Verse 19

Yet in Your overwhelming mercies, You did not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud did not depart from them by day to lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night to show them light and the way they should go.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du forlot dem likevel ikke i ørkenen i din store barmhjertighet. Skystøtten vek ikke fra dem om dagen, men ledet dem på veien, og ildstøtten vek ikke fra dem om natten, men lyste for dem på veien de skulle gå.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  I din store barmhjertighet forlot du dem likevel ikke i ørkenen. Skystøtten vendte ikke bort fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, heller ikke ildstøtten om natten for å lyse opp veien de skulle gå.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel forlot du dem ikke i din store barmhjertighet i ørkenen; sky-søylen forlot dem ikke om dagen for å lede dem på veien; heller ikke ildsøylene om natten for å lyse for dem og vise dem veien de skulle gå.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du forlot dem ikke i ørkenen på grunn av din store barmhjertighet. Skystøtten forlot dem ikke om dagen for å lede dem på veien, og ildstøtten ikke om natten for å lyse for dem på veien de skulle gå.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  forlot du dem ikke i ørkenen, i din store barmhjertighet. Skystøtten vegret seg ikke fra å lede dem om dagen, og ildstøtten om natten for å opplyse dem på veien de skulle vandre.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  forlot du dem likevel ikke i ørkenen i din store nåde: skysøylen vek ikke fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, og heller ikke ildsøylen om natten for å gi dem lys og veien de skulle gå.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Likevel, på grunn av din mange barmhjertighet forlot du dem ikke i ørkenen; skyens søyle forlot dem ikke om dagen for å lede dem, og ildsøylens lys forlot dem ikke om natten, slik at de kunne se hvilken vei de skulle gå.

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

  forlot du dem likevel ikke i ørkenen i din store nåde: skysøylen vek ikke fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, og heller ikke ildsøylen om natten for å gi dem lys og veien de skulle gå.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  overga du dem ikke i ørkenen på grunn av din store barmhjertighet. Skystøtten vek ikke fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, og ildstøtten var om natten for å lyse dem veien de skulle ta.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You, in Your great mercy, did not abandon them in the wilderness. During the day, the pillar of cloud did not depart to guide them on their way, nor did the pillar of fire by night to give them light for the path they should take.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Likevel forlot du dem ikke i ørkenen, på grunn av din store barmhjertighet. Skystøtten vek ikke fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, og ildstøtten om natten for å lyse opp for dem den veien de skulle gå.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du, du forlod dem ikke i Ørken efter dine mange Barmhjertigheder; den Skystøtte veg ikke fra dem om Dagen at lede dem paa Veien, eller Ildstøtten om Natten at lyse for dem paa Veien, som de skulde gaae paa.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderss: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; ither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  forlot du dem likevel ikke i ørkenen i din store miskunn. Skyssøylen vek ikke fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, ei heller ildsøylen om natten for å gi dem lys og vise dem veien de skulle gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Likevel i din store barmhjertighet forlot du dem ikke i ørkenen. Skystøtten vegret seg ikke å lede dem om dagen, ei heller ildstøtten om natten, for å lyse opp veien de skulle gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  forlot Du dem ikke i ørkenen i Din store barmhjertighet. Skystøtten vek ikke fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, heller ikke ildstøtten om natten for å lyse for dem på veien de skulle gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  forlot du dem likevel ikke i ørkenen. Skystøtten vek ikke fra dem om dagen for å lede dem på veien, og ildstøtten om natten for å lyse for dem, slik at de kunne gå på veien de skulle gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  forlot du dem ikke i din store barmhjertighet, selv i ørkenen. Skystøtten sviktet ikke, men ledet dem om dagen, og ildstøtten om natten, for å gi dem lys og vise veien de skulle gå.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  yet forsokest thou them not in the wyldernes, acordinge to thy greate mercy. And ye cloudy piler departed not from them on ye dayetyme to lede them the waye, nether the piler of fyre in the night season, to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yet thou for thy great mercies forsookest them not in the wildernesse: the pillar of the cloude departed not from them by day to leade them the way, neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way whereby they should goe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yet forsookest thou them not in the wildernesse, according to thy great mercies: And the cloudy piller departed not from them on the day time to leade the the way, neither the piller of fire in the night season, to shewe them light in the way by which they should go.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  yet you in your manifold mercies didn't forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn't depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Thou, in Thine abundant mercies, hast not forsaken them in the wilderness -- the pillar of the cloud hath not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

• World English Bible (2000)

  yet you in your manifold mercies didn't forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn't depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Referenced Verses

• Neh 9:12 : 12 Moreover, You led them by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way they should go.
• Neh 9:27 : 27 Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who oppressed them. And in the time of their trouble, when they cried to You, You heard from heaven; and according to Your manifold mercies, You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
• Ps 106:45 : 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and relented according to the multitude of his mercies.
• Isa 4:5-6 : 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a defense. 6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.
• Isa 44:21 : 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by me.
• Lam 3:22 : 22 It is because of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Ezek 20:22 : 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Dan 9:9 : 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him;
• Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.
• Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the LORD, I do not change; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
• 1 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Moreover, brothers, I would not have you ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
• Neh 9:31 : 31 Nevertheless, in Your great mercies, You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; for You are a gracious and merciful God.
• Ps 106:7-8 : 7 Our ancestors did not understand your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of your mercies, but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red Sea. 8 Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
• Exod 13:21-22 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
• Exod 40:38 : 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
• Num 9:15-22 : 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and in the evening there was over the tabernacle the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel set out: and in the place where the cloud stayed, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 18 At the command of the LORD the children of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud stayed upon the tabernacle they remained in their tents. 19 And when the cloud lingered long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journey. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the command of the LORD they remained in their tents, and according to the command of the LORD they journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud stayed from evening until the morning, and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Or whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud lingered upon the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained in their tents and did not journey: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
• Num 14:14 : 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.