Verse 6

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og jeg sa: Min Gud, jeg skammer meg og føler meg flau over å løfte mitt ansikt mot deg, min Gud, for våre synder er blitt så mange at de er høyere enn vårt hode, og vår skyld har nådd til himmelen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og jeg sa: Min Gud, jeg skammer meg og rødmer for å løfte ansiktet til deg, min Gud, for våre misgjerninger har vokst over vårt hode, og vår skyld har nådd til himmelen.

• Norsk King James

  Og sa: O min Gud, jeg skammer meg og rødmer over å løfte ansiktet mitt til deg, min Gud; for våre misgjerninger er blitt mange, og våre onde gjerninger stiger opp til himmelen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg sa: Min Gud, jeg skammer meg og tør ikke løfte ansiktet til deg, min Gud! For våre synder har vokst opp over hodene våre, og vår skyld når opp til himmelen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg sa: "Min Gud, jeg er for skamfull og flau til å løfte mitt ansikt opp mot deg, min Gud, for våre synder har vokst over vårt hode og vår skyld er stor helt opp til himlene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og jeg sa: Min Gud, jeg skammer meg og rødmer for å løfte ansiktet opp mot deg, min Gud, for våre misgjerninger har vokst opp over hodet på oss, og vår skyld har nådd opp til himmelen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og jeg sa: «O min Gud, jeg skammer meg og rødmer for å løfte mitt ansikt mot deg, for våre synder har vokst over oss, og våre overtredelser har nådd himmelen.»

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

  Og jeg sa: Min Gud, jeg skammer meg og rødmer for å løfte ansiktet opp mot deg, min Gud, for våre misgjerninger har vokst opp over hodet på oss, og vår skyld har nådd opp til himmelen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og jeg sa: "Min Gud, jeg er skamfull og ydmyket over å løfte mitt ansikt mot deg, min Gud, for våre synder har vokst seg høyere enn hodet vårt, og vår skyld har blitt veldig stor, helt opp til himmelen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift my face to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg sa: 'Min Gud, jeg skammer meg og er forlegen for å løfte mitt ansikt til deg, min Gud, for våre synder har vokst oss over hodet, og vår skyld har nådd opp til himmelen.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg sagde: Min Gud! jeg blues og skammer mig ved at opløfte mit Ansigt til dig, min Gud! thi vore Misgjerninger ere mangfoldige indtil over (vort) Hoved, og vor Skyld er stor indtil Himmelen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og sa: «Å min Gud, jeg skammer meg og rødmer når jeg løfter ansiktet mitt til deg, min Gud. For våre misgjerninger har vokst seg større enn våre hoder, og våre overtredelser har vokst opp til himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg sa: Min Gud, jeg skammer meg og rødmer for å løfte mitt ansikt opp til deg, min Gud, for våre misgjerninger har vokst over vårt hode, og vår skyldighet er vokst opp til himlene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og jeg sa: 'Å min Gud, jeg skammer meg og våger ikke løfte ansiktet mitt mot deg, for våre synder har vokst oss over hodet, og vår skyld har nådd til himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg sa: Å min Gud, jeg er skamfull og rødmer for å løfte ansiktet mot deg, min Gud; for våre misgjerninger er blitt mange over våre hoder, og vår skyld har vokst opp til himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og sa: Å, min Gud, skam hindrer meg i å løfte blikket mot deg, min Gud: for våre synder har vokst høyere enn våre hoder, og vår ondskap har nådd opp til himmelen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and darre not lifte vp mine eies vnto the my God: for oure wickednesses are growne ouer oure heade, & oure trespaces are waxen greate vnto ye heaue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And said, O my God, I am confounded & ashamed, to lift vp mine eyes vnto thee my God: for our iniquities are increased ouer our head, & our trespasse is growen vp vnto the heauen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God: for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head, and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up to the heavens.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and say, `O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and I said, "My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I prayed,“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 28:9 : 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
• Rev 18:5 : 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
• Ps 38:4 : 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Gen 13:13 : 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
• Ezra 9:13 : 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this;
• Ezra 9:15 : 15 O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we remain yet as escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our trespasses, for we cannot stand before You because of this.
• Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Isa 59:12 : 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
• Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a harlot's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
• Jer 3:24-25 : 24 For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
• Jer 6:15 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush; therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
• Jer 8:12 : 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore, they shall fall among those that fall: when I punish them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
• Jer 31:19 : 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth.
• Ezek 16:63 : 63 That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
• Dan 9:7-8 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You. 8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
• Luke 15:21 : 21 And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.
• Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.