Verse 3

In the first year of King Cyrus, the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its width sixty cubits;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  I det første regjeringsåret til kong Kyros, ga han en befaling: 'Guds hus i Jerusalem skal gjenoppbygges, stedet for ofring, og fundamentene skal legges. Huset skal være seksti alen høyt og seksti alen bredt.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  I det første året av kong Kyros' regjering utstedte den samme Kyros en erklæring angående Guds hus i Jerusalem: La huset bygges opp, stedet hvor de ofret, og la grunnvollene legges solid. Det skal ha en høyde av seksti alen og en bredde av seksti alen.

• Norsk King James

  I det første året av kong Kyros, utstedte han et dekret om at huset til Gud skulle bygges i Jerusalem, der ofrene ble ofret, og at grunnvollene skulle legges solid; høyden skulle være seksti alen, og bredden seksti alen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  I det første året til kong Kyros ga han en befaling om Guds hus i Jerusalem at huset skulle bygges som et sted hvor man ofrer offer, og at murene skulle være seksti alen høye og seksti alen brede.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  I det første året av Kyros, kongen, ga han en befaling: Guds hus i Jerusalem skal bygges på det stedet hvor de ofrer ofrene, og dets grunnvoller skal legges, med en høyde på seksti alen og en bredde på seksti alen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  I det første året som Kyros var konge, gav kong Kyros en befaling angående Guds hus i Jerusalem: La huset bli bygget, stedet hvor de ofret, og grunnvollene ble lagt med styrke; høyden og bredden skulle være tretti meter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  I det første året under kong Kyros – den samme kong Kyros – utstedte han et påbud angående Guds hus i Jerusalem: La huset bli gjenreiset, det sted der de ofrer, og la fundamentene bli lagt grundig; høyden skal være seksti alen, og bredden seksti alen.

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

  I det første året som Kyros var konge, gav kong Kyros en befaling angående Guds hus i Jerusalem: La huset bli bygget, stedet hvor de ofret, og grunnvollene ble lagt med styrke; høyden og bredden skulle være tretti meter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  I det første året av kong Kyros, ga kong Kyros en befaling om at Guds hus i Jerusalem skulle bygges som et sted hvor ofringer skulle bli utført, med solide grunnmurer. Dets høyde og bredde skulle være seksti alen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree: The house of God in Jerusalem is to be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered, with its foundations firmly laid. Its height is to be sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  I det første året av kong Kyros’ regjeringstid utstedte kong Kyros en befaling om at Guds tempel i Jerusalem skulle gjenreises, stedet der ofre blir brakt, og dens grunnvoller skulle legges igjen. Høyden skulle være seksti alen, og bredden skulle være seksti alen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I Kong Cyri første Aar gav Kong Cyrus Befaling om Guds Huus i Jerusalem, at Huset skulde bygges til at være et Sted, hvor man offrer Offer, og at de skulde opføre dets Mure, tredsindstyve Alen i sin Høide, og tredsindstyve Alen i sin Bredde;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  I det første året til kong Kyros, ga denne Kyros en befaling om Guds hus i Jerusalem: La huset bli bygd, stedet hvor de ofret, og la grunnvollene bli godt lagt; høyden skulle være seksti alen, og bredden seksti alen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  I det første året til kong Kyros utstedte han et dekret: Når det gjelder Guds hus i Jerusalem, la huset bygges, stedet der de ofrer, og la grunnvollene legges sterkt; huset skal være seksti alen høyt og seksti alen bredt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  'I det første året til kong Kyros ga kong Kyros en befaling angående Guds hus i Jerusalem: La huset bygges på stedet der de ofrer, og legg fundamentene sterkt; det skal være seksti alen høyt og seksti alen bredt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  I det første året til kong Kyros ga kong Kyros en befaling: Angående Guds hus i Jerusalem, skal huset bygges, stedet hvor de ofrer, og grunnvollene skal legges kraftig; dets høyde skal være seksti alen, og bredden seksti alen;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  I det første året av kong Kyros' styre ga Kyros en befaling: I forbindelse med Guds hus i Jerusalem skal huset gjenoppføres, stedet der de frembærer ofringer. La grunnvollene legges; huset skal være seksti alen høyt og seksti alen bredt;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In the first yeare of kynge Cyrus, comaunded the same kynge Cyrus to buylde ye house of God at Ierusalem, in the place where the sacrifice is made, & to laye the foundacion to beare thre score cubites heyght, & thre score cubites bredth,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In the first yeere of King Cyrus, King Cyrus made a decree for the house of God in Ierusalem, Let the house be buylt, euen the place where they offred sacrifices, and let the walles thereof be ioyned together: let the height thereof be three score cubites, and the breadth thereof three score cubites,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In the first yere of king Cyrus, gaue the same king Cyrus commaundement concerning the house of God at Hierusalem, that the same house should be builded in the place where they offer the sacrifices, & to ioyne the walles together of threescore cubites heyght, and threescore cubites breadth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations of it be strongly laid; the height of it sixty cubits, and the breadth of it sixty cubits;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;

• World English Bible (2000)

  In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus gave orders concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem:‘Let the temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be set in place. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:5-6 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come: 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:
• Deut 12:11-14 : 11 Then there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD: 12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion or inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see: 14 But in the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
• 1 Kgs 6:2-3 : 2 And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 3 And the porch in front of the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.
• 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?
• 2 Chr 3:3-4 : 3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits according to the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. 4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was one hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
• 2 Chr 36:22-Ezra 1:4 : 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, so that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing, saying, 2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (he is the God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
• Ezra 5:13-15 : 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And also the vessels of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those king Cyrus took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he made governor; 15 And he said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.
• Ps 122:4 : 4 Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
• Ezek 41:13-15 : 13 So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place and the building, with its walls, were one hundred cubits long; 14 Also the width of the face of the house and of the separate place toward the east was one hundred cubits. 15 And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate place that was behind it, along with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple and the porches of the court;
• Rev 21:16 : 16 And the city lies four-square, and the length is as large as the width: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the width and the height of it are equal.