Verse 1

I will stand upon my watch, and set myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am corrected.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg vil stå vakt og lytte etter hva han vil si til meg, og hvordan jeg skal svare når jeg blir irettesatt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vil stå på vaktposten min, sette meg på utkikkstårnet, og holde utkikk for å se hva han vil si til meg, og hva jeg skal svare når jeg blir irettesatt.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg vil stå ved min post og klatre opp i tårnet mitt, og jeg vil se etter hva han vil si til meg, og hvordan jeg skal svare når han gir meg irettesettelse.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg sto på min vaktpost og stilte meg opp på festningsvollen, og jeg ventet ivrig for å se hva han ville si til meg, og hva jeg skulle svare ut fra min overbevisning.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg vil stå på min vaktpost og ta stilling på festningsvollen. Jeg vil se hva han vil si til meg, og hva jeg kan svare på min irettesettelse.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg vil stå på min vaktpost og stille meg på festningstårnet, og jeg vil speide for å se hva han vil si til meg, og hva jeg skal svare når jeg blir irettesatt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg skal stå på vakt og sette meg opp på tårnet for å se hva han vil si til meg, og hvilket svar jeg skal gi når jeg blir irettesatt.

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

  Jeg vil stå på min vaktpost og stille meg på festningstårnet, og jeg vil speide for å se hva han vil si til meg, og hva jeg skal svare når jeg blir irettesatt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg vil stå på min vaktpost og stille meg på festningsvollen; jeg vil speide for å se hva han vil tale til meg, og hva jeg skal svare på min klage.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the rampart; I will wait to see what He will say to me and what I will answer regarding my complaint.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg vil stå på min vaktpost og stille meg på muren, og jeg vil speide for å se hva han vil tale til meg, og hva jeg skal svare på min klage.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg stod paa min Vagt og stillede mig paa Befæstningen, og jeg varede (flitteligen) paa, for at see, hvad han vilde tale ved mig, og hvad jeg skulde svare igjen efter min Overbeviisning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg vil være på vakt, stå på tårnet, og speide for å se hva han vil si til meg, og hva jeg skal svare når jeg blir irettesatt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vil stå på min vaktpost og stille meg på festningsvollen. Jeg vil se ut for å se hva han vil si til meg, og hva jeg skal svare på min klage.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg står på vakt og stiller meg på festningsmuren, og jeg speider for å se hva Herren vil si til meg, og hva jeg skal svare når jeg blir irettesatt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg vil stå på vaktposten min og stille meg på tårnet, for å se hva han vil tale til meg, og hva jeg skal svare på min klage.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg vil ta min plass og holde vakt, stå på tårnet, se etter hva han vil si til meg, og hvilket svar han vil gi til min klage.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I stode vpon my watch, and set me vpon my bulworke, to loke & se what he wolde saye vnto me, and what answere I shulde geue him yt reproueth me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will stand vpon my watch, and set me vpon the towre, and wil looke and see what he would say vnto mee, and what I shall answere to him that rebuketh me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I will stande vpon my watche, and set me vpon the towre, & will loke, and see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall aunswere to him that rebuketh me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 21:8 : 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am stationed in my post every night:
• Ps 85:8 : 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak, for He will speak peace unto His people and to His saints, but let them not turn again to folly.
• Isa 21:5 : 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
• Isa 21:11-12 : 11 The prophecy concerning Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire; return, come.
• Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent,
• Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?
• Hab 1:12-17 : 12 Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O mighty God, You have established them for correction. 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a man more righteous than he? 14 You make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them. 15 They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet; therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
• 2 Cor 13:3 : 3 Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you.
• Gal 1:16 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
• 2 Sam 18:24 : 24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
• 2 Kgs 9:17 : 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
• 2 Kgs 17:9 : 9 The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortified city.
• Job 23:5-7 : 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.
• Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.
• Job 31:37 : 37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.
• Ps 5:3 : 3 In the morning, O LORD, you shall hear my voice; in the morning, I will direct my prayer to you, and will look up.
• Ps 73:16-17 : 16 When I thought to understand this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.