Verse 15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For han skal bli stor for Herren, og han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikke; og han skal bli fylt med Den Hellige Ånd, allerede fra mors liv.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For han skal bli stor for Herren, og han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterke drikker; han skal bli fylt med Den Hellige Ånd allerede fra mors liv.

• Norsk King James

  For han skal bli stor i Herrens øyne, og skal verken drikke vin eller sterk drikk; han skal bli fylt med Den Hellige Ånd fra mors liv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For han skal være stor for Herren, han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og fra mors liv skal han være fylt med Den Hellige Ånd.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For han skal være stor for Herren; han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal bli fylt med Den Hellige Ånd, alt fra sin mors liv.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For han skal være stor for Herren og skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk; og fra mors liv skal han være fylt med Den Hellige Ånd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han skal være stor i Herrens øyne; han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal være fylt med Den Hellige Ånd allerede fra sin mors liv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han skal være stor for Herrens øyne, og han skal hverken drikke vin eller sterk drikk; han skal allerede fra mors liv fylles med Den Hellige Ånd.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For han skal bli stor i Herrens øyne og verken drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal bli fylt av Den Hellige Ånd allerede fra mors liv.

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

  For han skal bli stor i Herrens øyne og verken drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal bli fylt av Den Hellige Ånd allerede fra mors liv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For han skal bli stor i Herrens øyne. Han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal bli fylt av Den Hellige Ånd allerede fra mors liv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For han skal være stor for Herrens øyne. Han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal være fylt av Den Hellige Ånd fra sin mors liv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi han skal være stor for Herren, og ikke drikke Viin og stærk Drik, og alt fra sin Moders Liv af fyldes med den Hellig-Aand,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For han skal bli stor i Herrens øyne og skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal bli fylt med Den Hellige Ånd, like fra mors liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For han skal være stor i Herrens øyne, og han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk. Han skal være fylt med Den Hellige Ånd, allerede fra sin mors liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for han skal bli stor for Herren. Vin og sterk drikk vil han ikke drikke, og han skal være fylt av Den hellige ånd allerede fra mors liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For han skal være stor for Herren; han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal være fylt med Den Hellige Ånd helt fra mors liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For han skal være stor i Herrens øyne; han skal ikke drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og han skal fylles med Den hellige ånd fra sin mors liv.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For he shalbe greate in the sight of the LORde and shall nether drinke wyne ner stronge drinke. And he shalbe filled with the holy goost even in his mothers wombe:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for he shal be greate before the LORDE. Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke. And he shalbe fylled wt the holy goost, euen in his mothers wombe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 7:33 : 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a demon.
• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
• Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,
• Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
• Acts 2:4 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• Zech 9:15 : 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink and make noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
• Luke 7:28 : 28 For I say to you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
• Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.
• Num 6:2-4 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves to the LORD: 3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing made from the vine tree, from the seeds even to the skin.
• Josh 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said to Joshua, This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
• Josh 4:14 : 14 On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
• Judg 13:4-6 : 4 Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing: 5 For, behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines. 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, very awesome: but I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name:
• 1 Chr 17:8 : 8 And I have been with you wherever you have walked, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
• 1 Chr 29:12 : 12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all; in Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.
• Ps 22:9 : 9 But You are He who took me out of the womb; You made me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. 11 Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. 16 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows, 17 And saying, We have played the flute for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned for you, and you have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
• Acts 2:14-18 : 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words: 15 These are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all people; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams: 18 On My servants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy: