Verse 21

His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Hans herre sa til ham: Vel gjort, gode og tro tjener! Du har vært tro over lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye; gå inn til din husses glede.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Herren hans sa til ham: "Bra, gode og tro tjener! Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye: gå inn til din herres glede."

• Norsk King James

  Hans herre sa til ham: Vel gjort, du gode og trofaste tjener; du har vært tro over lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye; gå inn i din herres glede.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herren sa til ham: Godt gjort, du gode og trofaste tjener! Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Herren hans sa da til ham: Godt gjort, du gode og tro tjener! Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Hans herre sa til ham: 'Godt jobbet, du gode og trofaste tjener! Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over meget. Kom inn til din herres glede!'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Herren hans sa til ham: Vel gjort, du gode og tro tjener. Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hans herre sa til ham: Vel gjort, du gode og trofaste tjener! Du har vært trofast med lite, og jeg skal sette deg til å herske over mye. Kom og del i din herres glede.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Hans herre sa til ham: «Vel gjort, du gode og tro tjener! Du har vært trofast i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.»

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

  Hans herre sa til ham: «Vel gjort, du gode og tro tjener! Du har vært trofast i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herren hans sa til ham: Vel gjort, gode og tro tjener! Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Hans herre sa til ham: 'Bra gjort, du gode og tro tjener. Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men hans Herre sagde til ham: Vel, du gode og tro Tjener! du haver været tro over det Lidet, jeg vil sætte dig oven Meget; gak ind til din Herres Glæde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Herren hans sa til ham: Vel gjort, du gode og tro tjener! Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hans herre sa til ham: 'Godt gjort, du gode og trofaste tjener. Du har vært tro over lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og hans herre sa til ham: Godt gjort, du gode og tro tjener; du har vært tro over lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye; gå inn til din herres glede.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hans herre sa til ham: Godt gjort, du gode og tro tjener. Du har vært tro i smått, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Herren svarte: Godt gjort, gode og tro tjener! Du har vært tro i lite, jeg vil sette deg over mye. Gå inn til din herres glede.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  The his master sayde vnto him: well good servaut and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy masters ioye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde his lorde vnto hi: wel thou good & faithfull seruaunt, thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle, I wil set the ouer moch: entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then his master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹His lord said unto him, Well done,› [thou] ‹good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  His master answered,‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Referenced Verses

• Luke 16:10 : 10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in what is least is also unjust in much.
• Matt 25:23 : 23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
• John 12:26 : 26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us;
• Rev 3:21 : 21 To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear none of those things which you will suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.
• Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
• Luke 12:44 : 44 Truly I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has.
• Matt 24:45 : 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?
• Matt 24:47 : 47 Truly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And so did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and did what was good and right and true before the LORD his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
• Luke 22:28-30 : 28 You are they which have continued with me in my trials. 29 And I appoint to you a kingdom, as my Father has appointed to me; 30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
• Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• 1 Pet 1:7-8 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
• Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in. 36 I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me. 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
• Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For You will not leave my soul in hell; nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 11 You will show me the path of life: in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
• Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
• 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
• Rev 2:26-28 : 26 And he who overcomes, and keeps my works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— 27 'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels'—as I also have received from my Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts; and then each person will receive praise from God.
• 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.