Verse 37

And she was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og hun var en enke på omkring åttifire år, som ikke forlot templet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønn natt og dag.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og hun var enke i åttifire år, og hun skiltet seg ikke fra tempelet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønn natt og dag.

• Norsk King James

  Og hun var en enke i omtrent 84 år, som ikke forlot tempelet, men tilbad Gud med fasting og bønn natt og dag.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som enke var hun nå åtti-fire år. Hun vek ikke fra tempelet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønner natt og dag.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og hun var enke omtrent åttifire år, som ikke vek fra templet, men tjente Gud med fastninger og bønner natt og dag.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  og hun var en enke på omtrent åttifire år. Hun forlot aldri tempelet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønner natt og dag.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hun var nå en enke på åttifire år som aldri forlot tempelet, men tjente Gud natt og dag med faste og bønn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hun var en enke på rundt åttifire år, og forlot aldri tempelet, men tjente Gud gjennom faste og bønn, både dag og natt.

• gpt4.5-preview

  og nå var hun en enke på åttifire år. Hun forlot aldri tempelet, men tjente Gud i faste og bønn, natt og dag.

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

  og nå var hun en enke på åttifire år. Hun forlot aldri tempelet, men tjente Gud i faste og bønn, natt og dag.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  og hadde siden vært enke. Nå var hun fireogåtti år. Hun forlot aldri tempelet, men tjente Gud i faste og bønn natt og dag.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  og hadde nå vært enke i åttifire år. Hun vek ikke fra tempelet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønn natt og dag.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  og hun var nu en Enke ved fire og fiirsindstyve Aar, som ikke veg fra Templet, tjenende Gud med Fasten og Beden Nat og Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  og var enke, åtti fire år gammel. Hun forlot aldri tempelet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønn natt og dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og hadde vært enke i omkring åttifire år), som ikke forlot tempelet, men tjente Gud i faste og bønner natt og dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og nå var hun en enke på åttifire år. Hun forlot aldri templet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønn, natt og dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og var nå en enke på åttifire år. Hun vek ikke fra templet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønner natt og dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og var deretter enke til sitt åttifjerde år. Hun forlot ikke templet, men tjente Gud med faste og bønn natt og dag.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And she had bene a wedowe aboute.iiii. scoore and.iiii. yere which went never oute of the temple but served God with fastinge and prayer nyght and daye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score & foure yeares, which came neuer fro the teple, seruynge God wt fastynge and prayenge, daye and night:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And she was widowe about foure score and foure yeeres, and went not out of the Temple, but serued God with fastings & prayers, night and day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres, whiche departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and she `is' a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
• Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.
• Acts 26:7 : 7 To which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God day and night, hope to attain. For this hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
• Acts 13:3 : 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
• Rev 3:12 : 12 He who overcomes, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
• Rev 7:15 : 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall dwell among them.
• Exod 38:8 : 8 He made the basin of bronze and its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the women who assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy like the LORD; for there is none besides you; neither is there any rock like our God.
• Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; and in the night season, and am not silent.
• Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.
• Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they will still be praising you. Selah.
• Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Ps 92:13 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
• Ps 135:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, O you servants of the LORD. 2 You who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
• Luke 5:33 : 33 And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink?