Verse 27

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur ba de om at levittene skulle samles for en feiring med takksigelser.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur, samlet de levittene fra alle deres steder, for å føre dem til Jerusalem, for å holde innvielsen med glede, både med takksigelser og sang, med cymbaler, lyreter, og harper.

• Norsk King James

  Og ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur, søkte de etter levittene fra alle deres steder, for å bringe dem til Jerusalem, for å feire innvielsen med glede, både med takksigelser og synge, med cymbaler, harper og lutt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ved muren i Jerusalem søkte de etter levittene fra alle deres bosteder for å føre dem til Jerusalem for innvielsen med glede, takksigelser og sang, med cymbaler, harper og lyre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur kalte de levittene fra alle deres bosteder for å bringe dem til Jerusalem for å holde innvielse med glede og lovprisning, med sang, cymbaler, harper og lyrer.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur ble levittene søkt opp fra alle sine steder for å bringe dem til Jerusalem for å feire innvielsen med glede, både med takk og med sang, med cymbaler, harper og lyrer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur søkte de ut levittene fra alle deres områder for å bringe dem til Jerusalem, slik at de med glede skulle kunne delta i innvielsen med takksigelser og sang, med cymbaler, strengeinstrumenter og harper.

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

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur ble levittene søkt opp fra alle sine steder for å bringe dem til Jerusalem for å feire innvielsen med glede, både med takk og med sang, med cymbaler, harper og lyrer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur søkte de etter levittene fra alle deres steder for å føre dem til Jerusalem, og de skulle holde innvielse med glede, takksigelser og sang til cymbaler, harper og lyrer.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgiving and with singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur søkte de levittene fra alle sine steder for å bringe dem til Jerusalem for å holde innvielseshøytid med glede, og med lovprisninger og sang, cymbaler, lyrer og harper.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og til Murens Indvielse i Jerusalem opsøgte de Leviterne af alle deres Stæder, at føre dem til Jerusalem, at holde Indvielsen baade med Glæde og med Taksigelser og med Sang, Cymbler, Psaltere og Harper.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladss, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur søkte de etter leviske av deres bosteder for å bringe dem til Jerusalem, for å holde en innvielsesfest med glede, både med takk og sang, med cymbaler, harper og lutt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur søkte de levittene ut fra alle deres steder, for å bringe dem til Jerusalem for å holde innvielsen med glede, både med takksigelse og med sang, med cymbaler, harper og lyre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur hentet de levittene fra alle deres bosteder for å bringe dem til Jerusalem for å holde innvielsen med glede, med takksigelse, sang, cymbaler, harper og lyrer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ved innvielsen av Jerusalems mur søkte de levittene fra alle deres steder, for å føre dem til Jerusalem, for å holde innvielsen med glede, både med takk og med sang, med cymbaler, harper og lyrespill.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og da tiden kom for Jerusalems mur å helliges, sendte de etter levittene fra alle deres bosteder for å komme til Jerusalem, for å holde festen med glede, lovprisning og melodi, med messing- og strengeinstrumenter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And in the dedicacion of the wall at Ierusalem, were the Leuites soughte out of all their places, that they mighte be broughte to Ierusalem, to kepe ye dedicacion in gladnesse, with thankesgeuynges, with synginge, with Cymbales, Psalteries and harpes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in the dedication of the wall at Ierusalem they sought the Leuites out of all their places to bring them to Ierusalem to keepe the dedication and gladnes, both with thanksgiuings & with songs, cymbales, violes and with harpes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in the dedication of the wall at Hierusalem they fought the Leuites out of all their places, that they might be brought to Hierusalem, to kepe the dedication and gladnesse with thankesgeuinges, & singing, with cymbales, psalteries, and harpes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, `with' cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

• World English Bible (2000)

  At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 15:16 : 16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding by lifting up the voice with joy.
• 1 Chr 15:28 : 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
• 2 Chr 29:30 : 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 It happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever: that the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the LORD;
• Deut 20:5 : 5 And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
• 2 Sam 6:12 : 12 And it was told to King David, saying, The LORD has blessed the house of Obededom, and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
• 1 Chr 13:8 : 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, with singing, with harps, with psalteries, with timbrels, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
• 1 Chr 15:4 : 4 And David assembled the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
• 1 Chr 15:12 : 12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.
• 1 Chr 16:5 : 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obededom, and Jeiel with psalteries and harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 1 Chr 16:42 : 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.
• 1 Chr 23:5 : 5 Moreover, four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.
• 1 Chr 25:1-6 : 1 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the king's order. 3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt the horn. And God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
• 1 Chr 26:31 : 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David, they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
• Ezra 3:10-11 : 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
• Ezra 6:16 : 16 And the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
• Ezra 8:15-20 : 15 And I gathered them together by the river that flows to Ahava; and there we stayed in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. 16 Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and Elnathan, men of understanding. 17 And I sent them with orders to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, and to his brothers the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen; 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty; 20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were recorded by name.
• Neh 8:17 : 17 And all the congregation of those who had returned from captivity made booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great gladness.
• Neh 11:20 : 20 And the rest of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
• Ps 30:1 : 1 I will praise you, O LORD, for you have lifted me up, and have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
• Ps 81:1-4 : 1 Sing aloud to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the lyre. 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the appointed time, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
• Ps 92:1-3 : 1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High: 2 To proclaim your lovingkindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, 3 On an instrument of ten strings, on the psaltery, and on the harp with a solemn sound.
• Ps 98:4-6 : 4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing to the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the sound of a psalm. 6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
• Ps 100:1-2 : 1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all you lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.
• Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise his name with the dance: let them sing praises to him with the tambourine and harp.
• Ps 150:2-5 : 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with the lute and harp. 4 Praise him with the tambourine and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes. 5 Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals.
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
• Rev 5:8 : 8 And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
• 2 Chr 7:6 : 6 And the priests stood at their posts; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, for His mercy endures forever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
• 2 Chr 29:4-9 : 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the eastern street, 5 And said to them, Hear me, Levites, sanctify yourselves now and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness from the holy place. 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him, and turned away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs. 7 They have also shut up the doors of the porch, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes. 9 For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be negligent now: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him, and burn incense.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name there.