Verse 3

And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så vendte jeg ansiktet mot Herren Gud for å søke Ham i bønn og bønnerop, med faste, sekkestrie og aske.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vendte ansiktet mot Herren Gud for å søke Ham med bønn og inntrengende bønn, med faste, iført sekkestrie og aske.

• Norsk King James

  Og jeg vendte mitt ansikt mot Herren Gud for å søke ham med bønn og faste, kledd i sekk og aske.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så vendte jeg ansiktet mot Herren Gud for å søke ham med bønn og ydmyke henvendelser, med faste, sekkestrie og aske.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg vendte derfor ansiktet mot Herren Gud for å søke ham i bønn og begjæring, med faste og i sekk og aske.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og jeg vendte meg til Herren Gud med bønn og ydmyk bønn, med faste, sekkestrie og aske.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg vendte mitt ansikt mot Herren, min Gud, for å søke ham gjennom bønn og påkallelser, med faste, sekkklær og aske.

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

  Og jeg vendte meg til Herren Gud med bønn og ydmyk bønn, med faste, sekkestrie og aske.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så vendte jeg ansiktet mot Herren Gud for å søke ham med bønn og bønner, med faste, i sekk og aske.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så vendte jeg mitt ansikt til Herren Gud for å søke ham med bønn og inntrengende bønner, med faste, i sekk og aske.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg vendte mit Ansigt til den Herre Gud, at søge (ham) ved Bøn og (ydmyge) Begjæringer, med Faste og Sæk og Aske.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og jeg vendte mitt ansikt mot Herren Gud for å søke ham ved bønn og ydmyke bønner, med faste og i botsdrakt og aske.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vendte ansiktet mitt mot Herren Gud for å søke ham med bønn og begjæringer, med faste, sekkestrie og aske.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og jeg vendte ansiktet mot Herren Gud for å søke ham med bønn og ydmyke forespørsler, med faste, sekk og aske.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og jeg vendte ansiktet mot Herren Gud for å søke ham gjennom bønn og begjæringer, med faste, sekkestrie og aske.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg vendte mitt ansikt til Herren Gud i bønn, ba om hans nåde, fastet, kledde meg i sekkestrie og aske.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  ad I turned me vnto God the LORDE, for to praye and make myne intercessio, with fastinge, sackcloth ad ashes

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplication, with fasting, sackcloth, and asshes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek `by' prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 8:21 : 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our goods.
• Ezra 9:5 : 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness, and having torn my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
• Ezra 10:6 : 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib. When he arrived there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the transgression of those who had been taken captive.
• Neh 1:4-9 : 4 And it happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beg you, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy for those that love Him and observe His commandments: 6 Let Your ear now be attentive, and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against You: both I and my father's house have sinned. 7 We have dealt very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which You commanded Your servant Moses. 8 Remember, I beg You, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, If you transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 9 But if you turn to Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the farthest part of the heaven, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set My name there. 10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. 11 O Lord, I beg You, let now Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants, who desire to fear Your name: and prosper, I pray You, Your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
• Neh 9:1 : 1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the children of Israel gathered with fasting and wearing sackcloth, and with earth upon them.
• Esth 4:1-3 : 1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry; 2 And came even before the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
• Esth 4:16 : 16 "Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."
• Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned to my own bosom.
• Ps 69:10-11 : 10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I made sackcloth my garment also, and I became a proverb to them.
• Ps 102:13-17 : 13 You shall arise and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come. 14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones and favor the dust thereof. 15 So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer.
• Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
• Jer 29:10-13 : 10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
• Ezek 36:37 : 37 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
• Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
• Dan 10:2-3 : 2 In those days, I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks. 3 I ate no desirable food, neither did meat nor wine enter my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were completed.
• Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
• Joel 2:12 : 12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
• Jonah 3:6-9 : 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish?
• Luke 2:37 : 37 And she was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
• Acts 10:30 : 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
• Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.