Verse 1

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for ham og sa: 'Jeg er Gud, den Allmektige; vandre foran meg og vær helt trofast.'

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for Abram og sa til ham: Jeg er den Allmektige Gud. Vandrer for mitt åsyn og vær ren.

  • Norsk King James

    Og da Abram var nittini år gammel, åpenbarte Herren seg for ham og sa: Jeg er den Allmektige Gud; gå foran meg og vær fullkommen.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og Abram var nittini år gammel da Herren viste seg for ham og sa: Jeg er Gud Den Allmektige. Lev for meg og vær helhjertet.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for ham og sa til ham: "Jeg er Gud Den Allmektige. Vandre for mitt ansikt og vær fullkommen.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for ham og sa: Jeg er den allmektige Gud; vandre for mitt åsyn og vær fullkommen.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Og da Abram var nitti år og ni, åpenbarte Herren seg for Abram og sa til ham: "Jeg er den allmektige Gud; vandre for meg, og vær fullkommen."

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

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for ham og sa: Jeg er den allmektige Gud; vandre for mitt åsyn og vær fullkommen.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, åpenbarte Herren seg for ham og sa: Jeg er Gud den Allmektige. Vandre for mine øyne og vær ulastelig.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless."

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Abram var nittini år gammel da Herren viste seg for ham og sa: 'Jeg er Gud den Allmektige. Vandre for mitt åsyn og vær helhjertet.'

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og Abram var ni Aar og halvfemsindstyve Aar gammel, og Herren aabenbaredes Abram og sagde til ham: Jeg er den almægtige Gud, vandre for mit Ansigt, og vær fuldkommen.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for ham og sa: Jeg er Gud Den Allmektige; vandre for meg og vær ulastelig.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for ham og sa: «Jeg er Gud den Allmektige. Vandre for meg og vær skyldfri.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Og Abram var nittini år gammel da Herren viste seg for ham og sa til ham: 'Jeg er Gud Den Allmektige; vandre stadig foran Meg, og vær fullkommen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Da Abram var nittini år gammel, viste Herren seg for ham og sa: Jeg er Gud Den Allmektige; vandre for mitt ansikt og vær fullkommen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Når Abram var nittini år gammel, kom Herren til ham og sa: Jeg er Gud, hersker over alt; vandre i mine veier og vær ulastelig i alle ting.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    When Abram was nynetye yere olde and ix. the LORde apeared to hym sayenge: I am the almyghtie God: walke before me ad be vncorrupte.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Now whan Abram was nyentye yeare olde and nyene, the LORDE appeared vnto him, & sayde vnto him: I am the allmightie God, walke before me, & be vncorrupte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When Abram was ninetie yeere olde and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. walke before me, and be thou vpright,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    When Abram was ninetie yere olde and nine, the Lorde appeared to hym, and sayde vnto hym: I am the almightie God, walke before me, and be thou perfect.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I `am' God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 18:13 : 13 You shall be perfect with the LORD your God.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and avoided evil.
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beg You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beg You, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Ps 116:9 : 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come from your body;
  • 1 Kgs 8:25 : 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
  • Exod 6:3 : 3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH I was not known to them.
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 Therefore he is able also to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
  • Heb 12:28 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
  • Matt 19:26 : 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  • Acts 23:1 : 1 Paul, earnestly looking at the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And here I exercise myself, to have always a conscience without offense toward God, and toward men.
  • Eph 3:20 : 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for you:
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Num 11:23 : 23 And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD's hand shortened? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass to you or not.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show partiality nor take a bribe:
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in the heavens; He has done whatever He has pleased.
  • Gen 48:15 : 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day,
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 And Enoch walked with God after he had Methuselah three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
  • Gen 12:1 : 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your descendants will I give this land: and there he built an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
  • Gen 16:16 : 16 And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
  • Gen 18:1 : 1 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.