Verse 2

Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice and take delight in approaching God.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De søker meg daglig og ønsker å kjenne mine veier, som om de var et rettferdig folk som ikke har forlatt Guds dom. De spør etter rettferdige avgjørelser og lengter etter nærhet til Gud.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Likevel søker de meg daglig og gleder seg over å kjenne mine veier, som en nasjon som handlet rettferdig, og ikke forlot sin Guds lov. De ber meg om rettferdig lovgivning, de fryder seg i å nærme seg Gud.

  • Norsk King James

    Likevel søker de meg daglig og gleder seg over å lære om mine veier, som en nasjon som søker rettferd og ikke har forlatt mine lover.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    selv om de søker meg daglig og har lyst til å kjenne mine veier; lik et folk som har gjort rettferdighet og ikke har forlatt sin Guds rett, spør de meg om rettferdige dommer, de ønsker å komme nær til Gud:

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Dag etter dag søker de meg, og de ønsker å lære mine veier, som om de var et folk som praktiserer rettferdighet og ikke har forlatt sin Guds dommer. De spør meg om rettferdige bestemmelser og ønsker nærhet til Gud.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Likevel søker de meg daglig og gleder seg over å få vite mine veier, som et folk som har gjort rettferdighet, og ikke forlatt sin Guds forskrifter. De spør etter rettferdighetens ordninger og fryder seg over å nærme seg Gud.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Likevel søker de meg daglig og gleder seg over å kjenne mine veier, som et folk som følger rettferdighet og ikke forlater sin Guds lov. De etterspør mine bud om rettferdighet og finner fryd i å komme nær Gud.

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

    Likevel søker de meg daglig og gleder seg over å få vite mine veier, som et folk som har gjort rettferdighet, og ikke forlatt sin Guds forskrifter. De spør etter rettferdighetens ordninger og fryder seg over å nærme seg Gud.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Dag etter dag søker de meg og ønsker å kjenne mine veier, som et folk som gjør rettferd og ikke forlater sin Guds lov. De spør meg om rettferdige dommer, de ønsker å nærme seg Gud.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments and delight in drawing near to God.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Dag etter dag søker de meg og vil gjerne kjenne mine veier, som et folk som gjør rettferdighet og ikke forlater sin Guds rett. De spør meg om rettferdige dommer, de lengter etter å komme nær Gud.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    endskjøndt de søge mig dagligen og have Lyst til at vide mine Veie; ligesom et Folk, der haver gjort Retfærdighed og ikke forladt sin Guds Ret, spørge de mig om retfærdige Domme, de have Lyst at komme nær til Gud:

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Likevel søker de meg daglig, og gleder seg i å kjenne mine veier, som et folk som gjør rettferdighet og ikke har forlatt sin Guds bud. De spør meg om rettferdige lover og gleder seg i å nærme seg Gud.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Likevel søker de meg daglig og gleder seg over å kjenne mine veier: som et folk som gjorde rettferdighet og ikke forlot sine Guds forskrifter, ber de meg om rettferdige dommer; de gleder seg over å nærme seg Gud.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Dag etter dag søker de Meg, og ønsker å kjenne Mine veier, som et folk som har gjort rettferdighet og ikke har forlatt sin Guds dom. De ber meg om rettferdige dommer, og lengter etter Guds nærhet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Likevel søker de meg daglig og gleder seg over å kjenne mine veier, som et folk som handler rettferdig og ikke forlater sin Guds lover. De spør meg om rettferdige dommer, og de gleder seg over å komme nær Gud.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Selv om de ber til meg hver dag og gleder seg over å kjenne mine veier, som et folk som har gjort rettferdighet og ikke har gitt opp sin Guds lover, ber de meg om rette veier, og de gleder seg over å komme nær Gud.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For they seke me dalye, and wil knowe my wayes, euen as it were a people that dyd right, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God. They argue with me concernynge right iudgment, and wil pleate at the lawe with their God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Yet they seeke me dayly, and will knowe my wayes, euen as a nation that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me the ordinances of iustice: they wil drawe neere vnto God, saying,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For they seeke me dayly, and wyll knowe my wayes, euen as it were a people that dyd right, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me concerning right iudgement, and wyll be nye vnto God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 29:13 : 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:
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
  • Matt 15:7-9 : 7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Mark 4:16-17 : 16 And these are likewise the ones sown on stony ground; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 and have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
  • Mark 12:14 : 14 When they had come, they said to him, 'Teacher, we know that you are true, and do not care about anyone; for you do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
  • Jas 1:21-22 : 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, 2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
  • Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Listen to this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and mention the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves citizens of the holy city and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.
  • Jer 42:2 : 2 And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech you, our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few out of many, as your eyes do see us:)
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 For you dissembled in your hearts, when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.
  • Ezek 33:30-33 : 30 Also, son of man, the children of your people are talking against you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD. 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness. 32 And indeed, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear your words, but they do not do them. 33 And when this comes to pass—and indeed it will come—then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.
  • Deut 5:28-29 : 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have spoken well all that they have spoken. 29 Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
  • 1 Sam 15:21-25 : 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king. 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray you, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • Isa 1:11-15 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.