Verse 5

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Se opp mot himmelen over deg, og se på skyene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Se opp mot himmelen og merk, og se skyene som er høyere enn deg.

• Norsk King James

  Se opp mot himmelen og se; behold skyene som er høyere enn deg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Se opp mot himmelen og betrakt skyene høyt der oppe.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Se opp mot himmelen og legg merke til, betrakt skyene, hvor høye de er over deg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Se opp mot himmelen og merk deg de skyer som er høyere enn deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se opp mot himmelen og betrakt skyene, som er høyere enn deg.

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

  Se opp mot himmelen og merk deg de skyer som er høyere enn deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Se opp mot himmelen og betrakt skyene som er høyere enn deg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.35.5", "source": "הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃", "text": "*habbēṭ šāmayim û-rəʾēh wə-šûr šəḥāqîm gāḇhû mimmekkā*", "grammar": { "*habbēṭ*": "imperative, masculine singular - look/observe", "*šāmayim*": "masculine plural noun - heavens/sky", "*û-rəʾēh*": "conjunction + imperative, masculine singular - and see", "*wə-šûr*": "conjunction + imperative, masculine singular - and behold/observe", "*šəḥāqîm*": "masculine plural noun - clouds/skies", "*gāḇhû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they are high", "*mimmekkā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - than you" }, "variants": { "*habbēṭ*": "to look/observe/gaze at", "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky", "*rəʾēh*": "to see/look/perceive", "*šûr*": "to behold/observe/watch", "*šəḥāqîm*": "clouds/skies/heavens", "*gāḇhû*": "to be high/exalted/lofty" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Se opp mot himmelen og se, og betrakt skyene som er høyere enn deg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sku Himmelen og see, og besku (de øverste) Skyer, de ere dig for høie.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Løft blikket mot himmelen, og se; legg merke til skyene som er høyere enn deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se opp mot himmelen, og se. Se skyene, som er høyere enn deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se nøye på himmelen – og se, bemerk skyene, de er høyere enn deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se opp mot himmelen og merk deg, betrakt skyene som er høyere enn deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  La dine øyne være rettet mot himmelen, løft dem opp for å se skyene; de er høyere enn deg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  loke vnto the heaue, & beholde it: cosidre ye cloudes, how they are hyer then thou.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Looke vnto the heauen, and see and behold the cloudes which are hyer then thou.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Loke vnto the heauen and beholde it, consider the cloudes which are hyer then thou.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:12 : 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
• Isa 55:9 : 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
• Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.
• 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?
• Job 25:5-6 : 5 Behold, even the moon, and it does not shine; yes, the stars are not pure in His sight. 6 How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm?
• Job 36:26-37:5 : 26 Behold, God is great, and we do not know him, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor: 28 Which the clouds drop and distill upon man abundantly. 29 Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent? 30 Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea. 31 For by them he judges the people; he gives food in abundance. 32 With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between. 33 The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor. 1 At this also my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place. 2 Listen attentively to the noise of his voice, and the sound that goes out of his mouth. 3 He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roars: he thunders with the voice of his majesty; and he does not hold them back when his voice is heard. 5 God thunders marvelously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
• Job 37:16 : 16 Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
• Job 37:22-23 : 22 Fair weather comes out of the north; with God is awesome majesty. 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out; he is excellent in power, in judgment, and in abundant justice; he will not oppress.
• Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; 4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?
• Isa 40:22-23 : 22 It is he who sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in; 23 Who brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.