Verse 1

At that time, Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one found written in the book.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  På den tiden vil Mikael, den store fyrsten som beskytter ditt folk, stå frem. Det vil bli en tid med prøvelser, en slik prøvelse som ikke har vært siden det ble et folk, helt frem til den tiden. Men på den tiden skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som er skrevet inn i boken.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  På den tid skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som står vakt over dine folks barn, tre fram. Det skal bli en tid med trengsler, større enn noen gang før siden nasjonene ble til. Men på den tid skal ditt folk bli reddet, alle som er funnet skrevet i boken.

• Norsk King James

  Og på den tiden skal Mikael reise seg, den store prinsen som står for folket ditt; det skal bli en tid med nød, slik som ingen har opplevd siden nasjonene ble til; og på den tiden skal ditt folk bli frelst, hver den som er skrevet i boken.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  På den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som står for ditt folk, tre fram. Det vil bli en tid med trengsel, som det aldri har vært fra noe folk ble til. På den tiden skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som er skrevet i boken.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  I den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som vokter ditt folks barn, stå fram. Det skal bli en tid med trengsel som aldri har vært siden det ble et folkeslag, inntil den tiden. Men i den tiden skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som finnes skrevet i boken.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og på den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som står for ditt folks barn, reise seg. Det skal bli en tid med trengsel, slik som det aldri har vært siden det ble et folk, helt til den samme tid. Da skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som er funnet skrevet i boken.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og ved den tiden skal Mikael reise seg, den store fyrsten som vokter ditt folks barn. Det skal komme en trengsel som ikke har vært sett siden et folk først oppstod, helt fram til den tiden; og da skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som er nedtegnet i boken.

