Verse 3

A bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth justice unto truth.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han skal ikke knuse en knekket stokk, og han skal ikke slokke en rykende veke. I sannhet skal han lede rettferdigheten frem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En knekket siv skal han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke skal han ikke slukke. Han skal bringe rettferdighet frem i sannhet.

• Norsk King James

  Et knust siv skal han ikke brekke, og en rykende lin skal han ikke slukke: han skal føre frem rettferdigheten til sannheten.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han skal ikke knuse et knekket siv og ikke slukke en rykende veke; han skal bringe retten fram i sannhet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Et knekket siv vil han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke vil han ikke slukke. Han skal bringe rettferdighet fram til seier.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En knekket sivstengel skal han ikke bryte, og den rykende veke skal han ikke slukke: han skal bringe rettferdighet til sannheten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Et svakt siv skal han ikke knuse, og det brennende lin skal han ikke slukke; han skal bringe rettferdighet med sannhet.

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

  En knekket sivstengel skal han ikke bryte, og den rykende veke skal han ikke slukke: han skal bringe rettferdighet til sannheten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Et knekket siv skal han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke skal han ikke slukke. Han skal trofast føre rettferdighet frem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Et knekket siv skal han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke skal han ikke slokke. Han skal føre rettferdighet fram i sannhet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han skal ikke sønderbryde et knuset Rør, og ikke udslukke den rygende Hør; han skal udføre Ret efter Sandhed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Et knekket siv skal han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke skal han ikke slukke; han skal bringe rettferdighet til seier.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En knekket siv skal han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke skal han ikke slukke; han skal bringe rettferdighet med sannhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Et knekket siv bryter han ikke, og en rykende veke slukker han ikke. Han fremmer rettferdighet i sannhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Et knekket siv skal han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke skal han ikke slukke. Han skal bringe rettferdighet med sannhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han skal ikke la et knekket siv bli helt ødelagt, og han skal ikke slukke et vagt brennende lys: han skal fortsette å sende ut det sanne ordet til folkene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  A brussedrede shal he not breake, & the smokinge flax shal he not quench: but faithfully & truly shal he geue iudgmet.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A bruised reede shall hee not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall he not quench: he shall bring foorth iudgement in trueth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And a broosed reede shall he not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall he not quench: but faythfully and truely shall he geue iudgement.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Jer 31:25 : 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
• Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
• Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
• Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
• Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
• Isa 57:15-18 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry, and he went on stubbornly in the way of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways and will heal him; I will lead him also and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
• Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
• Jer 30:12-17 : 12 For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is severe. 13 There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up; you have no healing medicines. 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins have increased. 15 Why do you cry over your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you. 16 Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who plunder you shall become plunder, and all who prey upon you I will give for prey. 17 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not accustomed to the yoke: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God. 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
• Isa 11:3-4 : 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge by what his eyes see, nor reprove by what his ears hear: 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
• Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
• Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.
• Ps 103:13-14 : 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
• Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me; he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
• Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He gives power to the faint, and to those who have no might he increases strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
• Matt 18:10-14 : 10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 11 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. 12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that has gone astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray. 14 Even so, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
• Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith does not fail: and when you have returned, strengthen your brethren.
• John 20:19-21 : 19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace be to you. 20 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be to you! As my Father has sent me, I also send you.
• John 20:27 : 27 Then he said to Thomas, Reach your finger here, and look at my hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.
• Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
• Ps 72:2-4 : 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, through righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush the oppressor.