Verse 6

then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da skal hans herre ta ham frem for Gud og føre ham til døren eller dørstolpen og stikke hull i øret hans med en syl. Han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  da skal hans herre føre ham til dommerne. Han skal også føre ham til døren eller til dørstolpen, og hans herre skal stikke hans øre igjennom med en syl, og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Norsk King James

  Da skal hans herre føre ham til dommerne; han skal også føre ham til døren eller dørstolpen; og hans herre skal gjennombore øret hans med en spiker, og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  da skal hans herre føre ham fram for dommerne, og føre ham til døren eller dørstolpen, og hans herre skal stikke hull på øret hans med en syl; da skal han tjene ham for alltid.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  da skal hans herre føre ham fram for Gud og stille ham ved døren eller dørkarmen og stikke en syl gjennom hans øre, og han skal være hans trell for alltid.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  da skal hans herre ta ham med til dommerne, og føre ham til døren eller dørstolpen, og hans herre skal stikke hans øre gjennom med en syl; og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da skal hans herre føre ham for dommerne; han skal også føres til døren eller dørstokken, og hans herre skal bore et hull i hans øre med en nagle, slik at han forblir hans tjener for alltid.

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

  da skal hans herre ta ham med til dommerne, og føre ham til døren eller dørstolpen, og hans herre skal stikke hans øre gjennom med en syl; og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  skal hans herre føre ham fram for Gud. Deretter skal han føre ham til døren eller dørkarmen, og hans herre skal bore igjennom øret hans med en syl, og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  then his master shall bring him before God. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  da skal hans herre føre ham fram for Gud. Så skal han føre ham til døren eller dørkarmen og stikke hull på øret hans med en syl. Og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  da skal hans Herre, føre ham frem for Dommerne og holde ham op til Døren eller til Dørstolpen, og hans Herre skal gjennemstinge hans Øre med en Syl; saa skal han tjene ham evindeligen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  da skal hans herre føre ham fram for dommerne; han skal føre ham til døren eller dørstolpen, og hans herre skal stikke hull på øret hans med en syl, og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  skal hans herre føre ham til Gud, og føre ham til døren eller dørstolpen, og hans herre skal bore hull i hans øre med en syl. Han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  da skal herren føre ham fram for Gud. Så skal han føre ham til døren eller dørkarmen og gjennombore øret hans med en syl. Da skal han tjene herren for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  da skal hans herre føre ham fram for Gud, bringe ham til døren eller dørstolpen, og hans herre skal stikke hans øre gjennom med en syl, og han skal tjene ham for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  skal hans herre føre ham til Gud, og ved døren eller ved dørposten skal han lage et hull i øret hans med en syl, og han skal være hans tjener for alltid.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then let his master bringe him vnto the Goddes ad set him to the doore or the dorepost, ad bore his eare thorow with a naule, ad let him be his servaunte for euer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  then let his master brynge him before the Goddes, and holde him to the dore or post, and bore him thorow the eare with a botkin, and let him be his seruaunt for euer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, & set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shall serue him for euer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  His maister shall bryng hym vnto the iudges, and set hym to the doore or the doorepost, and his maister shal bore his eare through with a naule, and he shalbe his seruaunt for euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him -- to the age.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

• World English Bible (2000)

  then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  then his master must bring him to the judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

Referenced Verses

• Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.
• Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
• Exod 18:21-26 : 21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves; so it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you. 23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
• Exod 21:22 : 22 If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished according as the woman's husband imposes upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
• Exod 22:8-9 : 8 If the thief is not found, then the owner of the house shall be brought to the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor's goods. 9 For every kind of trespass, whether it is for ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing that another claims to be his, both parties shall come before the judges; and he whom the judges convict shall pay double to his neighbor.
• Exod 22:28 : 28 You shall not revile the gods nor curse the ruler of your people.
• Lev 25:23 : 23 The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
• Lev 25:40 : 40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of Jubilee:
• Num 25:5-8 : 5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay each of his men who were joined to Baal of Peor. 6 And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.
• Deut 1:16 : 16 And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him.
• Deut 15:17 : 17 Then you shall take an awl, and pierce it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant, you shall do likewise.
• Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
• Deut 19:17-18 : 17 Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in that time; 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother;
• 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 But Hannah did not go up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever.
• 1 Sam 8:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
• 1 Sam 27:12 : 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly detest him; therefore he will be my servant forever.
• 1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, Surely, you shall see what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore, I will make you keeper of my head forever.
• 1 Kgs 12:7 : 7 And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
• Ps 40:6-8 : 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened: burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. 7 Then I said, Behold, I come: in the scroll of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God: yes, Your law is within my heart.
• Isa 1:26 : 26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.