Verse 5

Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not act according to all the things for which the LORD your God shall send you to us.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De sa til Jeremias: 'Måtte Herren være et troverdig vitne mot oss dersom vi ikke følger alt det Herren, din Gud, har sendt deg for å si til oss.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da sa de til Jeremia: «Må Herren være et sant og trofast vitne mellom oss, om vi ikke handler i samsvar med alt det som Herren din Gud sender deg til oss.

• Norsk King James

  Da sa de til Jeremia: Herren skal være et troverdig vitne mellom oss, hvis vi ikke adlyder alt det som Herren din Gud gir deg beskjed om.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sa de til Jeremia: Måtte Herren være et sant og trofast vitne mellom oss, hvis vi ikke gjør alt det Herren din Gud sender oss med.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og de sa til Jeremia: «Må Herren være et sant og trofast vitne mot oss, dersom vi ikke gjør alt det Herren din Gud sender deg til å si til oss.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sa de til Jeremia: Herren være et sant og trofast vitne mellom oss, hvis vi ikke gjør i samsvar med alt det Herren din Gud sender deg til oss med.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så sa de til ham: «Må Herren være et sant og trofast vitne mellom oss, dersom vi ikke adlyder alt det Herren, din Gud, sender deg for å formidle til oss.»

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

  Da sa de til Jeremia: Herren være et sant og trofast vitne mellom oss, hvis vi ikke gjør i samsvar med alt det Herren din Gud sender deg til oss med.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De sa til Jeremia: «Måtte Herren være et trofast og sannhetens vitne blant oss om vi ikke gjør alt det Herren din Gud sender deg for å si til oss.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to every word the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De sa til Jeremía: 'Må Herren være et sant og trofast vitne mot oss hvis vi ikke gjør alt det Herren, din Gud, sender deg til å si til oss.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sagde de til Jeremias: Herren være et sandt og trofast Vidne imellem os, om vi ikke gjøre efter alt det Ord, med hvilket Herren din Gud sender dig til os.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then they said to emiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da sa de til Jeremia: «Måtte Herren være et trofast og rettferdig vitne mot oss, hvis vi ikke gjør nøyaktig alt som Herren din Gud vil sende deg med til oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da sa de til Jeremia: Herren være et sant og trofast vitne blant oss, om vi ikke gjør etter alt det ord som Herren din Gud skal sende deg til oss med.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og de sa til Jeremia: «Herren er et vitne sant og trofast mot oss, hvis vi gjør alt det Herren din Gud sender deg med til oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da sa de til Jeremia: Herren være en sann og troverdig vitne mellom oss, om vi ikke gjør alt det ordet som Herren din Gud sender deg til oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da sa de til Jeremia: Måtte Herren være et sant vitne mot oss i god tro, hvis vi ikke gjør alt det som Herren din Gud sender deg for å si til oss.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they sayde vnto Ieremy: The LORDE off treuth & faithfulnes be oure recorde, that we wil do all, that the LORDE thy God commaundeth vs,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then they said to Ieremiah, The Lord be a witnesse of trueth, and faith betweene vs, if we doe not, euen according to all things for ye which the Lord thy God shall send thee to vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they sayde vnto Ieremie, The Lorde be a true and faithfull witnesse betwixt vs, that we wyll do all that the Lorde thy God commaundeth vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they have said to Jeremiah, `Jehovah is against us for a witness true and faithful, if -- according to all the word with which Jehovah thy God doth send thee unto us -- we do not so.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They answered Jeremiah,“May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the LORD your God sends you to tell us to do.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 31:50 : 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.
• Judg 11:10 : 10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.
• Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, all you people; listen, O earth, and all that is within it: and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
• Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
• 1 Sam 12:5 : 5 And he said to them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
• 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.
• Exod 20:7 : 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
• Exod 20:19 : 19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’
• Deut 5:27-29 : 27 Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak to us all that the LORD our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have spoken well all that they have spoken. 29 Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!