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

  Og på den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som står for ditt folks barn, reise seg. Det skal bli en tid med trengsel, slik som det aldri har vært siden det ble et folk, helt til den samme tid. Da skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som er funnet skrevet i boken.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  På den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrste som beskytter ditt folk, tre fram. Det skal bli en tid med slik trengsel som det aldri har vært siden folkeslag oppstod og til den tiden. Men på den tiden skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som er skrevet opp i boken.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  At that time, Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of trouble such as has never occurred since nations first existed until that time. But at that time, your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som står vakt over ditt folk, stå fram. Det skal komme en trengselstid som det aldri før har vært siden folkes lag. Men på den tiden skal ditt folk bli frelst, alle som er skrevet i boken.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og paa den samme Tid skal Michael, den store Fyrste, staae, den, som staaer for dit Folks Børn, og der skal være en Trængsels Tid, som aldrig haver været, fra Folk blev, indtil den Tid, og paa den samme Tid skal dit Folk undkomme, hver den, som findes skreven i Bogen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  På den tiden skal Mikael reise seg, den store fyrsten som står for ditt folks barn. Det skal være en tid med nød, som det aldri har vært siden det ble en nasjon, helt til den tid. Men på den tiden skal ditt folk bli befridd, hver og en som er skrevet opp i boken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  På den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som beskytter ditt folk, reise seg. Det skal bli en tid med trengsel, som det aldri har vært siden det ble til folk til den tid. Men på den tiden skal ditt folk bli reddet, alle som er funnet skrevet i boken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  På den tiden skal Mikael, den store fyrsten som står ved ditt folks side, tre fram. Det skal bli en trengselstid som det ikke har vært maken til siden folkeslagenes begynnelse, helt til da. Men på den tiden skal ditt folk bli reddet, alle som finnes innskrevet i boken.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  På den tiden skal Mikael stå frem, den store fyrsten som beskytter ditt folks barn; og det skal bli en tid med trengsel, som det aldri har vært siden det ble dannet en nasjon og til den tiden: og på den tiden skal ditt folk bli frelst, hver den som er funnet oppskrevet i boken.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  På den tiden skal Mikael, den store engelen, ta sin plass som beskytter for ditt folks barn. Det vil bli en tid med trengsel, en slik som det aldri har vært siden det ble nasjoner, til den samme tiden. Men på den tiden skal ditt folk bli reddet, alle som er skrevet opp i boken.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The tyme wil come also, that the greate prynce Michael, which stondeth on thy peoples syde, shal aryse vp, for there shal come a tyme of trouble, soch as neuer was, sens there begane to be eny people, vnto that same tyme. Then shal thy people be delyuered, yee all those that be foude written in the boke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And at that time shal Michael stand vp, ye great prince, which standeth for ye children of thy people, & there shall be a time of trouble, such as neuer was since there began to be a nation vnto that same time: and at that time thy people shal be deliuered, euery one that shal be foud written in ye boke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And at that tyme shal Michael stande vp, the great prince, which standeth for the chyldren of thy people: for there shalbe a tyme of trouble, suche as neuer was since there began to be a nation, vnto that same tyme: and at that tyme thy people shalbe deliuered euery one that shalbe found written in the booke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is recorded in the book.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation’s beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 24:21 : 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
• Jer 30:7 : 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
• Mark 13:19 : 19 For in those days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.
• Dan 10:13 : 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia resisted me for twenty-one days; but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I was left there with the kings of Persia.
• Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will show you what is noted in the Scripture of truth; and no one stands with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
• Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.
• Dan 9:12 : 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great calamity: for under the whole heaven, such as has been done upon Jerusalem has not been done.
• Rev 12:7 : 7 And there was a war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
• Jude 1:9 : 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!'
• Ezek 13:9 : 9 My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity and divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of my people, nor shall they be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• Exod 32:32-33 : 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written." 33 The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, him I will blot out of My book.
• Ps 56:8 : 8 You record my wanderings; put my tears into your bottle; are they not in your book?
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• Rev 3:5 : 5 He who overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white garments; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
• Luke 21:23-24 : 23 But woe to those who are with child and to those who give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Rom 11:5-6 : 5 Even so then, at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
• Rom 11:15 : 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
• Rom 11:26 : 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
• Eph 1:21 : 21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that which is to come:
• Phil 4:3 : 3 And I ask you also, true companion, help those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with my other fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
• Rev 20:15 : 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 16:17-21 : 17 And the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air; and a loud voice came from the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices and thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as has not occurred since men were on the earth. 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And great hail fell upon men out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague was exceedingly great.
• Rev 17:14 : 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.
• Rev 19:11-16 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written that no one knew but he himself. 13 And he wore a robe dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
• Dan 9:25-26 : 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times. 26 And after sixty-two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; its end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined.
• Ezek 34:24 : 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
• Ezek 37:21-28 : 21 And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yes, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the nations shall know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.
• Ezek 39:25-29 : 25 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name. 26 After they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and no one made them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations: but I have gathered them to their own land, and will leave none of them anymore there. 29 Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord GOD.
• Isa 11:11-16 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up a sign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13 The envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. 14 But they shall swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; together they shall plunder the people of the east: they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the River, and shall strike it in the seven streams, and make men cross over dry-shod. 16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, as it was for Israel in the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.
• Isa 26:20-21 : 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past. 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose her blood and will no more cover her slain.
• Isa 27:12-13 : 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river to the stream of Egypt, and you shall be gathered one by one, O children of Israel. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
• Ps 69:28 : 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
• Isa 4:3 : 3 And it shall come to pass, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
• Dan 11:45 : 45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas, in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
• Hos 3:4-5 : 4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods. 5 Afterward, the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the last days.
• Joel 3:16-21 : 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But the LORD will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel. 17 So shall you know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and strangers shall no longer pass through her. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for the LORD dwells in Zion.
• Amos 9:11-15 : 11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old. 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, which are called by my name, says the LORD who does this. 13 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.
• Obad 1:17-21 : 17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall kindle them and devour them, and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken. 19 Those of the South shall possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the plain the Philistines; they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 The captives of this host of the children of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South. 21 Then deliverers shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
• Zech 12:3-9 : 3 And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all who burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 4 In that day, says the LORD, I will strike every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the people with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. 6 In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people around about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day the LORD shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them in that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 9 And it shall happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.