Verse 3

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 'Pray now to the LORD our God for us.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kong Sidkia sendte da Jehukal, sønn av Sjelemja, og presten Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, til profeten Jeremia, og sa: «Be for oss til Herren vår Gud.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og kong Sidkia sendte Jehukal, sønn av Sjelemja, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til profeten Jeremia, og sa: Be til Herren vår Gud for oss.

• Norsk King James

  Og kong Zedekiah sendte Jehucal, sønn av Shelemiah, og Zefania, sønn av Maaseiah, presten, til profeten Jeremias, og han sa: Be nå til Herren vår Gud for oss.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kong Sidkia sendte likevel Jukal, sønn av Sjelemja, og presten Sefanja, sønn av Ma'aseja, til profeten Jeremia for å si: "Vær så snill, be for oss til Herren vår Gud."

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Kong Sidkia sendte Jehukal, sønn av Sjelemja, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til Jeremias profeten og sa: «Be for oss til Herren vår Gud.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og kong Sidkia sendte Jukal, sønn av Selemja, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til profeten Jeremia, og sa: "Be nå for oss til Herren vår Gud."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og kong Zedekiah sendte Jehucal, Shelemiahs sønn, og Zephaniah, presten Maaseiahs sønn, til profeten Jeremias med ordene: ”Be nå til Herren, vår Gud, for oss.”

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

  Og kong Sidkia sendte Jukal, sønn av Selemja, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til profeten Jeremia, og sa: "Be nå for oss til Herren vår Gud."

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kong Sidkia sendte Jehukal, sønn av Selemja, og presten Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, til profeten Jeremia for å si: "Be for oss til Herren, vår Gud."

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah with this message: "Please pray to the LORD our God for us."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Kongen Zedekia sendte Jehukal, Sjelemjas sønn, og presten Sefanja, Maasejas sønn, til profeten Jeremia og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren vår Gud.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dog sendte Kong Zedekias Juchal, Selemjas Søn, og Zephanja, Maasejas Søn, Præsten, til Jeremias, Propheten, at lade sige: Kjære, bed for os til Herren vor Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet emiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kongen Sidkia sendte Jehukal, sønn av Sjelemja, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til profeten Jeremia og sa: Be nå til Herren vår Gud for oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kongen Sidkia sendte Jehukal, sønn av Sjelemja, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til profeten Jeremia og sa: Be nå til Herren vår Gud for oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og kong Sidkia sendte Jukal, sønn av Sjemaja, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til profeten Jeremias med denne bønnen: 'Be, vi ber deg, for oss til Herren vår Gud.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kong Sidkia sendte Jehukal, sønn av Selemja, og presten Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, til profeten Jeremia og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og kong Sidkia sendte Jehukal, sønn av Sjelemia, og Sefanja, sønn av Maaseja, presten, til profeten Jeremia og sa: Be nå til Herren vår Gud for oss.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles Sedechias the kynge sent Iuchal the sonne of Selamia and Sophonias the sonne of Maasia the prest to the prophet Ieremy, sayenge: O praye thou vnto the LORDE oure God for vs.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Zedekiah the King sent Iehucal the sonne of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the sonne of Maaseiah the Priest to the Prophet Ieremiah, saying, Pray now vnto the Lord our God for vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse, Zedekia the king sent Iehucall the sonne of Selemiah, and Sophoniah the sonne of Maasiah the priest, to the prophete Ieremie, saying: O pray thou vnto the Lorde our God for vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Zedekiah the king sendeth Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Pray, we beseech thee, for us unto Jehovah our God.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Responds to Zedekiah’s Hope for Help King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah to say,“Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 21:1-2 : 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 2 Please inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, makes war against us, perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, that he may depart from us.
• 1 Kgs 13:6 : 6 And the king answered and said to the man of God, Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.
• Jer 29:25 : 25 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
• Jer 52:24 : 24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
• Acts 8:24 : 24 Then Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things you have spoken may come upon me.
• Jer 42:2-4 : 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:) 3 That the LORD your God may show us the way in which we may walk, and the thing that we may do. 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.
• 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.
• Jer 2:27 : 27 Saying to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
• Jer 29:21 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
• Exod 8:8 : 8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.
• Exod 8:28 : 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: entreat for me.
• Exod 9:28 : 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.
• Exod 10:17 : 17 Now, therefore, forgive my sin, I pray you, only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.
• Num 21:7 : 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray to the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
• 1 Sam 12:19 : 19 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we do not die: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
• Jer 38:1 : 1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,