Verse 14

For here we do not have a continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For her har vi ingen vedvarende by, men vi søker den som skal komme.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For vi har ikke en by som består her, men vi søker den kommende.

• Norsk King James

  For her har vi ingen vedvarende by, men vi søker byen som skal komme.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For her har vi ikke en varig by, men vi søker den kommende.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For vi har her ikke en blivende stad, men vi søker den kommende.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For her har vi ingen varig by, men vi søker den kommende.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For her har vi ingen varig by, men vi lengter etter den som skal komme.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For her har vi ingen varig by, men vi lengter etter en som skal komme.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For her har vi ikke noen blivende by, men vi søker den kommende.

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

  For her har vi ikke noen blivende by, men vi søker den kommende.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For her har vi ingen by som består, men vi søker den kommende.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For here we have no lasting city, but we eagerly seek the city that is to come.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For her har vi ingen varig by, men vi søker den som skal komme.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  thi vi have her ikke en blivende Stad, men søge efter den tilkommende.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For her har vi ingen varig by, men vi søker den som skal komme.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For vi har ikke her en varig by, men vi søker den som kommer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For her har vi ingen by som består, men vi søker den kommende.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For her har vi ingen by som består, men vi søker den som skal komme.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For her har vi ingen varig by, men vi søker den som kommer.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For here have we no continuynge citie: but we seke one to come.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for here haue we no contynuynge cite, but we seke one to come.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For here haue we no continuing citie: but we seeke one to come.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For here haue we no continuyng citie: but we seke one to come.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

Referenced Verses

• Phil 3:20 : 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
• Mic 2:10 : 10 Arise and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a severe destruction.
• 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
• 2 Cor 4:17-5:8 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling which is from heaven: 3 If indeed, being clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that mortality might be swallowed up by life. 5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
• Eph 2:19 : 19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God;
• Col 3:1-3 : 1 If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
• Heb 4:9 : 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
• Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
• Heb 11:12-16 : 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• 2 Pet 3:13-14 : 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.