Verse 12

Ask me for ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to your saying to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Be om så høy brudepris og gave som dere ønsker, så skal jeg betale hva dere ber meg om. Bare gi meg jenta som min kone.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Krev så mye brudegaver og gaver dere vil, så vil jeg gi som dere sier til meg. Men gi meg piken til hustru.

• Norsk King James

  Be meg om hva som helst i medgift og gave, så vil jeg gi det dere ber om; men gi meg jenta til kone.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Be om så meget dere vil i brudepris og gave, og jeg vil gi det dere sier til meg. Bare gi meg jenta til kone.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Sett høye krav til brudepris og gave, og jeg skal gi som dere sier. Gi meg bare piken som kone."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Be meg om så mye medgift og gaver dere vil, og jeg skal gi det som dere sier til meg; bare gi meg denne piken til kone."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Spør meg om hvilken medgift og gave du vil, så vil jeg oppfylle kravet, men la meg få jenta til hustru.»

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

  Be meg om så mye medgift og gaver dere vil, og jeg skal gi det som dere sier til meg; bare gi meg denne piken til kone."

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Pål legg høyt brudepris og gave på meg, og jeg skal gi hva dere krever. Gi meg bare den unge kvinnen til kone.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Set the bride price and gift as high as you like, and I will pay whatever you ask me; just give me the young woman as a wife."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Still enhver medgift og gave høyt, og jeg skal gi det dere sier til meg. Bare gi meg jomfruen som kone.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Begjærer saare meget af mig til Morgengave og Skjenk, og jeg vil give, eftersom I sige mig; og giver mig Pigen til Hustru.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Be meg om så mye brudepris og gave som dere vil, så skal jeg gi som dere sier til meg. Men gi meg jomfruen til kone."

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Be om en stor medgift, og jeg vil gi hva som helst dere ber om, men gi meg den unge kvinnen som kone."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Øk prisen for brudeprisen og gavene, så vil jeg gi dere som dere sier til meg. Gi meg den unge kvinnen som hustru.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  «Be meg om så mye medgift og gave som dere ønsker, og jeg vil gi det slik dere sier til meg. Men gi meg piken til kone.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så mye som dere krever i brudepris og betaling, vil jeg gi; bare la meg få piken som kone.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Axe frely of me both the dowry and gyftes and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me and geue me the damsell to wyfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  requyre the dowrye and gift of me hardely, I wyll geue it acordinge as ye wyll axe, onely geue me the damsell to wife.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Aske freely of me both dowry and gyftes, and I wyll geue accordyng as ye say vnto me, so that ye geue me the damsell to wyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 22:16-17 : 16 If a man entices a maid who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
• Deut 22:28-29 : 28 If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, 29 Then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
• 1 Sam 18:25-27 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and before the days had expired, 27 Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
• 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
• Hos 3:2 : 2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.
• Matt 14:17 : 17 And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish.
• Gen 24:53 : 53 Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
• Gen 29:18 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
• Gen 31:41 : 41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times.