Verse 5

If you would seek God earnestly, and make your supplication to the Almighty;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men hvis du søker Gud og ber Den Allmektige om nåde, da vil Han høre deg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men hvis du søker Gud iherdig og ydmykt bønnfaller Den Allmektige,

• Norsk King James

  Hvis du søker Gud tidlig og bringer din bønn til Den Allmektige;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men hvis du søker Gud tidlig og ber Den Allmektige om nåde,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men hvis du søker Gud og bønnfaller Den Allmektige,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis du ville tidlig søke Gud og vende din bønn til Den Allmektige,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om du da hadde søkt Gud i tide og henvendt deg til den Allmektige med bønn;

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

  Hvis du ville tidlig søke Gud og vende din bønn til Den Allmektige,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis du søker Gud ivrig og ber Den Allmektige om nåde,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But if you earnestly seek God and plead for mercy from the Almighty,

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men hvis du søker Gud og trygler Den Allmektige om nåde,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Men) om du aarle søger hen til Gud og beder om Naade til den Almægtige,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  dersom du ville søke Gud tidlig, og be ydmykt til Den Allmektige,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis du vil søke Gud omhyggelig, og be til Den Allmektige,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  hvis du søker Gud tidlig og ber til Den Mektige,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis du ville søke Gud ivrig, og be Den Allmektige om nåde;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis du vil søke Gud med omhu og legge din forespørsel fram for alle tings hersker;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yff thou woldest now resorte vnto God by tymes, and make thine humble prayer to ye Allmightie:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thou wouldest nowe resorte vnto God be times, and make thy prayer to the almightie,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you want to seek God diligently, Make your supplication to the Almighty.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

Referenced Verses

• Job 11:13 : 13 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward Him;
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened.
• Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,
• Jas 4:7-9 : 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• Job 22:21-30 : 21 Acquaint yourself with Him now and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. 22 Receive, I pray you, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, and you shall put away iniquity far from your tents. 24 Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver. 26 For then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. 27 You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows. 28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you, and light shall shine upon your ways. 29 When they cast down, then you shall say, 'There is lifting up;' and He shall save the humble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent; and it is delivered by the purity of your hands.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed to him, and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
• Job 5:8 : 8 I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause: