Verse 9

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Med gråt skal de komme, og med bønner vil jeg lede dem. Jeg vil føre dem til vannstrømmene på en rett vei, der de ikke skal snuble. For jeg er en Far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De skal komme med gråt, og med bønn skal jeg lede dem; jeg vil få dem til å gå ved vannstrømmer, på en rett vei der de ikke skal snuble; for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Norsk King James

    De skal komme med gråt, og med bønner vil jeg lede dem; jeg vil føre dem langs vannveiene i en rett vei, hvor de ikke skal snuble; for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De kommer med gråt, og med stor nåde skal jeg føre dem; jeg vil lede dem til bekker med vann, på en rett vei hvor de ikke skal snuble; for jeg er Israels far, og Efraim er min førstefødte sønn.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Med gråt skal de komme, og mens de ber om nåde, vil jeg føre dem. Jeg vil lede dem til rennende vann, på en jevn vei hvor de ikke vil snuble. For jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De skal komme med gråt, og med bønn vil jeg lede dem: Jeg vil la dem gå ved vannets elver på en jevn vei, hvor de ikke skal snuble, for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    De skal komme med gråt, og jeg vil lede dem med bønner; jeg vil la dem vandre langs livgivende strømmer på en sikker vei, hvor de ikke skal snuble, for jeg er far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

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

    De skal komme med gråt, og med bønn vil jeg lede dem: Jeg vil la dem gå ved vannets elver på en jevn vei, hvor de ikke skal snuble, for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De kommer med gråt, og jeg fører dem med bønner. Jeg leder dem til vannrike bekker på en rett vei hvor de ikke skal snuble. For jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They will come with weeping, and with pleas for mercy, I will lead them. I will guide them to streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Med gråt skal de komme, og med bønn skal jeg lede dem. Jeg vil føre dem til vannløp på en rett vei der de ikke skal snuble. For jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    De skulle komme med Graad, og med (megen) Naade vil jeg fremføre dem; jeg vil lede dem til Vandbække, paa en ret Vei, de skulle ikke støde sig derpaa; thi jeg er Israels Fader, og Ephraim, han er min førstefødte (Søn).

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De skal komme med gråt, og med bønn vil jeg føre dem: Jeg vil lede dem ved elvene på vannveier, hvor de ikke skal snuble: for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De skal komme med gråt; og med bønn skal jeg lede dem: Jeg skal la dem gå ved vannstrømmene, på en rett vei hvor de ikke skal snuble; for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De kommer med gråt, og mens de ber, leder jeg dem. Jeg fører dem til vannstrømmer på en jevn vei hvor de ikke skal snuble. For jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De skal komme med gråt, og jeg vil lede dem med bønner: Jeg vil føre dem ved vannrike bekker, på en rett vei hvor de ikke skal snuble; for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er min førstefødte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    De vil komme gråtende, og jeg vil gå foran dem som deres veileder: jeg leder dem ved vannstrømmer i en rett vei hvor det ikke er noen fall: for jeg er en far for Israel, og Efraim er den førstefødte av mine sønner.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They departed from hence in heuynes, but with ioye will I bringe them hither agayne. I will lede them by the ryuers of water in a straight waye, where they shall not stomble: For I will be Israels father, and Epraim shalbe my firstborne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They shall come weeping, and with mercie will I bring them againe: I will lead them by the riuers of water in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first borne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They shall come weepyng, and with mercifull pitie will I bring them hither agayne: I will leade them to the riuers of water in a strayght way where they shall not stumble: For I am Israels father, and Ephraim is my first borne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way -- they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim -- My first-born `is' he.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 3:4 : 4 Will you not from this time call to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
  • Exod 4:22 : 22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.
  • Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek the LORD their God.
  • Isa 63:13 : 13 Who led them through the deep, like a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from me.
  • Ps 23:2 : 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters.
  • Isa 35:6-8 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing: for waters shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 8 And a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
  • Isa 40:3-4 : 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places smooth;
  • Isa 41:17-19 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
  • Isa 43:16-19 : 16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters; 17 Who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick. 18 Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
  • Isa 49:9-9 : 9 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water he shall guide them. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And shall say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He who goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father who has bought you? Has he not made you, and established you?
  • 1 Chr 29:10 : 10 Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly: and David said, Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel our Father, forever and ever.
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 Doubtless you are our Father, though Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer; your name is from everlasting.
  • Ezek 34:12-14 : 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
  • Dan 9:17-18 : 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.
  • Hos 12:4 : 4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept and made supplication to him; he found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us;
  • Matt 3:3 : 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  • Matt 5:4 : 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 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.
  • Luke 6:21 : 21 Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
  • Rom 8:26 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
  • 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent submission;
  • Heb 12:13 : 13 And make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.