Verse 2

And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Herrens engel viste seg for Moses i en flammende ild fra tornebusken. Moses så at busken brant, men ble ikke brent opp.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flamme av ild fra en tornebusk. Og han så at tornebusken brant med ild, men busken ble ikke fortært.

• Norsk King James

  Og Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flamme av ild fra midten av en busk. Han så, og se, busken brant, men ble ikke ødelagt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herrens engel viste seg for ham som en ildslue midt i en tornebusk. Moses så at busken brant, men den ble ikke fortært av ilden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flammende ild fra en tornebusk. Moses så at busken brant med ild, men busken ble ikke fortært.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flamme av ild midt i en busk. Han så, og se, busken brant med ild, men busken ble ikke fortært.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Herrens engel åpenbarte seg for ham i en flamme av ild midt i en busk. Han så, og se, busken brant med ild, men den ble ikke fortært.

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

  Og Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flamme av ild midt i en busk. Han så, og se, busken brant med ild, men busken ble ikke fortært.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flammende ild fra en busk. Moses så at busken brant, men den ble ikke fortært av flammene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was burning with fire, but it was not consumed.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flammende ild som kom fra en busk. Han så at busken brant med ild, men busken ble ikke fortært.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Herrens Engel aabenbaredes for ham i en Ildslue, midt af en Tornebusk; og han saae, og see, Tornebusken brændte i Ilden, dog blev Tornebusken ikke fortæret.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flammende ild midt i en tornebusk. Han så, og se, busken brant med ild, men den ble ikke fortært.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flammende ild i en tornebusk. Han så, og se, tornebusken brant, men den ble ikke fortært.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Der viste Herrens engel seg for ham i en flamme av ild midt i en tornebusk. Han så, og se, busken brant av ild, men den ble ikke fortært.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flamme av ild fra midten av en busk. Moses så, og se, busken brant i ild, men busken ble ikke fortært.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Herrens engel viste seg for ham i en flammende ild midt i en tornebusk. Han så at busken sto i brann, men den brant ikke opp.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the angell of the Lorde apeared vnto hi in a flame of fyre out of a bush. And he perceaued that the bush burned with fyre and consumed not.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the angell of ye LORDE appeared vnto him in a flame of fyre out of the bush. And he sawe that ye bush brent wt fyre, and yet was not consumed,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a flame of fire, out of the middes of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the angell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in a flambe of fire out of the middes of a busshe: And he loked, and beholde the busshe burned with fire, and the busshe was not consumed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Jehovah in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he seeth, and lo, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!

Referenced Verses

• Acts 7:30-35 : 30 And when forty years were complete, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and did not dare to look. 33 Then the Lord said to him, Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the oppression of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt. 35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
• Deut 33:16 : 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame ignite upon you.
• Mark 12:26 : 26 But concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
• Luke 20:37 : 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the bush passage, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life. 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
• Dan 3:27 : 27 And the princes, governors, captains, and the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed, nor were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
• Hos 12:4-5 : 4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept and made supplication to him; he found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us; 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is His memorial.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh.
• Isa 53:10-11 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Ps 66:12 : 12 You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water, but you brought us out into a wealthy place.
• Gen 15:13-17 : 13 And He said to Abram, Know certainly that your offspring shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete. 17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
• Gen 16:7-9 : 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You are the God who sees; for she said, Have I also here seen him who sees me?
• Gen 22:15-16 : 15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:
• Gen 48:16 : 16 The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
• Exod 3:4-9 : 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am. 5 And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. 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; 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
• Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt:
• Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.