Verse 13

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men tolleren, stående langt borte, ville ikke engang heve blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg selv i brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men tolleren sto langt borte, han ville ikke engang se opp mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær nådig mot meg, en synder.

• Norsk King James

  Men tolleren, som stod langt unna, ville ikke engang løfte blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg på brystet og sa, Gud, vær meg synder nådig.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Tolleren sto langt borte og ville ikke engang løfte øynene mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig!

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men tolleren sto langt nede og ville ikke engang løfte øynene mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig!

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Tolleren, derimot, sto langt borte. Han ville ikke en gang løfte sine øyne mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig!

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men tolleren sto langt borte og ville ikke engang løfte øynene mot himmelen. Han slo seg på brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg nådig, jeg er en synder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Tolleren, som sto langt borte, løftet ikke engang blikket mot himmelen; han slo seg på brystet og sa: 'Gud, ha miskunn med meg, en synder.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men tolleren stod langt borte og våget ikke engang å løfte øynene mot himmelen, men slo seg på brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg nådig, jeg er en synder.

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

  Men tolleren stod langt borte og våget ikke engang å løfte øynene mot himmelen, men slo seg på brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg nådig, jeg er en synder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men tolleren sto langt borte og ville ikke engang løfte øynene mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: 'Gud, vær meg synder nådig.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his chest and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men tolleren sto langt borte og ville ikke engang løfte blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: 'Gud, vær meg synder nådig.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Tolderen stod langt borte og vilde end ikke opløfte Øinene til Himmelen, men slog sig for sit Bryst og sagde: Gud være mig Synder naadig!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men tolleren sto langt borte, ville ikke engang løfte blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Tolleren sto langt unna og ville ikke engang løfte blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: 'Gud, vær meg, synderen, nådig!'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men tolleren sto langt unna og ville ikke engang løfte blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig!

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men tolleren sto langt unna og ville ikke engang løfte blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Tolleren derimot sto langt unna og ville ikke engang løfte blikket mot himmelen, men slo seg for brystet og sa: Gud, vær meg synder nådig.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the publican stode afarre of and wolde not lyfte vp his eyes to heven but smote his brest sayinge: God be mercyfull to me a synner.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be mercifull to me a sinner.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the publicane standyng a farre of, woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, saying: God be mercifull to me a sinner.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as› [his] ‹eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 9:6 : 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.
• Luke 23:48 : 48 And all the people who came together to that sight, observing what had been done, beat their breasts and returned.
• Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?'
• Rom 5:8 : 8 But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
• Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
• Luke 23:40-43 : 40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong. 42 Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. 43 And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise.
• 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• Ezek 16:63 : 63 That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
• Isa 64:5-6 : 5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are angry; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
• Jer 31:18-19 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not accustomed to the yoke: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God. 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth.
• Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
• Luke 7:6-7 : 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble yourself: for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof: 7 Therefore neither did I think myself worthy to come to you: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
• Luke 15:18-21 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants. 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.
• Luke 17:12 : 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off:
• 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.
• 2 Cor 7:11 : 11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
• Heb 8:12 : 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 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.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 Also his prayer, how God was entreated of him, all his sin and trespass, and the places where he built high places and set up groves and carved images, before he humbled himself, are written among the sayings of the seers.
• 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 And he did not humble himself before the LORD as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but Amon trespassed more and more.
• Dan 9:5 : 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments:
• Dan 9:7-9 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You. 8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even by departing, that they might not obey Your voice; therefore, the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
• Dan 9:18-19 : 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. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God: for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.
• Matt 9:13 : 13 But go and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 25:7 : 7 Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O LORD.
• Ps 25:11 : 11 For Your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
• Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold of me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
• Ps 41:4 : 4 I said, LORD, be merciful to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.
• Ps 51:1-3 : 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
• Ps 86:15-16 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy and truth. 16 Turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give Your strength to Your servant, and save the son of Your maidservant.
• Ps 106:6 : 6 We have sinned with our ancestors, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
• Ps 119:41 : 41 VAU. Let Your mercies come also to me, O LORD, Your salvation according to Your word.
• Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who can stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
• Ps 130:7 : 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption.
• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.