Verse 32

It was right that we should make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost and is found.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Det var rett at vi skulle glede oss og være glade; for denne din bror var død og er blitt levende; han var tapt og er funnet.'

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Det var nødvendig å glede seg og feire, for denne broren din var død og er blitt levende igjen; han var tapt og er funnet."

• Norsk King James

  Det var riktig at vi skulle være glade og fryde oss; for denne din bror var død og er blitt levende igjen; han var tapt, og er funnet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vi måtte jo feire og være glade, for denne din bror var død og er blitt levende igjen, han var tapt og er funnet.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Det var nødvendig at vi skulle glede oss og være glade, for denne din bror var død og lever igjen; og han var fortapt og er blitt funnet.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men vi måtte feire og være glade, fordi denne broren din var død og er blitt levende igjen; han var tapt og er blitt funnet.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men vi måtte feire og være glade, for denne broren din var død og er blitt levende igjen, han var fortapt og er blitt funnet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det er rett å feire og glede seg, for din bror var død og lever nå igjen; han var tapt, og nå er han funnet.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men nå måtte vi jo feire og glede oss, for denne broren din var død, men er blitt levende igjen; han var fortapt, men er nå funnet.’»

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

  Men nå måtte vi jo feire og glede oss, for denne broren din var død, men er blitt levende igjen; han var fortapt, men er nå funnet.’»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men det var riktig å være glad og feire, for denne din bror var død og er blitt levende igjen, han var tapt og er blitt funnet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men nå burde vi feire og glede oss, for din bror var død og lever igjen; han var tapt og er funnet.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men man burde at være lystig og glæde sig, fordi denne din Broder var død og er bleven levende igjen, og var fortabt og er funden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men nå må vi feire og være glade, for denne broren din var død og er blitt levende igjen; han var tapt og er funnet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men vi måtte feire og være glade, for denne din bror var død og er levende igjen; han var tapt og er blitt funnet.'"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men vi burde fryde oss og glede oss, for denne din bror var død og er blitt levende igjen, han var tapt og er funnet.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men vi måtte feste og være glade, for denne broren din var død og er blitt levende igjen; han var tapt, men er funnet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men nå må vi glede oss og feire, for denne broren din var død og er blitt levende igjen, han var tapt og er funnet.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  it was mete that we shuld make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was deed and is a lyve agayne: and was loste and is founde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  thou shuldest be mery and glad, for this yi brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It was meete that we shoulde make merie, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and hee was lost, but he is found.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again] ; and [was] lost, and is found.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

Referenced Verses

• Luke 15:24 : 24 For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
• Eph 2:1-9 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;) 6 And raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 Certainly not: indeed, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, 'That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.'
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. 10 And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people. 12 And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Ps 51:8 : 8 Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones you have broken may rejoice.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
• Jonah 4:10-11 : 10 Then the LORD said, You have had pity on the plant, for which you have not labored, nor made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11 And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
• Luke 7:34 : 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!