Verse 22

For I was ashamed to request from the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek him; but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om hjelp av soldater og ryttere til å beskytte oss mot fiender på vei, ettersom vi hadde sagt til kongen: 'Vår Guds hånd er over alle som søker Ham, til det gode, men Hans kraft og vrede er mot alle som forlater Ham.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For jeg skammet meg å be kongen om hærstyrke og ryttere til å hjelpe oss mot fiender underveis, fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen: Vår Guds hånd er over alle dem som søker ham til det gode, men hans makt og vrede er mot alle dem som forlater ham.

• Norsk King James

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om en horde av soldater og ryttere til å hjelpe oss mot fienden på veien; fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen at vår Guds hånd er over alle dem for godt som søker ham; men hans makt og vrede er mot dem som forlater ham.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg skammet meg for å be kongen om soldater og ryttere til beskyttelse mot fiender på veien, siden vi hadde sagt til kongen: 'Vår Guds hånd er over dem som søker ham, til deres beste, og hans makt og vrede er mot dem som forlater ham.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om hær og hester for å beskytte oss mot fienden på veien, siden vi hadde sagt til kongen: "Vår Guds hånd er over alle dem som søker Ham til det gode, men Hans styrke og sinne er mot alle dem som forlater Ham."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om en styrke av soldater og ryttere for å hjelpe oss mot fienden på veien, fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen: Vår Guds hånd er over alle dem som søker ham til det gode; men hans makt og vrede er mot alle dem som forlater ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For jeg var flau for å be kongen om en styrke av soldater og ryttere for å hjelpe oss mot fienden underveis, siden vi hadde fortalt ham: Vår Guds hånd er over de som søker ham for det gode, men hans makt og vrede er mot dem som forlater ham.

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

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om en styrke av soldater og ryttere for å hjelpe oss mot fienden på veien, fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen: Vår Guds hånd er over alle dem som søker ham til det gode; men hans makt og vrede er mot alle dem som forlater ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om en hær og ryttere til å beskytte oss mot fiender på veien, fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen: 'Vår Guds hånd er over alle som søker ham, til deres beste, men hans kraft og vrede er mot alle som forlater ham.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies along the way, since we had told the king, 'The hand of our God is favorable toward all who seek Him, but His power and wrath are against all who abandon Him.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om soldater og ryttere for å hjelpe oss mot fiender på veien, fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen: 'Vår Guds hånd er over alle som søker ham til deres gode, men hans makt og vrede er mot alle som forlater ham.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi jeg skammede mig at begjære Krigsmagt og Ryttere af Kongen til at hjælpe os fra Fjenden paa Veien; thi vi havde sagt til Kongen, sigende: Vor Guds Haand er over alle dem, som søge ham, til Gode, og hans Styrke og hans Vrede er over Alle, som forlade ham.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om en hær av soldater og ryttere for å beskytte oss mot fienden langs veien, fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen: Vår Guds hånd er over alle dem som søker ham til det gode, men hans kraft og vrede er mot alle dem som forlater ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om en styrke av soldater og ryttere til hjelp mot fienden på veien, fordi vi hadde sagt til kongen: Vår Guds hånd er over alle som søker ham til det gode, men hans makt og hans vrede er mot alle som forlater ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for jeg var skamfull over å be kongen om en vaktstyrke og ryttere for hjelp mot fienden på veien, for vi hadde sagt til kongen: 'Vår Guds hånd er over alle som søker Ham til det gode, men Hans styrke og vrede er mot alle som forlater Ham.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For jeg skammet meg over å be kongen om en vaktstyrke av soldater og ryttere for å beskytte oss mot fiender på veien, siden vi hadde sagt til kongen: Vår Guds hånd er over alle som søker ham til det gode, men hans kraft og vrede er mot alle som forlater ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For jeg turde ikke av skam be kongen om en gruppe bevæpnede menn og ryttere til å beskytte oss mot fiender på veien, for vi hadde sagt til kongen: Vår Guds hånd er over hans tjenere til deres beste, men hans makt og vrede er mot alle som vender seg bort fra ham.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For I was ashamed to require of the kynge, soudyers & horsmen, to helpe us agaynst the enemye in the waye. For we had sayde vnto the kynge: The hande of oure God is for the best vpon all them that seke him, and his violence and wrath vpon all them that forsake him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I was ashamed to require of the King an armie and horsemen, to helpe vs against the enemie in the way, because we had spoken to the King, saying, The hande of our God is vpon all them that seeke him in goodnesse, but his power & his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I was ashamed to require of the king souldiers and horsemen, to helpe vs against the enemie in the way: for we had spoken vnto the king, saying: The hande of our God is vpon all them that seke him in goodnesse, & his power and wrath is against all them that forsake hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God `is' upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath `is' upon all forsaking Him.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, "The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had said to the king,“The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger is against everyone who forsakes him.”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
• Ezra 7:6 : 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
• 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
• Ezra 7:28 : 28 And has extended mercy to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered chief men from Israel to go up with me.
• Ezra 7:9 : 9 For on the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
• 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.
• Josh 23:16 : 16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
• Lam 3:25 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
• Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
• 2 Cor 7:14 : 14 For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found to be true.
• Zeph 1:2-6 : 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, says the LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks along with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the land, says the LORD. 4 I will also stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests; 5 And those that worship the host of heaven on the rooftops; and those that worship and that swear by the LORD, and also swear by Milcom; 6 And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.
• Ps 34:15-16 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
• Ps 34:22 : 22 The LORD redeems the soul of his servants: and none of those who trust in him shall be desolate.
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Your hand shall find all your enemies: your right hand shall find those who hate you. 9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.
• Ps 33:18-19 : 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his mercy, 19 to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.
• 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.