Verse 4

For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My chosen, I have even called you by your name: I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For min tjener Jakobs skyld og for Israel, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved ditt navn. Jeg har gitt deg ære, enda du ikke kjenner meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For Jakobs, min tjeners, skyld og Israels, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved navn. Jeg har gitt deg et hedersnavn, enda du ikke kjente meg.

• Norsk King James

  For Jakobs, min tjener, og Israels, min utvalgte, skyld, har jeg kalt deg ved navn: jeg har gitt deg et annet navn, selv om du ikke har kjent meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For min tjeners, Jakobs, skyld og for Israel, min utvalgtes skyld, har jeg kalt deg ved navn; jeg har gitt deg ære, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Jakobs, min tjeners skyld, og for Israel, min utvalgte, kaller jeg deg ved navn. Jeg gir deg et hedersnavn, enda du ikke kjenner meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For min tjener Jakobs skyld, og Israel, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved navn; jeg har gitt deg et hedersnavn, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Jakobs, min tjener, og Israels, min utvalgte, skyld har jeg kalt deg ved ditt navn; jeg har til og med gitt deg et kallenavn, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

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

  For min tjener Jakobs skyld, og Israel, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved navn; jeg har gitt deg et hedersnavn, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jakobs, min tjeners skyld, og Israel, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved ditt navn, jeg har gitt deg et hedersnavn selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by name and given you a title of honor, though you do not know me.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.45.4", "source": "לְמַ֙עַן֙ עַבְדִּ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּחִירִ֑י וָאֶקְרָ֤א לְךָ֙ בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ אֲכַנְּךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽנִי", "text": "For-*maʿan* my-servant *yaʿăqōb* and-*yiśrāʾēl* my-*bĕḥîrî* and-*ʾeqrāʾ* to-you in-your-name *ʾăkannĕkā* and-not *yĕdaʿtānî*", "grammar": { "*maʿan*": "conjunction - for the sake of/because of", "*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*bĕḥîrî*": "masculine singular adjective with 1st person suffix - my chosen one", "*ʾeqrāʾ*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 1st person singular - I called", "*ʾăkannĕkā*": "piel imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person suffix - I will name you/I will give you a title", "*yĕdaʿtānî*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you knew me" }, "variants": { "*bĕḥîrî*": "my chosen one/my elect/my selected one", "*ʾeqrāʾ*": "I called/I summoned/I named", "*ʾăkannĕkā*": "I will name you/I will give you a title/I will surname you", "*yĕdaʿtānî*": "you knew me/you recognized me/you acknowledged me" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For min tjener Jakobs skyld, for Israels, min utvalgtes skyld, har jeg kalt deg ved navn og gitt deg en ærestittel, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ja, for min Tjeners, Jakobs, Skyld, og for Israels, min Udvalgtes, Skyld kaldte jeg dig ved dit Navn; jeg nævnte dig, enddog du kjendte mig ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Jakobs, min tjeners skyld, og Israels, min utvalgtes skyld, har jeg kalt deg ved ditt navn; jeg har gitt deg et æresnavn, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Jakobs, min tjeners skyld, og Israels, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved ditt navn: Jeg har gitt deg et navn, enda du ikke kjente meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For min tjeners Jakobs skyld, og for Israels, min utvalgtes skyld, kaller jeg deg ved navn. Jeg gir deg en ærestittel, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For min tjener Jakobs skyld, og for Israel, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved navn; jeg har gitt deg et æresnavn, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Jakobs, min tjeners skyld, og Israel, min utvalgte, har jeg kalt deg ved navn, og gitt deg ære, selv om du ikke kjente meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and that for Iacob my seruaunt sake, & for Israel my chosen. For I called the by yi name, and ordened the, or euer thou knewest me:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For Iaakob my seruants sake, and Israel mine elect, I will euen call thee by thy name and name thee, though thou hast not knowen me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For Iacob my seruauntes sake, and for Israel my chosen, I called thee by thy name, and ordayned thee or euer thou knewest me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not submit to me.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 17:23 : 23 For as I passed by and observed your objects of worship, I found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the one whom you worship without knowing—Him I proclaim to you.
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.
• Isa 44:1 : 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
• Isa 44:28-45:1 : 28 Who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid. 1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the double doors; and the gates shall not be shut.
• Jer 50:17-20 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven them away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again to his dwelling place, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon those whom I reserve.
• Matt 24:22 : 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
• Mark 13:20 : 20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
• Rom 9:6 : 6 Not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel:
• Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
• Gal 4:8-9 : 8 However, then, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
• Eph 2:12 : 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
• Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 4 Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you: therefore, I will give men for you, and people for your life.
• Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles and the Chaldeans, whose shout is in the ships.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
• 1 Thess 4:5 : 5 Not in passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God: