Verse 13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Riv hjertet i stykker, ikke klærne, og vend tilbake til Herren deres Gud, for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på kjærlighet; han angrer det onde.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Riv i stykker deres hjerter, ikke klærne deres, og vend tilbake til Herren deres Gud. For han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på kjærlighet, og han angrer det onde.

• Norsk King James

  Åpne hjertet deres, og ikke klærne deres, og vend dere til Herren deres Gud;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Riv istykker deres hjerter og ikke klærne deres, og vend dere til Herren deres Gud; for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på miskunnhet, og han angrer det onde.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Riv hjertene deres, ikke klærne, og vend om til Herren deres Gud, for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på nåde, og han angres det onde.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Riv deres hjerter, og ikke deres klær, og vend dere til Herren deres Gud: for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede, og rikelig med godhet, og angrer det onde.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Riv opp hjertet, ikke bare klærne deres, og vend dere til Herren, deres Gud; for han er nådig og barmhjertig, langsom til vrede og rik på godhet, og han angrer over det onde.

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

  Riv deres hjerter, og ikke deres klær, og vend dere til Herren deres Gud: for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede, og rikelig med godhet, og angrer det onde.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Riv i hjertene deres og ikke klærne, vend om til Herren deres Gud! For Han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, og Han angrer det onde Han truer med.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending calamity.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Riv hjertene deres, ikke klærne. Vend om til Herren deres Gud! For han er nådig og barmhjertig, langmodig og rik på miskunn, og han angrer det onde.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og sønderriver eders Hjerte og ikke eders Klæder, og vender om til Herren eders Gud; thi han er naadig og barmhjertig, langmodig og af stor Miskundhed, og angrer det Onde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Riv deres hjerter og ikke klærne deres, og vend tilbake til Herren deres Gud, for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på godhet, og han angrer det onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Riv hjertet, ikke klærne, og vend tilbake til Herren, deres Gud; for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, og han angrer på ulykken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Riv hjertet, ikke klærne, og vend om til Jehova deres Gud, for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på kjærlighet, og han angrer det onde han har tenkt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Riv i stykker hjertet, ikke klærne deres, vend om til Jehova deres Gud; for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på kjærlighet, og han angrer det onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  La hjertene deres bli knust, ikke klærne, og vend tilbake til Herren deres Gud, for han er nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, og blidgjøres lett.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  rente youre hertes, & not youre clothes. Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God, for he is gracious & mercifull, longe sufferynge & of greate compassion: & redy to pardone wickednes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And rent your heart, & not your clothes: and turne vnto the Lord your God, for he is gratious, and mercifull, slowe to anger, and of great kindnes, and repenteth him of the euill.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And rent your heartes and not your garmentes, & turne you vnto the Lorde your God, for he is gratious & mercifull, slowe to anger, and of great goodnesse, and he wyll repent him of the euyll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful `is' He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Tear your hearts, not just your garments!” Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 34:18 : 18 The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart; and saves such as have a contrite spirit.
• Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relent from doing harm.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy and truth.
• Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
• 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD.
• Gen 37:29 : 29 And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
• Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• 2 Sam 1:11 : 11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
• 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
• Jer 18:7-8 : 7 At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
• Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more: 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell to the ground and worshipped.
• Eph 2:4 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
• 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For bodily exercise profits little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
• Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger: 20 For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
• Ezek 9:4 : 4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it.
• Amos 7:2-6 : 2 And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD. 4 Thus the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and consumed a part. 5 Then I said, O Lord GOD, cease, I beg you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.
• Isa 58:5 : 5 Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
• 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.
• Matt 5:3-4 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
• Matt 6:16-18 : 16 Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
• 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Therefore consider, please, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.
• 2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.
• 2 Kgs 22:11 : 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.
• Num 14:18 : 18 The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
• Neh 9:17 : 17 They refused to obey, and were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.
• Ps 103:8 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy.
• Ps 106:45 : 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and relented according to the multitude of his mercies.
• Ps 145:7-9 : 7 They shall abundantly express the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness. 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9 The LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.