Verse 7

I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also, I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg kjøpte slaver og slavinner, og i mitt hus ble de født av slaver. Jeg hadde også stor buskap, større enn noen før meg i Jerusalem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg fikk tjenere og tjenestepiker, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus; også hadde jeg stor buskap av storfe og småfe, mer enn alle som var i Jerusalem før meg.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg hadde tjenere og tjenestejenter, og jeg hadde tjenere født i mitt hus; jeg hadde også mye storfe og småfe, mer enn noen andre i Jerusalem før meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg hadde tjenere og tjenestepiker, og jeg hadde også tjenere som ble født i mitt hus. Jeg hadde også store flokker av storfe og småfe, mer enn alle som var før meg i Jerusalem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg kjøpte slaver og slavekvinner, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus. Jeg hadde også mye buskap, både storfe og småfe, mer enn alle som var før meg i Jerusalem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg skaffet meg tjener og tjenestepiker, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus; også hadde jeg store flokker av storfe og småfe, større enn alle som hadde vært før meg i Jerusalem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg anskaffet meg tjenere og tjenestekvinner, og hadde tjenere født i mitt eget hus; jeg eide også store formuer, med både stor og liten kveg, mer enn noen i Jerusalem før meg.

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

  Jeg skaffet meg tjener og tjenestepiker, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus; også hadde jeg store flokker av storfe og småfe, større enn alle som hadde vært før meg i Jerusalem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg kjøpte slaver og slavekvinner, og jeg hadde fødte slaver i huset. Jeg hadde også mer kveg og saueflokk enn noen som hadde vært før i Jerusalem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I acquired male and female servants and had other servants born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem who had come before me.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg kjøpte tjenere og tjenestepiker, og jeg hadde tjenere som var født i huset. Jeg hadde også store flokker av storfe og småfe, mer enn alle som var før meg i Jerusalem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg eiede Tjenere og Tjenestepiger, og jeg havde hjemfødte (Tyende); jeg havde ogsaa megen Eiendom af stort Qvæg og smaat Qvæg, mere end alle de, som havde været før mig i Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg kjøpte meg tjenere og tjenestepiker, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus; jeg hadde også stor eiendom av storfe og småfe, mer enn alle som var før meg i Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg kjøpte tjenestefolk både menn og kvinner, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus. Jeg hadde også stor eiendom av kveg og sauer, mer enn alle som var før meg i Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg kjøpte mannlige og kvinnelige tjenere, og jeg hadde tjenere som ble født i huset mitt. Jeg hadde også flokker og horder mer enn noen før meg i Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg kjøpte meg tjenere og tjenestepiker, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus; også hadde jeg store eiendommer av buskap og småfe, mer enn alle som var før meg i Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg fikk meg mannfolk- og kvinnfolk-tjenere, og de fødte sønner og døtre i huset mitt. Jeg hadde stor rikdom av buskap og flokker, mer enn noen som hadde vært i Jerusalem før meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I bought seruauntes and maydes, and had a greate housholde. As for catell and shepe, I had more substaunce of them, then all they yt were before me in Ierusalem.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I haue gotten seruants and maides, and had children borne in the house: also I had great possession of beeues and sheepe aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I bought seruauntes and maydens, and had a great housholde: As for cattel and sheepe, I had more substaunce of them then all they that were before me in Hierusalem.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock– both herds and flocks– than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 13:2 : 2 And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
• Gen 14:14 : 14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
• Gen 15:3 : 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.
• Gen 17:12-13 : 12 And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. 13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
• 1 Kgs 4:23 : 23 Ten fat oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
• 1 Kgs 9:20-22 : 20 All the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel, 21 Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able to utterly destroy, upon those Solomon levied a tribute of servitude to this day. 22 But of the children of Israel Solomon made no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
• 2 Kgs 3:4 : 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder and rendered to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
• 1 Chr 27:29-31 : 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai; 30 Over the camels was also Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite; 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the officers of the substance that was king David's.
• 2 Chr 26:10 : 10 He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plains. He had farmers and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.
• 2 Chr 32:27-29 : 27 Hezekiah had great riches and honor, and he made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of beautiful items; 28 Storehouses also for the increase of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for flocks. 29 Moreover, he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very much substance.
• Ezra 2:58 : 58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
• Neh 7:57 : 57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
• Job 1:3 : 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
• Job 42:12 : 12 Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.