Verse 12

Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Sår rettferdighet, så skal dere høste fruktene av kjærlighet. Bryt opp ny mark, for det er tid for å søke Herren, til han kommer og lar rettferdigheten strømme over dere.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så for dere selv i rettferdighet, høst i barmhjertighet; bryt opp deres liggende mark. For det er tid til å søke Herren, til han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Norsk King James

  Så så for dere selv i rettferdighet, høst i barmhjertighet; bryt opp deres urørte jord: for tiden er inne til å søke Herren, til han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så i rettferdighet, høst i miskunn, bryt nytt land; for det er tid til å søke Herren, til han kommer og lærer dere rettferdighet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så for dere selv etter rettferdighet, høst etter kjærlighet, pløy dere ny mark; det er tid for å søke Herren inntil han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så for dere selv i rettferdighet, høst i nåde; bryt opp den brakklagte marken: for det er tid til å søke Herren, til han kommer og regner rettferdighet over dere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Sås til dere selv i rettferdighet, og høst i barmhjertighet; bryt opp den brudde jorden, for det er tid for å søke Herren, inntil han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

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

  Så for dere selv i rettferdighet, høst i nåde; bryt opp den brakklagte marken: for det er tid til å søke Herren, til han kommer og regner rettferdighet over dere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så for dere i rettferd, høst etter kjærlighetens mål, bearbeid jorden for dere selv. Det er tid til å søke Herren til han kommer og lar rettferd regne over dere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så rettferdighets sæd for dere selv, høst i barmhjertighet. Pløy deres brakkmark. Nå er tiden inne til å søke Herren, til han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saaer eder til Retfærdighed, høster til Miskundhed, pløier eder nyt Land paa ny; thi (det er) Tid at søge Herren, indtil han kommer og lærer eder Retfærdighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så i rettferdighet for dere selv, høst i nåde; bryt opp den brakkede marken deres, for det er på tide å søke Herren til han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så i rettferdighet, høst i barmhjertighet. Bryt opp din udyrkede jord; for det er tid til å søke Yahweh, inntil han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så rettferdighet for dere selv, høst i trofast kjærlighet. Bruk kunnskapens mark, og søk Herren til han kommer og lar rettferdighet lyse over dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så i rettferdighet, høst etter miskunn; bryt opp din brakke jord; for det er tid til å søke Herren, til han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så ut rettferdighets korn, høst din avling med miskunn, vend deres upløyde jord: for det er tid for å søke Herren, til han kommer og lar rettferdighet regne over dere.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that they might sowe vnto rightuousnes, and reape the frutes of weldoynge: yt they might plowe vp their fresh londe, and seke the LORDE, till he came, and lerned them rightuousnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sowe to your selues in righteousnes: reape after the measure of mercy: breake vp your fallowe grounde: for it is time to seeke the Lorde, till he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Sowe to your selues in righteousnesse, and reape the fruites of well doyng, plowe vp your freshe lande: for it is tyme to seeke the Lorde tyll he come and rayne righteousnesse vpon you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; For it is time to seek Yahweh, Until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:3-4 : 3 For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your unplowed ground, and sow not among thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
• Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we pursue to know the LORD: his coming is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.
• Isa 45:8 : 8 Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
• Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
• Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
• Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring:
• Jer 29:12-14 : 12 Then you will call upon me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD; and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.
• Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek the LORD their God.
• Ezek 34:26 : 26 And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
• Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore, turn to your God: keep mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.
• Amos 5:4 : 4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live:
• Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
• Amos 5:8 : 8 Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
• Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
• Zeph 2:1-3 : 1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you. 3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have carried out His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.
• Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
• Acts 2:18 : 18 On My servants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy:
• 1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. 7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth.
• Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
• Ps 105:4 : 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face continually.
• Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He who goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
• Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
• Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isa 30:23 : 23 Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.
• Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
• Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.