Verse 4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Other Translations
GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk
Se, jeg er for liten; hvordan kan jeg svare deg? Jeg legger hånden over munnen min.
Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst
Se, jeg er uverdig; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg legger hånden over munnen.
Norsk King James
Se, jeg er elendig; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg vil legge hånden min over munnen min.
Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866
Har du en kraft som Gud, og kan du tordne med en stemme som hans?
Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål
Se, jeg er for liten; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg legger hånden på munnen.
Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611
Se, jeg er ussel; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg vil legge hånden på munnen.
o3-mini KJV Norsk
Se, jeg er uverdig; hvordan skal jeg svare deg? Jeg legger hånden over munnen.
En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)
Se, jeg er ussel; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg vil legge hånden på munnen.
Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst
Se, jeg er for liten; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg legger min hånd på munnen.
Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
biblecontext
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GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024
Se, jeg er uverdig, hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg legger hånden på munnen.
Original Norsk Bibel 1866
Haver du da en Arm som Gud, og kan du tordne med Lyd som han?
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
KJV 1769 norsk
Se, jeg er uviktig; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg vil legge hånden min over munnen.
Norsk oversettelse av Webster
"Se, jeg er av liten verdi. Hva skal jeg svare Deg? Jeg legger hånden min over munnen.
Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation
Se, jeg har vært uverdig, hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg legger hånden på munnen.
Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901
Se, jeg er av liten betydning; hva skal jeg svare deg? Jeg legger hånden på munnen min.
Norsk oversettelse av BBE
Har du en arm som Gud? Har du en røst som tordner som hans?
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, I am to vyle a personne, to answere the, therfore will I laye my hande vpon my mouth.
Geneva Bible (1560)
(39:37) Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
American Standard Version (1901)
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
World English Bible (2000)
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
Referenced Verses
- Job 29:9 : 9 The princes refrained from speaking, and laid their hands on their mouths.
- Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me and be astonished, and place your hand over your mouth.
- Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
- Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups.
- Judg 18:19 : 19 And they said to him, Hold your peace, put your hand over your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
- Ezra 9:6 : 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.
- Prov 30:32 : 32 If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on your mouth.
- Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
- Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isa 64:6 : 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
- Dan 9:5 : 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments:
- Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You.
- Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
- Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for He is raised up out of His holy dwelling.
- Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
- Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants.
- Luke 18:13 : 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
- 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
- Ezra 9:15 : 15 O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we remain yet as escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our trespasses, for we cannot stand before You because of this.
- Neh 9:33 : 33 However, You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have done right, but we have acted wickedly.
- Job 9:31-35 : 31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes will abhor me. 32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Nor is there any mediator between us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear terrify me: 35 Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.
- Job 16:21 : 21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
- 2 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done: and now, I beg You, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my ancestors.
- Ps 39:9 : 9 I was silent, and did not open my mouth, because you did it.
- Ps 51:4-5 : 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done this evil in your sight, that you may be justified when you speak and be clear when you judge. 5 Behold, I was shaped in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
- Job 23:4-7 : 4 I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.
- Job 31:37 : 37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.