Verse 19

And because of the majesty that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  'På grunn av den makten han ga ham, skalv alle folk, nasjoner og språk av frykt for ham. Han drepte hvem han ville og lot leve hvem han ville; han opphøyet hvem han ville og ydmyket hvem han ville.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og på grunn av den storhet han ga ham, skalv og fryktet alle folk, nasjoner og språk foran ham. De han ville, drepte han, og de han ville, lot han leve, og de han ville, opphøyde han, og de han ville, fornedret han.

• Norsk King James

  Og for den majesteten som han gav ham, skal alle folkeslag, nasjoner og språk skjelve og frykte for ham: hvem han ville, drepte han; og hvem han ville, lot han leve; og hvem han ville, satte han opp; og hvem han ville, satte han ned.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  På grunn av den makten han hadde gitt ham, skalv og fryktet alle folk, nasjoner og tungemål for ham: Han slo i hjel hvem han ville, og lot leve hvem han ville, han opphøyde hvem han ville, og ydmyket hvem han ville.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og på grunn av den makt han ga ham, skalv alle folk og nasjoner og tungemål for ham. Den han ønsket, drepte han, og den han ønsket, sparte han. Den han ønsket, opphøyet han, og den han ønsket, fornedret han.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For den storheten han ga ham, skalv alle folk, nasjoner og tungemål for ham. Han drepte den han ønsket, og han lot den leve som han ønsket; han opphøyde den han ønsket, og han ydmyket den han ønsket.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «For den herligheten han ble gitt, skalv alle folk, nasjoner og språk i hans nærvær; den han ville, drepte han, den han ville, lot han leve, den han ville, satte han opp, og den han ville, satte han ned.»

