Verse 49

Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Josef samlet korn i mengde som sanden ved havet; så mye at han til slutt sluttet å telle, fordi det var umålelig.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Josef samlet korn som sand ved havet, så mye at han sluttet å telle; for det var uten tall.

• Norsk King James

  Og Josef samlet korn i mengder som sanden i havet, så mye, at han sluttet å telle; for det var uten tall.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Josef samlet korn i store mengder, som havets sand, helt til han sluttet å telle, for det var umulig å holde styr på.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Josef samlet korn som sanden ved havet, i mengder så store at han til slutt sluttet å måle det, for det var uten tall.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Josef samlet korn som sanden ved havet, så mye at han sluttet å telle; for det var uten tall.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Josef samlet korn som sanden ved havet, i så store mengder at det ikke var mulig å telle det, for de var utallige.

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

  Og Josef samlet korn som sanden ved havet, så mye at han sluttet å telle; for det var uten tall.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Josef lagret korn som sanden ved havet, så mye at de sluttet å telle fordi det ikke kunne måles.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Joseph stored up grain in such great abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så samlet Josef korn som havet sand, overmåte mye, inntil de holdt opp med å telle det, for det var uten tall.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa samlede Joseph Korn som Havets Sand, overmaade meget, indtil han lod af at tælle, thi der var ikke Tal paa.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Josef samlet korn som sanden ved havet, i så stor mengde at han sluttet å telle; for det var talløst.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Josef lagret korn som sanden i havet, så mye at han til slutt ikke kunne telle det, for det var uten tall.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Josef samlet korn som sand ved havet, i så rikelig menge, at han sluttet å telle, for det kunne ikke måles.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Josef samlet korn som havets sand, uhyre mye, til han sluttet å telle; for det var uten tall.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han samlet opp et lager av korn som sanden ved havet, så stort et lager at til slutt stoppet han å måle det, for det kunne ikke måles.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Ioseph layde vp corne in stoore lyke vnto the sande of the see in multitude out of mesure vntyll he left nombrynge: For it was with out nombre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So Ioseph layed vp the corne in stoare, and that moch aboue measure, as the sonde of the see: in so moch yt he left of nombrynge of it, for it coude not be nombred.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Ioseph gathered wheate, like vnto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Ioseph layed vp corne in store lyke vnto the sande of the sea, in multitude out of measure, vntyll he left numbryng: for it was without number.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:27 : 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
• Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
• Judg 6:5 : 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts in multitude; for both they and their camels were without number, and they entered into the land to destroy it.
• Judg 7:12 : 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay in the valley as numerous as locusts, and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore for multitude.
• 1 Sam 13:5 : 5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as numerous as the sand on the seashore; and they came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Bethaven.
• Job 1:3 : 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
• Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.