Verse 15

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would plead with my Judge.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Selv om jeg er uskyldig, kan jeg ikke svare; jeg må be om nåde.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, ville jeg ikke svare; men jeg ville bønnfalle min dommer.

• Norsk King James

  Hvem ville jeg kunne svare, selv om jeg var uskyldig? Jeg ville be min Dommer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, kunne jeg ikke svare; jeg må be min dommer om nåde.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Selv om jeg var i rett, kunne jeg ikke svare; jeg måtte be om nåde fra min dommer.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om jeg var rettferdig, kunne jeg ikke svare, men jeg ville måtte be om nåde fra min dommer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, ville jeg ikke svare ham; jeg ville heller bønnfalle min dommer.

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

  Om jeg var rettferdig, kunne jeg ikke svare, men jeg ville måtte be om nåde fra min dommer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om jeg var rettferdig, kan jeg likevel ikke svare; til min dommer må jeg be om nåde.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.9.15", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃", "text": "*ʾăšer* *ʾim-ṣādaqtî* *lōʾ* *ʾeʿĕneh* *li-mšōpṭî* *ʾetḥannān*", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*ʾim-ṣādaqtî*": "conditional particle + qal perfect 1st person singular - though I am righteous", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾeʿĕneh*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will answer", "*li-mšōpṭî*": "preposition + qal participle masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - to my judge", "*ʾetḥannān*": "hithpael imperfect 1st person singular - I must plead for mercy" }, "variants": { "*ʾim-ṣādaqtî*": "to be righteous, be just, be in the right", "*ʾeʿĕneh*": "to answer, respond, reply", "*mšōpṭî*": "judge, one who judges me", "*ʾetḥannān*": "to seek favor, implore, plead for mercy" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, kunne jeg ikke svare; jeg må be min dommer om nåde.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi om jeg end var retfærdig, vilde jeg ikke svare; jeg maa bede den om Naade, som dømmer mig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, ville jeg ikke kunne svare, men jeg ville be min dommer om nåde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, ville jeg ikke svare; jeg ville bønnfalle min dommer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, ville jeg ikke svare, men be om nåde fra min dommer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Selv om jeg var rettferdig, ville jeg ikke svare; jeg ville be om nåde fra min dommer.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Selv om min sak var god, kunne jeg ikke svare; jeg ville be om nåde fra ham som var imot meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yee though I be rightuous, yet will I not geue him one worde agayne, but mekely submytte my self to my iudge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplicatio to my Iudge.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

Referenced Verses

• Job 10:15 : 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see my affliction;
• Job 8:5 : 5 If you would seek God earnestly, and make your supplication to the Almighty;
• Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
• 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 Whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: 39 Then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
• 2 Chr 33:13 : 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:
• Job 22:27 : 27 You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
• Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.
• Job 34:31-32 : 31 Surely it is proper to say to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend anymore; 32 That which I do not see, teach me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes:
• Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.
• 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
• 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously: