Verse 16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Han dømte den fattige og trengende med rettferdighet; da gikk det ham godt. Var ikke det å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Han dømte saken for den fattige og trengende, da gikk det ham godt. Var ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Norsk King James

    Han dømte saken til den fattige og trengende; så hadde det det bra med ham: var ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han dømte den fattiges og trengendes sak, og den gikk bra; er ikke det å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Han forsvarte de fattiges og trengendes sak, og det gikk ham vel. Er ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Han dømte den fattiges og trengendes sak, da sto det vel til med ham: Var ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Han dømte sakene for de fattige og trengende, og da gikk det bra for ham. Var ikke dette en måte å kjenne meg på, sier HERREN?

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

    Han dømte den fattiges og trengendes sak, da sto det vel til med ham: Var ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Han dømte den fattiges og trengendes sak, da gikk det ham vel. Er ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Jeremiah.22.16", "source": "׃22 16 דָּ֛ן דִּין־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֖וֹן אָ֣ז ט֑וֹב הֲלוֹא־הִ֛יא הַדַּ֥עַת אֹתִ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*Dān* *dîn-ʿānî* and *ʾebyôn* then *ṭôb*. Is not this the *daʿat* me? *nᵉʾum-YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*dān*": "perfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he judged", "*dîn-ʿānî*": "noun, masculine singular construct + adjective, masculine singular - cause of poor", "*wᵉ-ʾebyôn*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and needy", "*ʾāz*": "adverb - then", "*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good", "*hă-lôʾ-hîʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle + 3rd feminine singular pronoun - is not this", "*ha-ddaʿat*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular construct - the knowledge of", "*ʾōtî*": "direct object marker with 1st singular suffix - me", "*nᵉʾum-YHWH*": "noun, masculine singular construct + divine name - declaration of YHWH" }, "variants": { "*dān dîn*": "judged the cause/rendered justice", "*ʿānî*": "poor/afflicted/humble", "*ʾebyôn*": "needy/poor/destitute", "*daʿat*": "knowledge/understanding/cognizance", "*nᵉʾum*": "declaration/utterance/oracle" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Han dømte den fattiges og trengendes sak, og da gikk det ham godt. Er ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han dømte en Elendigs og en Fattigs Sag; da (gik det) vel til; er det ikke at kjende mig? siger Herren.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Han dømte de fattiges og trengendes sak, da gikk det bra med ham. Var ikke dette å kjenne meg? Sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Han dømte de fattiges og trengendes sak, da gikk det vel. Var ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Han dømte for de fattige og trengende, og det gikk ham godt. Er ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Han dømte den fattiges og trengendes sak; da gikk det ham vel. Var ikke dette å kjenne meg? sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Han dømte de fattiges sak og de trengendes; da gikk det vel. Var ikke dette å ha kunnskap om meg? sier Herren.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yee when he helped ye oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this, but only because he had me before his eyes? saieth the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:24 : 24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.'
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Ps 72:1-4 : 1 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, through righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush the oppressor.
  • Ps 72:12-13 : 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the lives of the needy.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
  • 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, and those ready to be slain; 12 If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy like the LORD; for there is none besides you; neither is there any rock like our God.
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper. 13 The blessing of a dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a crown. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know. 17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the victim from his teeth.
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 And those who know your name will put their trust in you; for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.
  • Jer 9:16 : 16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
  • Jer 31:33-34 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  • John 8:19 : 19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.
  • John 8:54-55 : 54 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God: 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • John 17:6 : 6 I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.