Verse 16

And I will bring the blind by a way they do not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg vil lede de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner; på stier de ikke vet om, vil jeg føre dem. Jeg vil gjøre mørket foran dem til lys og de krokete stiene rette. Dette er de tingene jeg skal gjøre, og jeg vil ikke forlate dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vil lede de blinde på en vei de ikke har kjent, jeg vil føre dem på stier de ikke har kjent. Jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys foran dem, og de krokete stiene rette. Disse ting vil jeg gjøre mot dem, og ikke forlate dem.

• Norsk King James

  Og jeg vil føre de blinde på en vei de ikke kjente; jeg vil lede dem på stier de ikke har kjent: jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys for dem, og krummede ting rette. Dette vil jeg gjøre mot dem, og ikke forlate dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil lede de blinde på vei de ikke kjenner, føre dem på stier ukjente for dem; jeg vil gjøre mørke til lys foran dem, kronglete steder rette. Dette har jeg gjort for dem, og jeg forlater dem ikke.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg skal føre de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner, og på stier de ikke vet om skal jeg lede dem. Jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys for dem, og de krokete stedene til slette stier. Disse tingene gjør jeg og forlater dem ikke.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg vil føre de blinde langs en vei de ikke kjenner; jeg vil lede dem på stier de ikke kjenner: jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys foran dem, og de krokete stier rette. Dette vil jeg gjøre for dem, og ikke forlate dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg vil lede de blinde på veier de ikke har kjent, og føre dem på stier de aldri har trådt; jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys for dem og rette opp det som er kronglete. Dette skal jeg gjøre for dem, og jeg vil ikke svikte dem.

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

  Jeg vil føre de blinde langs en vei de ikke kjenner; jeg vil lede dem på stier de ikke kjenner: jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys foran dem, og de krokete stier rette. Dette vil jeg gjøre for dem, og ikke forlate dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg skal lede de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner, på stier de ikke kjenner skal jeg føre dem. Jeg skal gjøre mørket til lys foran dem og det krokete til rett. Dette vil jeg gjøre, og jeg skal ikke forlate dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg vil føre de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner, og stier de ikke vet om skal jeg la dem gå på. Jeg skal gjøre mørke til lys foran dem og bakker til slette steder. Disse ting vil jeg gjøre, og jeg vil ikke forlate dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg vil lede de Blinde paa den Vei, som de ikke vide, jeg vil lade dem træde paa de Stier, som de ikke kjende; jeg vil sætte Mørkhed for deres Ansigt til Lys, og de krumme (Stæder) til det, som er jævnt; disse Ting haver jeg gjort dem, og ikke forladt dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg vil lede de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner, føre dem på stier de ikke vet om. Jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys foran dem, og det krokete til rett. Dette vil jeg gjøre for dem, og jeg vil ikke forlate dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg skal lede de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner; på stier de ikke vet om, skal jeg føre dem; jeg skal gjøre mørke til lys foran dem, og krokete steder rette. Disse tingene skal jeg gjøre, og jeg vil ikke forlate dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg fører de blinde på en vei de ikke kjente, på stier de ikke visste lar jeg dem gå. Jeg gjør mørke steder til lys for dem, og ujevne steder jevne. Dette er ting jeg har gjort for dem, og jeg har ikke forlatt dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og jeg vil føre de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner; på stier de ikke kjenner vil jeg lede dem; jeg vil gjøre mørke til lys foran dem, og krokete steder rette. Dette vil jeg gjøre, og jeg vil ikke forlate dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og jeg vil føre de blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner, lede dem på veier som er nye for dem: jeg vil gjøre mørke steder lyse foran dem, og de røffe stedene jevne. Dette vil jeg gjøre og ikke forlate dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil bringe the blinde into a strete, that they knowe not: and lede them in to a fotepath, that they are ignoraunt in. I shal make darknesse light before the, & the thinge yt is croked, to be straight. These thinges will I do, & not forget them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I will bring the blinde by a way, that they knewe not, and lead them by paths that they haue not knowen: I will make darkenesse light before them, and crooked thinges straight. These thinges will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wyll bryng the blinde into a streete that they know not, and leade them into a foote path that they are ignoraunt in: I shall make darknesse light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight: These things haue I done vnto them, and not forsaken them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know; in paths that they don't know will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These `are' the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 30:21 : 21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
• Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Luke 3:5 : 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
• Isa 32:3 : 3 And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.
• Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
• Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places smooth;
• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. 20 Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
• Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the ends of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor together: a great company shall return there. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Ps 94:14 : 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.'
• Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us, 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• 1 Pet 1:3-5 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Rom 5:8-9 : 8 But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
• Rom 8:29-31 : 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 To which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Josh 3:4 : 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.
• Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
• Eccl 1:15 : 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.
• Eccl 7:13 : 13 Consider the work of God, for who can make straight what He has made crooked?
• Isa 29:24 : 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
• Jer 32:39-41 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
• Ezek 14:23 : 23 And they shall comfort you, when you see their ways and their deeds: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord GOD.
• Hos 2:6 : 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, so she shall not find her paths.
• Hos 2:14 : 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
• Isa 41:3 : 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
• Isa 45:2 : 2 I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut through the bars of iron.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD your God who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go.
• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all your children shall be taught by the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children.
• Isa 60:1-2 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.