Verse 19

Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Hvem er blind hvis ikke min tjener, og døv som min budbringer? Hvem er blind som den fullkomne, og blind som Herren tjener?

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Hvem er blind, om ikke min tjener? eller døv som min budbærer som jeg sendte? hvem er blind som den fullkomne, og blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Norsk King James

    Hvem er blind, om ikke min tjener? eller døv, som min budbringer jeg har sendt? Hvem er blind som han som er fullkommen, og blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvem er blind utenom min tjener, eller så døv som budbæreren jeg sendte? Hvem er så blind som min fullkomne tjener?

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Hvem er blind, om ikke min tjener, og døv som min budbærer jeg sendte? Hvem er så blind som han som er i pakt, så blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Hvem er blind, utenom min tjener? eller døv som budbringeren jeg sendte? hvem er blind som han som er fullkommen, og blind som Herrens tjener?

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Hvem er blind, om ikke min tjener? Hvem er døv, slik som det sendebud jeg har utsendt? Hvem er blind som den som er fullkommen, og blind som Herrens tjener?

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

    Hvem er blind, utenom min tjener? eller døv som budbringeren jeg sendte? hvem er blind som han som er fullkommen, og blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hvem er blind som min tjener, døv som budbringeren jeg sender? Hvem er blind som den som har fått fred, blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD?

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Hvem er blind om ikke min tjener, og døv som min budbærer som jeg sender? Hvem er så blind som min fullkomne som min tjener?

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvo er blind, uden min Tjener, og døv (som den), jeg udsendte som mit Bud? hvo er (saa) blind som den Fuldkomne, og (saa) blind som Herrens Tjener?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Hvem er blind, om ikke min tjener, eller døv som min budbringer jeg har sendt? Hvem er blind som min fullkomne, og blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Hvem er blind, utenom min tjener? Eller døv, som min budbringer jeg sender? Hvem er blind som den som er i fred, og blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Hvem er blind utenom min tjener, og døv som min utsending som jeg sender? Hvem er blind som den som er i fred, ja blind som Jehovas tjener?

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hvem er blind, hvis ikke min tjener? Eller døv, som min budbringer jeg sender? Hvem er så blind som han som er i fred med meg, og blind som Herrens tjener?

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Hvem er blind, om ikke min tjener? hvem har tilstoppede ører, om ikke han som jeg sender? hvem er så blind som min trofaste, eller hvem har så lukkede ører som Herrens tjener?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But who is blynder, the my seruaunt? Or so deaf, as my messaungers, whom I sent vnto them? For who is so blynde as my people, & they yt haue the rule of them?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Who is blinde but my seruaunt? or deafe as my messenger, that I sent? who is blind as the perfit, and blinde as the Lordes seruant?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Who is blinde but my seruaunt? or so deafe as my messenger whom I sent vnto them? for who is so blinde as the perfect man, and so blinde as the Lords seruaunt?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, and blind as Yahweh's servant?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Who `is' blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who `is' blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace [with me], and blind as Jehovah's servant?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see but do not see; and ears to hear but do not hear: for they are a rebellious house.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • Isa 6:9 : 9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.
  • Isa 26:3 : 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
  • Isa 29:9-9 : 9 Pause and wonder; cry out and cry: they are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered. 11 And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed. 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned. 13 Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.
  • Isa 41:8 : 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
  • Isa 44:26 : 26 Who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
  • Matt 15:14-16 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 15 Then Peter answered and said to him, Explain to us this parable. 16 And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding?
  • Matt 23:16-24 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. 19 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 And when Jesus knew it, he said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
  • John 7:47-49 : 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.
  • John 9:39 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
  • John 12:40 : 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.
  • Rom 2:17-23 : 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God, 18 And know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? 23 You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God?
  • Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day. 9 And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and bend their backs always.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
  • 2 Cor 3:14-15 : 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day, the same veil remains untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their hearts.