Verse 9

But if you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you: for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I shall know you can reveal its interpretation.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, vil dere bli ansett som skyldige, for dere har blitt enige om å bruke løgner og bedrag i håp om at tiden vil forandre seg. Fortell meg drømmen, så jeg vet at dere også kan gi meg tolkningen.’

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men hvis dere ikke gjør drømmen kjent for meg, er det kun én dom for dere. For dere har forberedt falske og korrupte ord for å tale foran meg, til tidene forandrer seg. Derfor, fortell meg drømmen, så jeg kan vite at dere også kan vise meg dens tolkning.

• Norsk King James

  Men hvis dere ikke gir meg drømmen, er det bare én straff for dere: dere har forberedt løgner og urene ord å si til meg inntil tiden forandrer seg; derfor si meg drømmen, så skal jeg vite at dere kan gi meg tolkningen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen, er dommen over dere bestemt. Dere har avtalt å fortelle meg bedrag og løgn til situasjonen forandrer seg. Fortell meg derfor drømmen, så jeg kan vite at dere kan gi meg tolkningen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, er det bare én dom for dere. Dere har avtalt å tale løgnaktige og onde ord for meg mens tiden går. Fortell meg derfor drømmen, så vil jeg vite at dere kan gi meg tolkningen."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, vil det bare være én dom for dere. For dere har gjort rede for å framføre løgnaktige og korrupte ord for meg, inntil tiden skulle endre seg. Derfor, fortell meg drømmen, så jeg kan vite at dere kan gi dens tolkning.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men om dere ikke forklarer drømmen for meg, finnes det kun én bestemmelse for dere: dere har forberedt løgnaktige og fordreide ord for å narre meg til tiden endres. Fortell meg derfor drømmen, så skal jeg vite at dere kan forklare den.

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

  Men hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, vil det bare være én dom for dere. For dere har gjort rede for å framføre løgnaktige og korrupte ord for meg, inntil tiden skulle endre seg. Derfor, fortell meg drømmen, så jeg kan vite at dere kan gi dens tolkning.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis dere ikke gjør kjent for meg drømmen, er dette én og samme dom for dere: Dere har blitt enige om å tale løgn og bedrag foran meg inntil tiden skifter. Fortell meg derfor drømmen, så jeg kan vite at dere også kan forklare dens tydning.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. You have agreed to speak false and corrupt words before me until the situation changes. Therefore, tell me the dream, so that I may know that you can reveal its interpretation."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  'Hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen, er det bare én lov for dere. Dere har avtalt å fortelle meg løgn og falskhet til tiden forandrer seg. Så fortell meg drømmen, så jeg kan vite at dere kan tyde den for meg.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi dersom I ikke kundgjøre mig Drømmen, (da) er den ene Dom over eder, som dem, der have taget eder for at sige løgnagtig og fordærvelig Tale for mig, indtil Tiden er forandret; derfor siger mig Drømmen, saa kan jeg vide, at I kunne kundgjøre mig Udtydningen derpaa.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men hvis dere ikke gjør drømmen kjent for meg, er det bare én dom for dere: for dere har lagt onde og korrupte planer for å tale for meg, inntil tiden endres. Derfor, fortell meg drømmen, så skal jeg vite at dere kan vise meg tydningen av den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, er det ingen annen lov for dere; for dere har forberedt listige og falske ord for å si foran meg, inntil tiden forandrer seg: derfor fortell meg drømmen, og jeg skal vite at dere kan vise meg tydningen av den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen, er dere alle dømt, for dere har avtalt å si falske og korrupte ord foran meg, til tiden forandrer seg. Fortell meg derfor drømmen, så vil jeg vite at dere kan forklare betydningen.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen, er det én lov for dere; for dere har forberedt løgnaktige og korrupte ord for å tale for meg, til tiden forandres. Derfor, fortell meg drømmen, så jeg vet at dere kan gi meg tolkningen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, venter samme skjebne for dere alle: For dere har planlagt å komme med falske og onde ord til meg inntil tidene endrer seg. Fortell meg drømmen, så vil jeg vite at dere kan tyde meningen med den.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore, yff ye wil not tell me the dreame, ye shal all haue one iudgment. But ye fayne and dyssemble with vayne wordes, which ye speake before me, to put off the tyme. Therfore tell me the dreame, ad so shall I knowe, yff ye can shewe me, what it meaneth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if ye will not declare mee the dreame, there is but one iudgement for you: for ye haue prepared lying and corrupt wordes, to speake before me till the time bee changed: therefore tell me the dreame, that I may knowe, if yee can declare me the interpretation thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore if ye wil not tel me the dreame, this is your only purpose, ye haue prepared liyng & corrupt wordes to speake before me, til the time be chaunged: therfore tell me the dreame, that I may knowe that ye can declare me the interpretation therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there is but] one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me the interpretation of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `so' that, if the dream ye do not cause me to know -- one is your sentence, seeing a word lying and corrupt ye have prepared to speak before me, till that the time is changed, therefore the dream tell ye to me, then do I know that its interpretation ye do shew me.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able to make the sense of it clear.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you don’t inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence that you can disclose its interpretation.”

Referenced Verses

• Esth 4:11 : 11 All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that anyone, whether man or woman, who comes to the king in the inner court without being called, there is but one law to put him to death, unless the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But I have not been called to come to the king these thirty days.
• Isa 41:23 : 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
• Dan 2:21 : 21 And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well; but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Dan 7:25 : 25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
• Dan 5:28 : 28 PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
• Dan 5:31 : 31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
• Isa 44:25 : 25 Who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
• Ezek 13:6 : 6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
• Ezek 13:17 : 17 Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy from their own heart; and prophesy against them,
• Ezek 13:19 : 19 Will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people who hear your lies?
• Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
• 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.
• 1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.