Verse 3

But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me and tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg, du ser meg og prøver mitt hjerte. La dem bli som offerdyr, og hellig dem til slaktedagen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg; du har sett meg, og prøvd mitt hjerte, om det er likt ditt. Riv dem bort som sauer til slakting, og sett dem til side for slaktedagen.

• Norsk King James

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg; du har sett meg og prøvd mitt hjerte mot deg: dra dem ut som sauer til slakt, og forbered dem for slaktens dag.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men du, Herre! Du kjente meg, du så meg og prøvde hjertet mitt i forhold til deg; dra dem bort som sauer til slakting, og gjør dem klare til dødens dag.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg; du ser meg og prøver mitt hjerte. Ta dem bort som sauer til slakting og forbered dem til dødens dag.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men du, HERRE, kjenner meg. Du har sett meg og prøvd mitt hjerte mot deg: Riv dem opp som sauer til slaktebenken, og gjør dem klare for slaktedagen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg: du har sett meg og prøvd mitt hjerte for din skyld. Dra dem ut som sauer til slakt, og gjør dem rede til slaktens dag.

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

  Men du, HERRE, kjenner meg. Du har sett meg og prøvd mitt hjerte mot deg: Riv dem opp som sauer til slaktebenken, og gjør dem klare for slaktedagen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg, du ser meg og har prøvet mitt hjerte overfor deg. Dra dem bort som får til slakt, og sett dem til side til dagen for å bli drept.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men Du, Herre, kjenner meg; Du ser meg og prøver mitt hjerte, hvordan det er hos Deg. Sett dem som sauer til slakt og hellig dem for dagen de skal slaktes.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men du, Herre! du kjendte mig, du saae mig og prøvede mit Hjerte imod dig; bortryk dem som Faar til at slagtes, og bered dem til Mordets Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg: du har sett meg, og prøvd mitt hjerte overfor deg: riv dem ut som sauer til slakting, og gjør dem klare for slaktedagen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men du, Yahweh, kjenner meg; du ser meg, og prøver mitt hjerte for deg: dra dem ut som sauer til slakt, og forbered dem for slaktedagen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du, Herre, du kjenner meg, du ser meg og prøver mitt hjerte med deg. Før dem bort som sauer til slakting, utskill dem for en slaktedag.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men du, Jehova, kjenner meg; du ser meg og prøver mitt hjerte overfor deg: dra dem ut som sauer for slakting, og forbered dem til slaktedagen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men du, Herre, kjenner meg; du ser meg, og prøver hjertet mitt i forhold til deg: la dem bli ført bort som får til slakt, forbered dem til dødsdagen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But thou LORDE (to whom I am well knowne) thou that hast sene, & proued my herte, take them awaye, like as a flock is caried to the slaughter house, and apoynte them for the daye off slaughtinge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But thou, Lord, knowest me: thou hast seene me, and tried mine heart towarde thee: pull them out like sheepe for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But thou Lorde to whom I am well knowen, thou that hast sene and proued my heart, take them away, like as a flocke is caryed to the slaughter house, & appoynt them for the day of slaughter.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beg You, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• Jer 17:18 : 18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
• Jas 5:5 : 5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been indulgent; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
• Ps 17:3 : 3 You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Ps 26:1 : 1 Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have also trusted in the LORD; therefore I shall not fall.
• Ps 44:21-22 : 21 Shall not God search this out? for He knows the secrets of the heart. 22 Yes, for Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Ps 139:1-4 : 1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
• Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts;
• Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Jer 50:27 : 27 Slay all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
• Jer 51:4 : 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and those thrust through in her streets.
• John 21:17 : 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• 1 John 3:20-21 : 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.
• Jer 18:21-23 : 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet. 23 Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.
• Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I opened my cause.
• Jer 48:15 : 15 Moab is plundered, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
• Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
• 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You.
• Jer 11:19-20 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more. 20 But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.