Verse 1

Thus says the LORD, Keep judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren: Hold fast ved rettferdigheten og gjør det rette, for min frelse er nær, og min rettferdighet skal snart åpenbares.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren: Hold dommen og praktiser rettferdighet, for min frelse er nær til å komme, og min rettferdighet til å bli åpenbart.

• Norsk King James

  Herren sier: Hold dommen og gjør rett; for min frelse er nær, og min rettferdighet skal bli åpenbart.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herren: Hold rettferd og gjør rett, for min frelse er nær til å komme, og min rettferdighet til å åpenbares.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren: Hold dere til rettferdighet og gjør det gode, for min frelse er nær, og min rettferdighet skal snart åpenbares.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier HERREN: Hold rettferdighet, og gjør det som er rett. For min frelse er nær ved å komme, og min rettferdighet skal åpenbares.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier HERREN: Bevar rettferdigheten og gjør det som er rett, for min frelse er nær ved å komme, og min rettferdighet skal snart bli åpenbart.

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

  Så sier HERREN: Hold rettferdighet, og gjør det som er rett. For min frelse er nær ved å komme, og min rettferdighet skal åpenbares.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren: Hold rett og gjør rettferdighet, for snart kommer min frelse, og min rettferdighet åpenbares.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is what the LORD says: 'Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is about to arrive, and my righteousness will soon be revealed.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.56.1", "source": "כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שִׁמְר֥וּ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וַעֲשׂ֣וּ צְדָקָ֑ה כִּֽי־קְרוֹבָ֤ה יְשֽׁוּעָתִי֙ לָב֔וֹא וְצִדְקָתִ֖י לְהִגָּלֽוֹת׃", "text": "Thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH*, *šimrû* *mišpāṭ* and *ʿaśû* *ṣədāqāh*, for-near [is] *yəšûʿātî* to *bôʾ* and *ṣidqātî* to *higgālôt*.", "grammar": { "*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/declared", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*šimrû*": "qal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - keep/preserve/observe", "*mišpāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - judgment/justice/right", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ʿaśû*": "qal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - do/make/accomplish", "*ṣədāqāh*": "feminine singular noun - righteousness/rightness", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*qərôbāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - near/close", "*yəšûʿātî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my salvation/deliverance", "*lābôʾ*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - to come", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ṣidqātî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my righteousness", "*ləhiggālôt*": "preposition with niphal infinitive construct - to be revealed" }, "variants": { "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/right/legal decision", "*ṣədāqāh*": "righteousness/rightness/justice/virtue", "*yəšûʿātî*": "my salvation/deliverance/rescue/victory", "*ṣidqātî*": "my righteousness/justice/vindication" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren: «Hold rett, og gjør rettferdighet! For min frelse er nær ved å komme, og min rettferdighet å bli åpenbart.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa sagde Herren: Holder Ret og gjører Retfærdighed; thi min Salighed er nær til at komme, og min Retfærdighed til at aabenbares.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sier Herren: Hold rettferdighet, og gjør det som er rett, for min frelse er nær ved å komme, og min rettferdighet skal åpenbares.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Herren: Hold rettferd og gjør det som er rett, for min frelse er nær og min rettferdighet skal åpenbares.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så sier Herren: «Hold rettferdig dom og gjør det som er rett, for min frelse er nær, og min rettferdighet skal snart bli åpenbart.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren: Hold rettferdighet, og gjør det som er rett; for min frelse er nær ved å komme, og min rettferdighet skal bli åpenbart.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Herren sier: La livet ditt være rettskaffent, og adferden din riktig ordnet, for min frelse er nær, og min rettferdighet vil snart bli sett.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus saieth ye LORDE: Kepe equite, and do right, for my sauynge health shal come shortly, & my rightuosnes shalbe opened.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus saith the Lorde, Keepe iudgement and doe iustice: for my saluation is at hand to come, and my righteousnes to be reueiled.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the Lorde, Kepe equitie, and do right: for my sauyng health shal come shortlye, and my righteousnesse shalbe opened.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near `is' My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says Yahweh, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter This is what the LORD says,“Promote justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
• Ps 85:9 : 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.
• Isa 1:16-19 : 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 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. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land:
• Isa 26:7-8 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just. 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.
• Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
• Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation has gone forth, and my arms will judge the people; the islands will wait upon me, and on my arm they will trust.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Ps 24:4-6 : 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to idols, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O Jacob. Selah.
• Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me: and to him who orders his conversation aright I will show the salvation of God.
• Rom 1:17 : 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'
• Rom 10:6-9 : 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down from above)" 7 or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Christ up again from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"—that is, the word of faith which we preach, 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
• Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Mark 1:15 : 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the gospel.
• Luke 3:3-9 : 3 And he came into all the country around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 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; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 7 Then he said to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
• John 7:17 : 17 If anyone will do his will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.
• Jer 7:3-9 : 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to dwell in this place. 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm; 7 Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. 8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.
• Mal 4:4 : 4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.