Verse 20

It shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt, for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a savior, a great one, and He shall deliver them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det skal være et tegn og et vitnesbyrd for hærskarenes Herre i Egyptens land, for når de roper til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, skal han sende dem en redningsmann, en stor som vil befri dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det skal være et tegn og et vitne for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Egypt. For når de roper til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, skal han sende dem en frelser, en stor, og han skal redde dem.

• Norsk King James

  Og det skal være et tegn og et vitne til Herren, hærens Herre, i Egypt: de skal rope til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han skal sende dem en frelser, en stor, og han skal frelse dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det skal være et tegn og vitnesbyrd for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Egyptens land; for de skal rope til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han skal sende dem en frelser og en forsvarer, og han skal redde dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det skal være et tegn og et vitnesbyrd for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i landet Egypt. Når de roper til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, skal han sende dem en frelser og en mektig forsvarer, og han skal redde dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det skal være et tegn og vitnesbyrd for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Egypt: De skal rope til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han skal sende dem en frelser, en mektig en, og han skal redde dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det skal tjene som et tegn og en vitnesbyrd for HERREN, Hærskarers Herre, i Egypt; for de skal rope til ham på grunn av undertrykkelsen, og han skal sende dem en frelser, en mektig en, som skal redde dem.

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

  Det skal være et tegn og vitnesbyrd for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Egypt: De skal rope til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han skal sende dem en frelser, en mektig en, og han skal redde dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det skal være et tegn og et vitne for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Egypt. Når de roper til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, skal han sende dem en frelser og forsvarer, og han skal redde dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender, and He will rescue them.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det skal være til et tegn og et vitnesbyrd for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Egyptens land. Når de roper til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, skal han sende dem en redningsmann og forsvarer, og han skal frelse dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og den skal være den Herre Zebaoth til et Tegn og til et Vidne i Ægypti Land; thi de skulle raabe til Herren for deres Skyld, som fortrykke (dem), og han skal sende dem en Frelser og en Mægtig, og frie dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette skal være et tegn og et vitnesbyrd for Herrens hærskare i Egypt: for de skal rope til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han skal sende dem en frelser, en stor, og han skal frelse dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det skal være et tegn og et vitne for Hærskarenes Gud i Egypts land; for de skal rope til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han vil sende dem en frelser og en beskytter, og han vil fri dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det skal være et tegn og et vitnesbyrd for Herrens, hærskarenes Gud, i Egypt. For de roper til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han sender dem en frelser, ja, en mektig, og han har befridd dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og det skal være et tegn og et vitnesbyrd for hærskarenes Gud i Egypt; for de skal rope til Herren på grunn av undertrykkerne, og han vil sende dem en frelser og en forsvarer, og han vil befri dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det vil være et tegn og et vitne for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Egypts land. Når de roper til Herren på grunn av sine undertrykkere, vil han sende dem en frelser, en mektig en, for å sette dem fri.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This shalbe a token or testimony vnto the LORDE of hoostes in the londe of Egipte, when they shal crie vnto him, because of those that oppresse them: that he shal sende them a captayne and a Sauioure to delyuer them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And it shall be for a signe and for a witnes vnto the Lord of hostes in the land of Egypt: for they shall crie vnto the Lorde, because of the oppressers, and he shall send them a Sauiour and a great man, and shall deliuer them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And it shalbe a token and a witnesse vnto the Lorde of hostes in the lande of Egypt: For they shal crie vnto the Lord because of such as trouble them, and he shall sende them a sauiour and a great man to delyuer them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It shall be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior, and a defender, and he will deliver them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry unto Jehovah from the face of oppressors, And He sendeth to them a saviour, Even a great one, and hath delivered them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he will deliver them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt: when they are crying out to the Lord because of their cruel masters, then he will send them a saviour and a strong one to make them free.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It will become a visual reminder in the land of Egypt of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. When they cry out to the LORD because of oppressors, he will send them a deliverer and defender who will rescue them.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 2:23 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
• Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
• Josh 4:20-21 : 20 And Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan. 21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?
• Josh 22:27-28 : 27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD. 28 Therefore we said that it shall be, when they should say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but it is a witness between us and you.
• Josh 22:34 : 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
• Josh 24:26-27 : 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a large stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.
• 2 Kgs 13:4-5 : 4 Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. 5 The LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
• Isa 19:4 : 4 I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord, and a fierce king shall rule over them, says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 20:4 : 4 So will the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners, and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
• Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
• Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Declare and bring them near; indeed, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient times? who has told it from that time? have not I, the LORD? and there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me. 22 Look to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
• Isa 49:25-26 : 25 But thus says the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children. 26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
• Isa 52:5 : 5 Now therefore, what have I here, says the LORD, that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them make them to wail, says the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
• Isa 55:13 : 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
• Luke 2:11 : 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ;
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.