlene og har grunnlagt sin hvelving på jorden; han kaller på havets vann og øser det ut over jordens overflate; Herren er hans navn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han bygger sine rom i himmelen, og grunnlaget for sin hvelving på jorden. Hans stemme lar havets vann flomme over jordens ansikt. Herren er hans navn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He that hath his dwellinge in heauen, ad groundeth his tabernacle in the earth: He that calleth the waters of the see, and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde: his name is the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lorde is his Name.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He buyldeth his spheres in the heauen, & hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes on the earth: he calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [It is] he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop, Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah `is' His name.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:3 : 3 Who lays the beams of His chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds His chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind:
• Amos 5:8 : 8 Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
• Amos 4:13 : 13 For behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
• Ps 104:13 : 13 He waters the hills from His chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
• Jer 5:22 : 22 Do you not fear me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
• Ps 104:5-6 : 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
• Gen 2:1 : 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.
• Gen 7:11-19 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the same day, Noah entered, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went into Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.
• Exod 3:14-15 : 14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.