Verse 6

I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its bars was around me forever: yet You have brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vann flommet over meg til sjelen, dypet omsluttet meg, sjøgress kveilet seg rundt hodet mitt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg sank ned til fjellenes grunn, jorden med sine bommer var rundt meg for alltid; men du, Herre min Gud, førte mitt liv opp fra graven.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg gikk ned til fjellenes bunner; jorden stengte seg rundt meg; men du har reddet livet mitt fra fortapelse, o Herre, min Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vannet omsluttet meg helt til sjelen, avgrunnen omringet meg, tang var viklet rundt hodet mitt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vannet omsluttet meg helt til sjelen, dypet omringet meg, tang var viklet om hodet mitt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg sank ned til fjellenes grunn; jorden med sine bommer lukket seg om meg for alltid, men du førte mitt liv opp fra graven, Herre min Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg sank ned til fjellenes bunn; jorden med sine lenker var om meg for alltid; men du, Herre min Gud, har løftet mitt liv opp fra forråtnelsen.

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

  Jeg sank ned til fjellenes grunn; jorden med sine bommer lukket seg om meg for alltid, men du førte mitt liv opp fra graven, Herre min Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vann omringet meg til sjelen, avgrunnen omsluttet meg, tang viklet seg rundt hodet mitt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vann omringet meg helt til sjelen. Dypet omringet meg, tang var viklet rundt hodet mitt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vandene omgave mig indtil Sjælen, Afgrunden omringede mig, der var Tang viklet om mit Hoved.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg sank ned til fjellenes grunn; jorden med sine sluser var over meg for alltid. Men du brakte mitt liv opp fra graven, Herre min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg sank ned til fjellenes røtter. Jorden sperret meg inne for alltid. Likevel førte du mitt liv opp fra graven, Herre min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Til fjellenes røtter sank jeg ned, jorden med sine lukker stengte meg inne for alltid. Men du førte mitt liv opp fra graven, Herre min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg sank ned til fjellenes bunn; jorden med sine låser stengte meg inne for alltid. Men du førte livet mitt opp fra avgrunnen, Herre min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vannet omgav meg helt til halsen; dypet omsluttet meg; tang var viklet rundt hodet mitt.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And I wet downe vn to the botome of the hylles and was barred in with erth on euery syde for euer. And yet thou LORde my God broughtest vp my life agayne out of corrupcion.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wente downe to the botome of the hilles, & was barred in with earth for euer. But thou (o LORDE my God) hast brought vp my lyfe agayne out of corrupcion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I went downe to the bottome of the moutaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou brought vp my life from the pit, O Lorde my God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I went downe to the bottome of the mountaines, the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my lyfe from corruption, O Lorde my God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars `are' behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 30:3 : 3 O LORD, you have brought my soul up from the grave; you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
• Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but in love for my soul, You have delivered it from the pit of corruption: for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
• Ps 16:10 : 10 For You will not leave my soul in hell; nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
• Isa 40:12 : 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
• Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and drove asunder the nations. The everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills bowed; His ways are everlasting.
• Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw You and trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice and lifted up its hands on high.
• Acts 13:33-37 : 33 God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said this way, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, You shall not allow your Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 But he whom God raised again saw no corruption.
• Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• Job 33:24 : 24 Then He is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.
• Job 33:28 : 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
• Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements, if you know? Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 On what are its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who closed up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, 10 And fixed My limit for it, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, This far you shall come, but no further; and here shall your proud waves be stopped?
• Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
• Ps 65:6 : 6 Who by His strength establishes the mountains; being girded with power:
• Ps 104:6 : 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
• Ps 104:8 : 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which You have founded for them.
• Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
• Prov 8:25-29 : 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a boundary upon the face of the depth; 28 When he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep, 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not go beyond his command; when he appointed the foundations of the earth,