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

  For den storheten han ga ham, skalv alle folk, nasjoner og tungemål for ham. Han drepte den han ønsket, og han lot den leve som han ønsket; han opphøyde den han ønsket, og han ydmyket den han ønsket.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  På grunn av den storhet som Gud ga ham, skalv og fryktet alle folk, nasjoner og språk for ham. Han drepte hvem han ville, lot leve den han ville, opphøyet hvem han ville og ydmyket hvem han ville.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Because of the greatness that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whomever he wanted, spared whomever he wanted, exalted whomever he wanted, and humbled whomever he wanted.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Daniel.5.19", "source": "וּמִן־רְבוּתָא֙ דִּ֣י יְהַב־לֵ֔הּ כֹּ֣ל עַֽמְמַיָּ֗א אֻמַיָּא֙ וְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔א הֲו֛וֹ זָיְעִ֥ין וְדָחֲלִ֖ין מִן־קֳדָמ֑וֹהִי דִּֽי־הֲוָ֨ה צָבֵ֜א הֲוָ֣א קָטֵ֗ל וְדִֽי־הֲוָ֤ה צָבֵא֙ הֲוָ֣ה מַחֵ֔א וְדִֽי־הֲוָ֤ה צָבֵא֙ הֲוָ֣ה מָרִ֔ים וְדִֽי־הֲוָ֥ה צָבֵ֖א הֲוָ֥ה מַשְׁפִּֽיל׃", "text": "And-from-*rĕbûtāʾ* that *yĕhab*-to-him, all *ʿammayayyāʾ* *ʾummayayāʾ* and-*liššānayayāʾ* *hawô* *zāyĕʿîn* and-*dāḥălîn* from-before-him; that-*hawâh* *ṣābēʾ* *hawâʾ* *qāṭēl* and-that-*hawâh* *ṣābēʾ* *hawâh* *maḥēʾ* and-that-*hawâh* *ṣābēʾ* *hawâh* *mārîm* and-that-*hawâh* *ṣābēʾ* *hawâh* *mašpîl*.", "grammar": { "*ûmin*": "conjunction + preposition - and from", "*rĕbûtāʾ*": "noun, feminine, singular, determined - the greatness", "*dî*": "relative particle - that/which", "*yĕhab*": "verb, Peal, 3rd masculine singular, perfect - gave", "*lēh*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*kol*": "adjective, all/every", "*ʿammayayyāʾ*": "noun, masculine plural, determined - the peoples", "*ʾummayayāʾ*": "noun, masculine plural, determined - the nations", "*liššānayayāʾ*": "noun, masculine plural, determined - the languages", "*hawô*": "verb, Peal, 3rd masculine plural, perfect - were", "*zāyĕʿîn*": "participle, Pael, masculine plural - trembling", "*dāḥălîn*": "participle, Peal, masculine plural - fearing", "*min-qŏdāmôhî*": "compound preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from before him", "*dî-hawâh*": "relative particle + verb, Peal, 3rd masculine singular, perfect - whom he was", "*ṣābēʾ*": "participle, Peal, masculine singular - willing/desiring", "*hawâʾ*": "verb, Peal, 3rd masculine singular, perfect - was", "*qāṭēl*": "participle, Peal, masculine singular - killing", "*maḥēʾ*": "participle, Peal, masculine singular - smiting/striking", "*mārîm*": "participle, Haphel, masculine singular - lifting up/exalting", "*mašpîl*": "participle, Haphel, masculine singular - bringing down/humbling" }, "variants": { "*rĕbûtāʾ*": "greatness/majesty/power", "*ʿammayayyāʾ*": "peoples/populations/folk", "*ʾummayayāʾ*": "nations/tribes/peoples", "*liššānayayāʾ*": "languages/tongues", "*zāyĕʿîn*": "trembling/quaking/shaking", "*dāḥălîn*": "fearing/being afraid/dreading", "*ṣābēʾ*": "willing/desiring/wishing/wanting", "*qāṭēl*": "killing/slaying/putting to death", "*maḥēʾ*": "smiting/striking/hitting", "*mārîm*": "lifting up/exalting/raising", "*mašpîl*": "bringing down/humbling/abasing" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På grunn av den storhet han gav ham, skjelvet alle folk, nasjoner og tungemål for ham. Den han ville, lot han drepe, og den han ville, lot han leve. Den han ville, opphøyet han, og den han ville, fornedret han.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og for den Magts Skyld, som han havde givet ham, skjælvede og frygtede alle Folk, Almue og Tungemaal for ham; han ihjelslog, hvem han vilde, og lod leve, hvem han vilde, og ophøiede, hvem han vilde, og fornedrede, hvem han vilde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For den storhet han ga ham, skalv og fryktet alle folkeslag, nasjoner og tungemål foran ham. De han ønsket, drepte han, og de han ønsket, lot han leve; de han ønsket, opphøyet han, og de han ønsket, fornedret han.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og på grunn av storheten som han ga ham, skalv og fryktet alle folk, nasjoner og tungemål foran ham; hvem han ville, drepte han, og hvem han ville, lot han leve; hvem han ville, løftet han opp, og hvem han ville, ydmyket han.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  På grunn av den storhet han ga ham, skalv og fryktet alle folk, nasjoner og språk foran ham. Han drepte den han ville, og han lot leve den han ville, opphøyde den han ville, og ydmyket den han ville.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  På grunn av den storheten han ga ham, skalv og fryktet alle folk, nasjoner og tungemål for ham. Den han ville drepte han, og den han ville lot han leve; den han ville opphøyde han, og den han ville ydmyket han.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  «På grunn av den store makten han ga ham, fryktet folk fra alle folk, nasjoner og språk for ham. Noen drepte han, mens han lot andre leve, han opphøyde noen og ydmyket andre slik han ville.»

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  so yt all people, kynreddes & tunges stode in awe & feare of him, by reason off the hye estate, that he had lent him. For why: he slewe, whom he wolde: he smote, whom it pleased him. Agayne: whom he wolde, he set vp: and whom he list, he put downe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And for the maiestie that he gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled, and feared before him: he put to death whom he would: he smote whome he would: whome he would he set vp, and whome he would he put downe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And for the maiestie that he gaue him, al people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: he slue whom he would, he smote whom it pleased him: againe, whom he would he set vp, and whom he list he put downe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fear before him: some he put to death and others he kept living, at his pleasure, lifting up some and putting others down as it pleased him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

Referenced Verses

• Dan 2:12-13 : 12 For this reason, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 And the decree went out that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
• Dan 3:6 : 6 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
• Dan 3:4 : 4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
• Prov 16:14 : 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
• Jer 25:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
• Jer 27:5-7 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me. 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him.
• Dan 3:20-21 : 20 And he commanded the most mighty men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
• Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap, because there is no other God who can deliver in this way.
• Dan 4:22 : 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, for your greatness has grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
• Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:
• John 19:11 : 11 Jesus answered, You could have no power against me at all, except it were given you from above: therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.
• Rom 13:1 : 1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.