Verse 38

of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  (Disse var ikke verdige for verden:) de vandret omkring i ørkener og fjell, og i huler og huler på jorden.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  (De var ikke verdt noe for denne verden;) de vandret omkring i ørkenen, og på fjell og i hulene og i jordens dyp.

• Norsk King James

  Av hvem verden ikke var verdig; de vandret i ørkener, i fjell, og i huler og skjul på jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  - verden var ikke verdig dem - de vandret i ørkener og fjell, og i huler og bergkløfter.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  (De som verden ikke var verdig til:) de vandret i ørkener, fjell, huler og hulrom i jorden.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Verden var ikke verdige dem, og de streifet omkring i ørkener og fjell, huler og jordens huler.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  dem var ikke verden verdig; de vandret i ørkener og i fjell, i huler og jordens grotter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Av disse var verden ikke verdig; de vandret i ørkener, på fjell, i huler og skjulesteder over hele jorden.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Verden var dem ikke verdig. De vandret omkring i ørkener og fjell, i huler og jordens kløfter.

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

  Verden var dem ikke verdig. De vandret omkring i ørkener og fjell, i huler og jordens kløfter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  (Verden var ikke verdig dem.) De vandret i ørkener, fjell, huler og jordhuler.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts, and on mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Hebrews.11.38", "source": "(Ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος:) ἐν ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι, καὶ ὄρεσιν, καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς.", "text": "(Of whom *ouk* *ēn* *axios* the *kosmos*:) in *erēmiais* *planōmenoi*, and *oresin*, and *spēlaiois* and the *opais* of the *gēs*.", "grammar": { "*ouk*": "negative particle - not", "*ēn*": "imperfect indicative, 3rd singular - was", "*axios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - worthy", "*kosmos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - world", "*erēmiais*": "dative, feminine, plural - deserts/wilderness", "*planōmenoi*": "present passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - wandering", "*oresin*": "dative, neuter, plural - mountains", "*spēlaiois*": "dative, neuter, plural - caves", "*opais*": "dative, feminine, plural - holes/openings", "*gēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of earth/land" }, "variants": { "*axios*": "worthy/deserving/suitable", "*kosmos*": "world/universe/mankind", "*erēmiais*": "deserts/wilderness/desolate places", "*planōmenoi*": "wandering/roaming/straying", "*oresin*": "mountains/hills", "*spēlaiois*": "caves/dens/caverns", "*opais*": "holes/openings/crevices", "*gēs*": "earth/land/ground" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  (Verden var ikke verdig dem;) de vandret omkring i ørkener og fjell, i huler og jordens grotter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  — Verden var dem ikke værd — omvankende i Ørkener og paa Bjerge og i Jordens Huler og Kløfter.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  (Som verden ikke var verdig til:) de vandret i ødemarker, og i fjell, og i huler og jordens grotter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Verden var dem ikke verdig. De vandret omkring i ørkener, fjell, huler og jordens hull.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  dem var verden ikke verdige; de flakket omkring i ørkener og fjell, i huler og jordens grotter.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  – verden var dem ikke verdig –, drev omkring i ørkener og fjell, i huler og jordens gjemmer.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De vandret i ørkener, fjell og huler og jordhuler, for verden var ikke verd dem.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  which ye worlde was not worthy of: they wadred in wildernes in moutaynes in dennes and caves of the erth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  which (men) the worlde was not worthy of: they wandred aboute in wyldernesses, vpon mountaynes, in dennes and caues of the earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whom the world was not worthie of: they wandered in wildernesses and mountaines, and dennes, and caues of the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Of who the worlde was not worthie: They wandred in wildernesse, and in mountaynes, and in dennes, and caues of the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and `in' mountains, and `in' caves, and `in' the holes of the earth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

• World English Bible (2000)

  (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
• 1 Kgs 19:9 : 9 And he came to a cave and lodged there, and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?
• 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
• 1 Sam 24:1-3 : 1 And it came to pass, when Saul returned from following the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
• 1 Sam 26:1 : 1 And the Ziphites came to Saul in Gibeah, saying, Does David not hide himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
• 1 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
• Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
• 2 Kgs 23:25-29 : 25 And before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his strength, according to all the law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him. 26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. 27 And the LORD said, I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29 In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. And King Josiah went out against him; and he was killed at Megiddo when he had seen him.
• Ps 142:1-7 : 1 I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD did I make my plea. 2 I poured out my complaint before Him; I showed Him my trouble. 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walked, they secretly laid a snare for me. 4 I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no one who would know me; refuge failed me; no one cared for my soul. 5 I cried unto You, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me.
• 1 Kgs 14:12-13 : 12 Arise therefore, go to your own house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
• 1 Kgs 17:3 : 3 Get yourself away from here, and turn eastward, and hide by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
• 1 Sam 23:15 : 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.
• 1 Sam 23:19 : 19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
• 1 Sam 23:23 : 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.