Verse 1

Keep silent before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hør på meg, dere fjerne øyer! La folkene styrke seg og komme nær for å tale; la oss samles for å avgjøre.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vær stille for meg, dere øyer; la folket fornye sin styrke: la dem komme nær, og så la dem tale, la oss komme sammen til dom.

• Norsk King James

  Vær stille for meg, dere øyer; la folket finne ny styrke: la dem komme nær, la dem tale; la oss samles for å dømme.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Øyer, vær stille for meg, så folkene kan fornye sin styrke; la dem komme og tale, la oss møtes til doms sammen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vær stille for meg, øyer, og folkeslag, forny deres styrke. La dem nærme seg, så skal de tale. La oss sammen nærme oss for dom.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vær stille for meg, øyer; la folk fornye sin styrke. La dem komme nær, og så la dem tale; la oss komme nær sammen til dom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hold dere stille for meg, øyer, og la folket hente ny styrke. La dem komme nær, så skal de tale; la oss sammen nærme oss dommen.

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

  Vær stille for meg, øyer; la folk fornye sin styrke. La dem komme nær, og så la dem tale; la oss komme nær sammen til dom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vær stille for meg, dere øyer, og la folkene fornye sin styrke. La dem komme nær for å tale sammen, la oss nærme oss til dommen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Be silent before me, you coastlands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them approach and speak; let us come together for judgment.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.41.1", "source": "הַחֲרִ֤ישׁוּ אֵלַי֙ אִיִּ֔ים וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֑חַ יִגְּשׁוּ֙ אָ֣ז יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ יַחְדָּ֖ו לַמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט נִקְרָֽבָה׃", "text": "*hăḥărîšû* to-me *ʾiyyîm* *wələ'ummîm* *yaḥălîpû kōaḥ* *yiggəšû* then *yədabbērû* together to-the-*mišpāṭ* *niqrāḇâ*", "grammar": { "*hăḥărîšû*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine plural - be silent/keep silent", "*ʾiyyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - islands/coastlands", "*wələ'ummîm*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural - and peoples/nations", "*yaḥălîpû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - renew/change/replace", "*kōaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - strength/power", "*yiggəšû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - approach/come near", "*yədabbērû*": "verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - speak", "*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - judgment/justice/legal case", "*niqrāḇâ*": "verb, qal cohortative 1st person plural - let us come near/approach" }, "variants": { "*hăḥărîšû*": "be silent/keep quiet/listen in silence", "*ʾiyyîm*": "islands/coastlands/coastal regions", "*yaḥălîpû*": "renew/exchange/replace/strengthen", "*kōaḥ*": "strength/power/might", "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/legal case/trial", "*niqrāḇâ*": "let us approach/draw near together for judgment" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vær stille for meg, dere øyer! Folkeslag, la deres styrke fornye seg! La dem komme nær, så de kan tale; la oss komme sammen til dom.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I Øer! tier for mig, og lad Folkene fornye (deres) Kraft; lad dem komme, lad dem da tale, lad os nærme os, (at komme) for Retten tilsammen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vær stille for meg, dere øyer; la folkene fornye sin styrke. La dem komme nær; så kan de tale. La oss komme sammen til dom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hold dere i ro foran meg, øyer; og la folkene fornye sin styrke: la dem komme nær; så kan de tale; la oss nærme oss sammen til dom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vær stille overfor meg, øyer, og folk, la makt gå forbi, de kommer nær, så taler de, 'Sammen nærmer vi oss dommen.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hold dere stille foran meg, dere øyer; og la folkene fornye sin styrke: la dem komme nær, så kan de tale; la oss tre fram sammen til dom.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Kom i stillhet foran meg, dere kystland, og la folkene samle sin styrke: la dem nærme seg; la dem deretter si hva de har å si: la oss fremføre vår sak mot hverandre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Be still (ye Ilondes) and herken vnto me. Be stronge ye people, Come hither, and shew youre cause, we will go to the lawe together.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Keepe silence before mee, O ylands, and let the people renue their strength: let the come neere, and let them speake: let vs come together into iudgement.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be styll you Ilandes and hearken vnto me: let the people lay their strength together, let them come hither, and then shew their cause: we will go to the lawe together.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on `to' power, They come nigh, then they speak, `Together -- to judgment we draw near.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let's meet together for judgment.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Challenges the Nations“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
• Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for He is raised up out of His holy dwelling.
• Joel 3:10-11 : 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together round about; cause your mighty ones to come down there, O LORD.
• Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isa 34:1 : 1 Come near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.
• Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; and listen, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
• Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 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 31:35-36 : 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. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
• Job 38:3 : 3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.
• Job 40:7-9 : 7 Gird up your loins now like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 8 Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? 9 Do you have an arm like God, or can you thunder with a voice like him? 10 Adorn yourself now with majesty and excellency, and array yourself with glory and beauty.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Isa 41:21-22 : 21 Produce your cause, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come.
• Isa 48:16 : 16 Come near to me, hear this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, I am there: and now the Lord GOD and his Spirit have sent me.
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen to me, O islands; and hear me, you people from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from my mother's body he has made mention of my name.
• Isa 50:8 : 8 He is near that justifies me; who will contend with me? Let us stand together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
• Mic 6:1-3 : 1 Hear now what the LORD says; Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, O mountains, the LORD'S dispute, and you strong foundations of the earth, for the LORD has a dispute with His people, and He will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.