Verse 5

Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Er dette den faste jeg har valgt? Er det en dag hvor man ydmyker sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et rør og spre ut sekkestrie og aske? Kan du kalle dette en faste og en glede for Herren?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Er dette en faste jeg har valgt, en dag for en mann å ydmyke sin sjel? Er det for å bøye sitt hode som en siv, og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste, og en dag som er behagelig for Herren?

• Norsk King James

  Er dette den fasten jeg har valgt? En dag for et menneske å belaste sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du virkelig kalle dette en faste og en akseptabel dag for Herren?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Skulle dette være en faste som jeg har utvalgt, en dag når et menneske plager sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv, eller ligge i sekk og aske? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag som er til behag for Herren?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Er dette fasten jeg vil ha, en dag når mennesket ydmyker seg selv? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv, å legge seg i sekk og aske? Vil du kalle dette faste og en dag som er til glede for Herren?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Er dette den faste jeg har utvalgt? En dag for en mann å plage sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag til behag for Herren?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Er dette fasten jeg har valgt – en dag der en mann skal ydmyke sin sjel, bøye hodet som en siv og dekke seg med sekkeklær og aske? Vil du kalle dette en faste, en dag som er velbehagelig for Herren?

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

  Er dette den faste jeg har utvalgt? En dag for en mann å plage sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og spre sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag til behag for Herren?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Er dette den faste jeg ønsker, en dag for å plage menneskets sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som en siv og legge seg i sekk og aske? Kaller du dette en faste, en dag som behager Herren?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Er dette den faste jeg vil ha? En dag for et menneske å ydmyke seg? Å bøye hodet som et siv, og å legge seg i sekk og aske? Vil du kalle dette en faste, en dag som behager Herren?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Skulde (Saadant) som dette være en Faste, som jeg haver udvalgt, at et Menneske plager sit Liv en Dag, eller at han hælder sit Hoved ned som et Siv, eller ligger i Sæk og Aske? vil du kalde dette en Faste og en behagelig Dag for Herren?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Er dette den fasten jeg har valgt? En dag for et menneske å plage sin sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som en sivplante, og legge sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil dere kalle dette en faste, en dag som er velbehagelig for Herren?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Er det slik faste jeg har valgt? En dag for et menneske å plage sin sjel? Å bøye hodet som et siv, og legge sekkelerret og aske under seg? Vil dere kalle dette en faste, en dag som er til glede for Herren?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Er dette en fast som Jeg har utvalgt? En dag hvor en mann plager sin sjel? Å bøye sitt hode som et siv, og spre ut sekkestrie og aske? Kaller du dette en fast, og en dag som er ønskelig for Herren?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Er dette den fasten jeg har valgt, en dag for å ydmyke menneskets sjel? Er det å bøye hodet som et siv og bre ut sekkestrie og aske under seg? Vil du kalle dette en faste og en dag som er til behag for Herren?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Har jeg ønsket en slik dag? En dag til å ydmyke seg? Er det bare et spørsmål om å bøye hodet, kle seg i sekkestrie, og sitte i asken? Er dette det dere kaller en fastedag, en Herre velbehagende dag?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a ma shulde chasten himself for a daye, and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth, & to lye vpon the earth? Shulde that be called fastinge, or a daye yt pleaseth ye LORDE?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Is it such a fast that I haue chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bull rush, and to lie downe in sackecloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thinke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a man shoulde chasten hym selfe for a day? and to hang downe his head like a bulrushe, and to lye vpon the earth in an heerie cloth? Should that be called fasting, or a day that pleaseth the Lord?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man's afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day -- to Jehovah?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?

Referenced Verses

• Zech 7:5 : 5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to Me, even to Me?
• Job 2:8 : 8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat down among the ashes.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Lev 16:29 : 29 And this shall be a statute forever to you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger who dwells among you:
• Isa 61:2 : 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
• Dan 9:3-9 : 3 And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes: 4 And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments; 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments: 6 Neither have we listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You. 8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even by departing, that they might not obey Your voice; therefore, the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great calamity: for under the whole heaven, such as has been done upon Jerusalem has not been done. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us: yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the LORD has watched over the calamity, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He does: for we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I plead with You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain: because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God: for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.
• Jonah 3:5-8 : 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands.
• 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
• 2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.
• 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
• Ezra 10:6 : 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib. When he arrived there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the transgression of those who had been taken captive.
• Neh 9:1-2 : 1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the children of Israel gathered with fasting and wearing sackcloth, and with earth upon them. 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
• Esth 4:3 : 3 In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
• Esth 4:16 : 16 "Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."
• Isa 58:3 : 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors.
• Ps 69:13 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.
• Luke 4:19 : 19 to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 And do not be conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.