Verse 18

The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Herren er sen til vrede og rik på miskunnhet, som tilgir skyld og lovbrudd, men som ikke lar den skyldige slippe ustraffet. Han straffer også barna for fedrenes synd, til tredje og fjerde generasjon.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Herren er langmodig og rik på barmhjertighet, som tilgir misgjerning og overtredelse, men lar slett ikke den skyldige slippe ustraffet, men hjemsøker fedrenes misgjerning på barn til tredje og fjerde slektsledd.

  • Norsk King James

    «Herren er tålmodig og har stor nåde; han tilgir synd og overtredelse, men rettferdiggjør ikke den skyldige, og lar foreldres synd ramme barna inntil tredje og fjerde generasjon.»

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herren er langmodig og rik på miskunn, som tilgir misgjerning og overtredelse, men lar ingen skyldig gå ustraffet, som hjemsøker fedrenes misgjerninger på barna til tredje og fjerde ledd.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    'Herren er langmodig og rik på kjærlighet, tilgir synd og forbrytelse, men unnskylder ingenting. Han holder fedrenes synd mot barna til tredje og fjerde generasjon.'

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Herren er langmodig og rik på miskunn, som tilgir synd og overtredelse, men lar ingen skyldig slippe ustraffet, som hjemsøker fedrenes misgjerning på barna til tredje og fjerde ledd.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    «For HERREN er langmodig og har stor miskunn; han tilgir ulydighet og overtredelser, og lar den skyldige ikke gå fri, men straffer fedrenes ugjerninger over barne- og barnebarnsgenerasjonene.»

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

    Herren er langmodig og rik på miskunn, som tilgir synd og overtredelse, men lar ingen skyldig slippe ustraffet, som hjemsøker fedrenes misgjerning på barna til tredje og fjerde ledd.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    ‘Herren er langmodig og rik på miskunn. Han tilgir skyld og opprør, men han lar den skyldige ikke slippe straff. Han hjemsøker fedres skyld på barn til tredje og fjerde ledd.’»

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'The LORD is slow to anger, abundant in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion; yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity upon the children to the third and fourth generation.'

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Numbers.14.18", "source": "יְהוָ֗ה אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֙יִם֙ וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶד נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֺ֤ן אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים׃", "text": "*YHWH ʾerek ʾappayim wə-rab-ḥesed nōśēʾ ʿāwōn wā-pāšaʿ wə-naqqēh lōʾ yənaqqeh pōqēd ʿăwōn ʾābōt ʿal-bānîm ʿal-šillēšîm wə-ʿal-ribbēʿîm*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton", "*ʾerek*": "masculine singular construct - long/slow of", "*ʾappayim*": "masculine dual noun - nostrils/anger", "*wə-rab*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct - and abundant/great of", "*ḥesed*": "masculine singular noun - lovingkindness/steadfast love", "*nōśēʾ*": "participle, masculine singular, Qal form of *nśʾ* - bearing/carrying/forgiving", "*ʿāwōn*": "masculine singular noun - iniquity/guilt", "*wā-pāšaʿ*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and transgression/rebellion", "*wə-naqqēh*": "conjunction + Piel infinitive absolute of *nqh* - and clearing/acquitting", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yənaqqeh*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, Piel form of *nqh* - he will clear/acquit", "*pōqēd*": "participle, masculine singular, Qal form of *pqd* - visiting/punishing", "*ʿăwōn*": "masculine singular construct - iniquity/guilt of", "*ʾābōt*": "masculine plural noun - fathers", "*ʿal-bānîm*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - upon sons/children", "*ʿal-šillēšîm*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - upon third generation", "*wə-ʿal-ribbēʿîm*": "conjunction + preposition + masculine plural noun - and upon fourth generation" }, "variants": { "*ʾerek ʾappayim*": "slow to anger/patient/longsuffering (lit: long of nostrils)", "*rab-ḥesed*": "abundant in lovingkindness/great in steadfast love", "*nōśēʾ*": "bearing/carrying/forgiving/lifting", "*ʿāwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/sin/punishment for iniquity", "*pāšaʿ*": "transgression/rebellion/revolt", "*wə-naqqēh lōʾ yənaqqeh*": "by no means clearing the guilty/will certainly not acquit/yet not leaving unpunished", "*pōqēd*": "visiting/punishing/attending to", "*šillēšîm*": "third ones/third generation", "*ribbēʿîm*": "fourth ones/fourth generation" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    'Herren er sen til vrede og rik på miskunn. Han tilgir skyld og synd, men han lar ingen ustraffet. Han hjemsøker fedrenes misgjerning på barn, til tredje og fjerde generasjon.'

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herren er langmodig og af megen Miskundhed, som forlader Misgjerning og Overtrædelse, og som aldeles ikke skal holde (den Skyldige) for uskyldig at være, som hjemsøger Fædrenes Misgjerninger paa Børnene, paa dem i tredie og paa dem i fjerde (Led).

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Herren er sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, han tilgir misgjerning og synd, men lar ingen skyldige være ustraffet, han gjengjelder fedrenes misgjerning på barna til tredje og fjerde generasjon.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Herren er sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, tilgir synd og troløshet; men han klarer ikke helt å frita [den skyldige], og straffer fedrenes synder på barna, til tredje og fjerde ledd.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    'Herren er sen til vrede og rik på nåde. Han tilgir synd og overtramp, men lar ingen bli ustraffet, og straffer fedrenes misgjerning på barna i tredje og fjerde generasjon.'

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Herren er sen til vrede og rik på kjærlighet, tilgir misgjerning og overtredelse, men lar ikke den skyldige slippe ustraffet, besøker fedrenes misgjerning på barna til tredje og fjerde generasjon.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Herren er sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, tilgir synd og overtredelser, men etterlater ikke den skyldige ustraffet, men lar straffen for fedrenes synder komme over barna til tredje og fjerde generasjon.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    the Lorde is longe yet he be angrye ad full of mercy and suffereth synne and trespace and leaueth no man innocent and visiteth the vnryghtuousnesse of the fathers vppon ye childern eue vpo yt thirde and fourth generacion.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The LORDE is of longe sufferaunce and of greate mercy, and forgeueth synne and trespace, and leaueth no man innocent, & vysiteth the my?dede of the fathers vpon the children in to the thirde and fourth generacion.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The Lord is slowe to anger, and of great mercie, and forgiuing iniquitie, and sinne, but not making the wicked innocent, and visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The Lorde is long yer he be angrie, and of great mercy, and suffreth iniquitie and sinne, and leaueth no man innocent, and visiteth the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren, in the thirde and fourth generations.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third `generation', and on a fourth; --

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    'Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.’

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relent from doing harm.
  • Ps 145:8 : 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
  • Ps 103:8 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
  • Nah 1:2-3 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; the LORD avenges and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
  • Rom 3:24-26 : 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
  • Rom 5:21 : 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Eph 1:7-8 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; 8 Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;
  • Deut 5:9 : 9 You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
  • Jer 23:2 : 2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.