Verse 8

You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your words, for You are righteous;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast foran deg og inngikk en pakt med ham for å gi hans etterkommere landene til kanaaneerne, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, jebusittene og girgasittene. Og du har oppfylt dine ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast for ditt ansikt, og opprettet en pakt med ham for å gi hans ætt landet til kanaaneerne, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, jebusittene og girgasittene, og du oppfylte dine ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Norsk King James

  Du så at hans hjerte var trofast mot deg, og inngikk en pakt med ham for gi landet til kanaaneerne, hittittene, amorittene, perissittene, jebusittene og girgasittene, for å gi det til hans etterkommere; du har oppfylt ditt ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast foran deg og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi hans etterkommere Kanaanittenes, Hettittenes, Amorittenes, Perisittenes, Jebusittenes og Girgasittenes land. Du oppfylte dine ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du fant hans hjerte tro for deg og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi Kanaanittenes, Hetittenes, Amorittenes, Perisittenes, Jebusittenes og Girgasjittenes land til hans ætt, og du holdt ditt ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du så at hans hjerte var trofast mot deg, og du inngikk en pakt med ham for å gi Kanaanitterens land, Hettittenes, Amorittenes, Perisittenes, Jebusittenes og Girgasittenes land til hans ætt, og du har holdt ditt løfte, for du er rettferdig.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du fant at hans hjerte var trofast for deg og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi Kanaanittene, hittittene, amorittene, perizzittene, jebusittene og girgassittenes land – til hans ætt – og du oppfylte dine ord, for du er rettferdig.

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

  Du så at hans hjerte var trofast mot deg, og du inngikk en pakt med ham for å gi Kanaanitterens land, Hettittenes, Amorittenes, Perisittenes, Jebusittenes og Girgasittenes land til hans ætt, og du har holdt ditt løfte, for du er rettferdig.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast for ditt ansikt og gjorde en pakt med ham om å gi Kanaanittenes, Hetittenes, Amorittenes, Perisittenes, Jebusittenes og Girgasittenes land til hans etterkommere. Og du holdt dine løfter, for du er rettferdig.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You found his heart faithful before You, and You made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. And You have kept Your promise because You are righteous.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast foran deg og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi landet til kananittene, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, jebusittene og girgasjittene, for å gi det til hans ætt. Og du holdt ditt løfte, for du er rettferdig.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du fandt hans Hjerte trofast for dit Ansigt og gjorde en Pagt med ham, at give, (ja) at give hans Sæd Cananitens, Hethitens, Amoritens og Pheresitens og Jebusitens og Girgasitens Land; og du haver holdt dine Ord, thi du er retfærdig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast for deg og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi landet til kanaaneerne, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, jebusittene og girgasittene – for å gi det til hans etterkommere. Du har oppfylt dine ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast mot deg og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi landet til kanaaneerne, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, jebusittene og girgasittene til hans etterkommere. Du har oppfylt dine ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast mot Deg og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi ham kanaanittenes, hetittenes, amorittenes, perisittenes, jebusittenes og girgasjittenes land, for å gi det til hans etterkommere. Og Du oppfylte Dine ord, for Du er rettferdig.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du fant hans hjerte trofast foran deg, og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi kanaaneernes, hetittenes, amorittenes, perisittenes, jebusittenes og girgasittenes land til hans ætt. Og du har holdt dine ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du så at hans hjerte var trofast mot deg, og du inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi ham Kanaans land, hetittenes, amorittenes, perisittenes, jebusittenes og girgasittenes land til hans etterkommere, og du har holdt ditt ord, for du er rettferdig.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and founde his hert faithfull before the, and madest a couenaut with him, to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Iebusites, and Girgosites, and hast made good thy wordes: for thou art righteous.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a couenant with him, to giue vnto his seede the lande of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, and Perizzites, and Iebusites, and Girgashites, and hast performed thy wordes, because thou art iust.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And foundest his heart faithfull before thee, & madest a couenaunt with him, to geue vnto his seede the lande of the Chanaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Pherezites, Iebusites, and Gergesites, and hast made good thy wordes: for thou art righteous,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give `it' to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou `art' righteous,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:

• World English Bible (2000)

  and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:6 : 6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
• Gen 15:18-21 : 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Josh 21:43-45 : 43 And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which He had sworn to give their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it. 44 And the LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers: and none of all their enemies stood before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 Nothing failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
• Josh 23:14 : 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all have come to pass for you, and not one thing has failed thereof.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:
• Gen 12:7 : 7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your descendants will I give this land: and there he built an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
• Gen 12:1-3 : 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you: 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing: 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Heb 11:17 : 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
• Jas 2:21-23 : 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Ps 92:14-15 : 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing, 15 To show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
• Ps 105:8-9 : 8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
• Ps 105:43-44 : 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: 44 And gave them the lands of the nations: and they inherited the labor of the people;
• Luke 1:72-73 : 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
• Acts 13:22 : 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he also gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will.
• 1 Tim 1:12-13 : 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began;
• Gen 22:12 : 12 And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.
• Gen 22:16-18 : 16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies; 18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exod 3:17 : 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
• Deut 7:1 : 1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you are going to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
• Deut 7:8-9 : 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the LORD your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
• Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, that you go to possess their land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Deut 26:3 : 3 And you shall go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him, I declare this day to the LORD my God, that I have come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.
• Josh 9:1 : 1 And it happened, when all the kings on this side of the Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and along all the coasts of the great sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it;
• Josh 11:3 : 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
• Josh 11:23 : 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.