Verse 18

O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Min Gud, vend øret ditt og hør. Åpne øynene dine og se våre ødeleggelser og byen som bærer ditt navn. For vi fremfører ikke våre bønner for deg på grunn av vår egen rettferdighet, men på grunn av din store miskunn.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Gud min, bøy øret ditt og hør; åpne øynene dine og se våre ødeleggelser og byen som er kalt ved ditt navn. For vi fremstiller ikke våre inntrengende bønner for deg på grunn av våre rettferdige gjerninger, men på grunn av din store barmhjertighet.

  • Norsk King James

    O min Gud, vend ditt øre og hør; åpne dine øyne, og se våre ødeleggelser og byen som kalles ved ditt navn; for vi fremfører ikke vår bønn for deg på grunn av våre rettferdige handlinger, men for din store barmhjertighet.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Vend øret til, min Gud, og hør! Åpne øynene dine og se våre ødeleggelser, og byen som er kalt med ditt navn, for vi bærer fram våre ydmyke bønner foran ditt ansikt, ikke på grunn av vår rettferdighet, men på grunn av din store barmhjertighet.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Min Gud, bøy ditt øre og hør, åpne dine øyne og se vår ødeleggelse og byen som ditt navn er nevnt over. For ikke på grunn av vår rettferdighet legger vi frem våre bønner for deg, men på grunn av din store barmhjertighet.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Å min Gud, bøy ditt øre og hør; åpne dine øyne og se våre ødeleggelser og byen som er kalt ved ditt navn; for vi kommer ikke med våre bønner for vår egen rettferdighet, men for din store barmhjertighets skyld.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Å, min Gud, bøy ditt øre og hør; åpne dine øyne og se våre ødelagte tilstander og den by som bærer ditt navn; for vi fremlegger ikke våre påkallelser for deg på grunn av vår egen rettferdighet, men på grunn av din store miskunn.

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

    Å min Gud, bøy ditt øre og hør; åpne dine øyne og se våre ødeleggelser og byen som er kalt ved ditt navn; for vi kommer ikke med våre bønner for vår egen rettferdighet, men for din store barmhjertighets skyld.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Min Gud, vend ditt øre og hør! Åpne dine øyne og se våre ødeleggelser, og byen som ditt navn er påkalt over. For vi kaster ikke fram våre bønner for ditt ansikt på grunn av vår rettferdighet, men på grunn av din store barmhjertighet.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Vend ditt øre, min Gud, og hør! Åpn dine øyne og se våre ruiner og byen som ditt navn er nevnt over! For vi ber ikke våre bønner for ditt åsyn på grunn av vår rettferdighet, men på grunn av din store barmhjertighet.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Bøi dit Øre, min Gud! og hør, oplad dine Øine og see vore Ødelæggelser og Staden, som er kaldet efter dit Navn; thi vi lade vore (ydmyge) Begjæringer falde for dit Ansigt ikke for vore Retfærdigheders Skyld, men for dine store Barmhjertigheders Skyld.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Min Gud, vend ditt øre til, og hør! Åpne dine øyne, og se våre ødeleggelser og byen som er kalt med ditt navn, for vi bringer ikke våre ydmyke bønner fram for deg på grunn av våre rettskaffenheter, men på grunn av din store barmhjertighet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Min Gud, vend ditt øre og hør; åpne dine øyne og se vår ødeleggelse og byen som er kalt med ditt navn; for vi fremfører ikke våre begjæringer for din skyld, men på grunn av din store barmhjertighet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Bøy øret, min Gud, og hør! Åpne dine øyne og se vår forlatte tilstand, og byen som er kalt med ditt navn; for det er ikke for vår rettferdighets skyld vi fremfører våre bønnrop for deg, men for din store barmhjertighets skyld.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Å, min Gud, vend ditt øre mot oss og hør; åpne dine øyne og se våre ødeleggelser og byen som er kalt ved ditt navn: for vi fremfører ikke våre bønnfallinger for vår rettferdighets skyld, men for din store barmhjertighets skyld.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Å min Gud, vend ditt øre og hør; la dine øyne være åpne og se vår ødeleggelse og byen som bærer ditt navn: for vi legger ikke frem bønnene for deg på grunn av vår egen rettferdighet, men på grunn av din store nåde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    O my God, enclyne thine eare, and herken (at the leest for thine owne sake) open thine eyes: beholde how we be desolated, yee and the cite also, which is called after thy name: For we do not cast oure prayers before the in oure owne rightuousnesse, no: but only in thy greate mercies.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    O my God, encline thine eare and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde our desolations, and the citie whereupon thy Name is called: for we doe not present our supplications before thee for our owne righteousnes, but for thy great tender mercies.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    O my God, encline thyne eare & hearken, open thyne eyes, beholde howe we be desolated, yea and the citie also which is called after thy name: for we do not present our prayers before thee in our owne righteousnes, but in thy great mercies.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Incline, O my God, Thine ear, and hear, open Thine eyes and see our desolations, and the city on which Thy name is called; for not for our righteous acts are we causing our supplications to fall before Thee, but for Thy mercies that `are' many.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 37:17 : 17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Jer 36:7 : 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and each will turn from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
  • Ezek 36:32 : 32 Not for your sakes do I this, says the Lord GOD, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 19:16 : 16 LORD, incline your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
  • Ps 17:6-7 : 6 I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God; incline your ear to me, and hear my speech. 7 Show your marvelous lovingkindness, O you who save by your right hand those who put their trust in you from those who rise up against them.
  • Ps 80:14-19 : 14 Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance. 17 Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself. 18 So we will not turn back from you; revive us, and we will call upon your name. 19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine, and we shall be saved.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.
  • Isa 63:15-19 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and your mercies toward me? Are they restrained? 16 Doubtless you are our Father, though Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer; your name is from everlasting. 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance. 18 The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. 19 We are yours: you never ruled over them; they were not called by your name.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
  • Isa 64:12 : 12 Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore?
  • Jer 7:10-12 : 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD. 12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
  • Jer 14:9 : 9 Why should You be as a man astonished, as a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by Your name; do not leave us.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • Jer 37:20 : 20 Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king: let my plea, I pray you, be accepted before you, that you do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.