Verse 25

But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine swept throughout all the land;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men jeg sier dere sannheten: Mange enker var i Israel på Elias dager, da himmelen var stengt i tre år og seks måneder, da stor hungersnød rammet hele landet;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og jeg sier dere sannheten: Mange enker var i Israel i Elias dager, da himmelen ble stengt i tre år og seks måneder, og en stor hungersnød rammet hele landet;

• Norsk King James

  Men jeg sier dere sannheten, mange enker fantes i Israel på Elias' dager, da himmelen var stengt i tre år og seks måneder, da stor hungersnød rammet hele landet;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og sannheten er, det var mange enker i Israel på Elias tid, da himmelen var lukket i tre år og seks måneder, og det var stor sult i hele landet;

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men i sannhet sier jeg dere: Det var mange enker i Israel i Elias' dager, da himmelen ble lukket i tre år og seks måneder, og det ble en stor hungersnød over hele landet.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Det er sant det jeg sier dere: Det var mange enker i Israel på Elias' tid, da himmelen var lukket i tre år og seks måneder og det var stor hungersnød i hele landet;

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg sier dere sannheten: Det var mange enker i Israel i Elijas dager, da himmelen var lukket i tre år og seks måneder, da det var stor hungersnød over hele landet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men jeg sier dere: I Israel var det mange enker i Elias’ tid, da himmelen var stengt i tre år og seks måneder, og en stor hungersnød herjet over hele landet;

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men jeg sier dere sannheten: Det var mange enker i Israel i Elias’ dager, da himmelen var lukket i tre år og seks måneder, og det var stor hungersnød i hele landet.

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

  Men jeg sier dere sannheten: Det var mange enker i Israel i Elias’ dager, da himmelen var lukket i tre år og seks måneder, og det var stor hungersnød i hele landet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg sier dere i sannhet: Det var mange enker i Israel i Elias' dager, da himmelen var lukket i tre år og seks måneder, og det var en stor hungersnød over hele landet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Jeg sier dere i sannhet: Det var mange enker i Israel på Elis tid, da himmelen ble lukket i tre år og seks måneder og det var stor hungersnød over hele landet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men i Sandhed siger jeg eder: Der vare mange Enker i Israel i Eliæ Dage, der Himmelen var lukket i tre Aar og sex Maaneder, den Gang, der var en stor Hunger i det ganske Land;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men jeg sier dere i sannhet, det var mange enker i Israel i Elias' dager, da himmelen var lukket for tre år og seks måneder, og det var stor hungersnød i hele landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men sant sier jeg dere, det var mange enker i Israel på Elijas tid, da himmelen var stengt i tre år og seks måneder, og det kom en stor hungersnød over hele landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg sier dere i sannhet: Det var mange enker i Israel på Elias' tid, da himmelen var stengt i tre år og seks måneder, og det ble stor hungersnød i hele landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg sier dere: Det var mange enker i Israel i Elias' dager, da himmelen var lukket i tre år og seks måneder, og det var stor hungersnød i hele landet;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Sannelig, jeg sier dere, det var mange enker i Israel på Elias' tid, da himmelen var stengt i tre år og seks måneder, og det var stor hungersnød i hele landet;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But I tell you of a truth many wyddowes were in Israell in the dayes of Helias when hevyn was shet thre yeres and syxe monethes when greate fammisshemet was throughoute all the londe

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles of a trueth I saye vnto you: There were many wedowes in Israel in ye tyme of Elias, wha the heaue was shut thre yeares and sixe monethes, and whan there was a greate derth in all the lande:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But I tell you of a trueth, many widowes were in Israel in the dayes of Elias, when heauen was shut three yeres and sixe moneths, when great famine was throughout all the land:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But I tell you of a trueth, many wydowes were in Israel, in the dayes of Elias, when heauen was shutte three yeres & sixe monethes, when great famishment was throughout all ye lande:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

• World English Bible (2000)

  But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.
• Jas 5:17 : 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
• 1 Kgs 18:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria.
• Isa 55:8 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.
• Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
• Mark 7:26-29 : 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth; and she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said to her, Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs. 28 And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs. 29 And he said to her, For this saying, go your way; the demon has left your daughter.
• Luke 10:21 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: even so, Father, for so it seemed good in your sight.
• Rom 9:15 : 15 For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
• Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
• Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:
• Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will: