Verse 9

Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da våre fiender hørte at vi hadde fått greie på deres planer, og at Gud hadde gjort deres råd til intet, vendte vi alle tilbake til muren, hver til sitt arbeid.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men vi ba til vår Gud, og vi satte vakt mot dem dag og natt på grunn av dem.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel bad vi til vår Gud, og satte vakt mot dem dag og natt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vi ba til vår Gud og satte vakter mot dem dag og natt for å beskytte oss.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da fienderne våre hørte at vi hadde fått vite om komplottet, og at Gud hadde gjort rådslagningen deres til intet, vendte vi alle tilbake til muren, hver til sin oppgave.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Likevel bad vi til vår Gud, og satte vakt mot dem dag og natt på grunn av dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Likevel vendte vi oss til vår Gud i bønn, og vi satte vakt dag og natt mot dem.

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

  Likevel bad vi til vår Gud, og satte vakt mot dem dag og natt på grunn av dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da fiendene våre hørte at vi var klar over det, og at Gud hadde gjort deres plan nytteløs, vendte vi alle tilbake til muren, hver til sitt arbeid.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When our enemies realized that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated their plans, we all returned to the wall, each to his own work.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da våre fiender hørte at vi visste om deres planer, og Gud hadde forpurret dem, kunne vi alle vende tilbake til muren, hver til sitt arbeid.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men vi bade til vor Gud, og vi stillede Vagt imod dem Dag og Nat for deres Skyld.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  vertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Likevel ba vi til vår Gud og satte vakt mot dem dag og natt på grunn av dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men vi bar fram vår bønn til vår Gud og satte en vakt mot dem dag og natt, på grunn av dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men vi ba til vår Gud og satte vakt mot dem, dag og natt, på grunn av dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men vi ba til vår Gud og satte vakt mot dem dag og natt på grunn av dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men vi ba til Gud, og satte vakter mot dem dag og natt på grunn av dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles we made or praier vnto oure God, & set watchme vpo the wall daye & night ouer against them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The we prayed vnto our God, & set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse, we made our prayer vnto our God, and set watchmen by them day and night, because of them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
• Neh 4:11 : 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know or see anything until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
• Ps 55:16-22 : 16 As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me. 17 Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice. 18 He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle against me, for there were many with me. 19 God will hear and afflict them, even He who abides from of old. Selah. Because they do not change, they do not fear God. 20 He has put forth his hands against those at peace with him; he has broken his covenant. 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. 22 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
• Matt 26:41 : 41 Watch and pray, that you do not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Luke 6:11-12 : 11 And they were filled with madness; and talked among themselves what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it happened in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
• Acts 4:24-30 : 24 And when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, 25 Who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? 26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ. 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 By stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.
• Gen 32:9-9 : 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups. 11 Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and attack me, and the mother with the children. 12 And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
• 2 Kgs 19:14-19 : 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, who dwells between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 16 LORD, incline your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 17 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beg you, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD God, you alone.