Verse 5

They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion, med ansiktene vendt mot den. 'Kom, la oss inngå en evig pakt med Herren som aldri skal glemmes.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion, vendt mot den med ansiktene sine. De skal si: Kom, la oss slutte oss til Herren i en evig pakt som ikke skal glemmes.

• Norsk King James

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion med ansiktet vendt dit, og si: Kom, la oss slutte oss til Herren i en evig pakt som ikke skal bli glemt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion, med ansiktene vendt den veien, og si: Kom, la oss slutte oss til Herren med en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion med deres ansikter vendt mot den og si: 'Kom, la oss binde oss til Herren i en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion med sine ansikter vendt dit, og si: Kom, la oss slutte oss til HERREN i en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De skal spørre veien til Sion, vendt mot den, og si: «Kom, la oss forene oss med Herren i en evig pakt som ikke skal glemmes.»

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

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion med sine ansikter vendt dit, og si: Kom, la oss slutte oss til HERREN i en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De skal spørre etter Sion; deres ansikter skal vende seg dit. Kom, og la oss knytte oss til HERREN i en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion, og vende ansiktene dit. De skal komme og slutte seg til Herren i en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De skulle spørge efter Zion, paa Veiene ere deres Ansigter (vendte) hid; kommer og føier eder til Herren med en evig Pagt, (som) ikke skal glemmes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De skal spørre etter veien til Sion med ansiktene vendt dit, og si: Kom, la oss slutte oss til Herren i en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De skal spørre om Sion med sine ansikter vendt mot det, og si: Kom, og la oss slutte oss til Herren i en evig pakt som ikke skal glemmes.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De spør etter veien til Sion, vendt mot dit går deres ansikter: «Kom, la oss holde fast ved Herren, en evig pakt som ikke skal glemmes.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De skal spørre etter Sion med ansiktet vendt dit og si: Kom, bli med Herren i en evig pakt som aldri skal glemmes.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De vil spørre etter veien til Sion, med ansiktene vendt i dens retning, og si: Kom, la oss bli forenet med Herren i en evig pakt som vil bli husket for alltid.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They shall axe the waye to Sion, thyther shall they turne their faces, & come, and hange vpon the, in a couenaunt that neuer shal be broken.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They shal aske the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let vs cleaue to the Lorde in a perpetuall couenant that shall not be forgotten.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They shall aske the way to Sion, thither shall they turne their faces, saying: Come, and we wyll cleaue to the Lorde in a couenaunt that neuer shalbe broken.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, [saying], Come you, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `To' Zion they ask the way, Thitherward `are' their faces: Come in, and we are joined unto Jehovah, A covenant age-during -- not forgotten.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, [saying], Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• Heb 8:6-9 : 6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus says the LORD, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.
• Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
• Isa 35:8 : 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.
• Mic 4:1-2 : 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and people shall flow to it. 2 And many nations shall come and say, 'Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths.' For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• John 7:17 : 17 If anyone will do his will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and encouraged them all, that with purpose of heart, they would remain faithful to the Lord.
• 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 And this they did, not as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Although my house is not so with God; yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He does not make it grow.
• 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
• 1 Kgs 19:14 : 14 And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He will teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek He will guide in judgment, and the meek He will teach His way.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, each one appears before God in Zion.
• Isa 2:3-5 : 3 And many people shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And He shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. 5 O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Jer 31:31-36 : 31 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says the LORD: 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. 35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
• Isa 56:6-7 : 6 Also the sons of the foreigner, who join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant; 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.