Verse 5

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De sier: «Med munnen vår skal vi seire; våre lepper tilhører oss. Hvem kan stoppe oss?»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For undertrykkelsen av de fattige, for de nødstedtes sukk, vil jeg nå reise meg, sier HERREN. Jeg vil gi dem trygghet fra dem som blåser mot dem.

• Norsk King James

  For den fattiges undertrykkelse, for de trengtes sukk, nå vil jeg reise meg, sier HERREN; jeg vil redde ham fra trusselen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De sier: Med vår tunge vil vi vinne, leppene er våre; hvem er herre over oss?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De sier: «Med vår tunge skal vi seire. Våre lepper er våre egne. Hvem er herre over oss?»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de fattiges undertrykkelse, for de trengendes sukk, vil jeg nå reise meg, sier HERREN; jeg vil gi ham trygghet fra den som truer ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For undertrykkelsen av de fattige og for den nødstedtes stønninger skal jeg nå reise meg, sier HERREN; jeg skal sette ham i trygghet fra den som håner ham.

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

  For de fattiges undertrykkelse, for de trengendes sukk, vil jeg nå reise meg, sier HERREN; jeg vil gi ham trygghet fra den som truer ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De som sier, "Vi vil med våre tunger seire, våre lepper er med oss; hvem er herre over oss?"

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.12.5", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃", "text": "*ʾăšer* *ʾāmərû* to *lišōnēnû* *naḡbîr* *śəp̄āṯênû* with *ʾittānû* who *ʾāḏôn* to us", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*ʾāmərû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they said", "*lišōnēnû*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person plural suffix and prefixed preposition - to our tongue", "*naḡbîr*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person plural - we will make strong/prevail", "*śəp̄āṯênû*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our lips", "*ʾittānû*": "preposition with 1st person plural suffix - with us", "*ʾāḏôn*": "masculine singular noun - lord/master", "*lānû*": "preposition with 1st person plural suffix - to us/over us" }, "variants": { "*naḡbîr*": "make mighty/prevail with/strengthen", "*ʾāḏôn lānû*": "lord over us/master to us/who rules us", "*lišōnēnû*": "with our tongue/by our speech" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De sier: 'Med vår tunge skal vi seire; våre lepper er med oss. Hvem er herre over oss?'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  dem, som sige: Ved vor Tunge ville vi faae Overhaand, vore Læber (staae) med os; hvo er vor Herre?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For de fattiges undertrykkelse, for de trengendes sukk, vil jeg nå reise meg, sier HERREN; jeg vil sette ham i trygghet fra den som puster imot ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "På grunn av undertrykkelsen av de svake og klagene fra de fattige, vil jeg nå reise meg," sier Herren; "Jeg vil sette ham i sikkerhet fra de som håner ham."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  På grunn av de fattiges undertrykkelse, på grunn av de nødlidenes sukk, reiser jeg meg nå, sier Herren, jeg gir frelse til den som sukker etter det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  På grunn av det fattiges undertrykkelse, på grunn av de nødlidendes sukk, vil jeg nå reise meg, sier Herren; Jeg vil gi ham den trygghet han lengter etter.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  På grunn av de fattiges undertrykkelse og de trengendes gråt, vil jeg nå gripe inn, sier Herren; jeg vil gi ham den frelse han ønsker.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, hym whom the wicked hath snared.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.
• Isa 33:10 : 10 Now I will arise, says the LORD; now I will be exalted, now I will lift myself up.
• Exod 2:23-24 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
• Exod 3:7-9 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows; 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. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
• Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
• Job 5:15 : 15 But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
• Job 5:21 : 21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: nor shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
• Ps 10:12 : 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand; do not forget the humble.
• Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
• Ps 146:7-8 : 7 Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners: 8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
• Ps 74:21-22 : 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise Your name. 22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.
• Ps 79:10-11 : 10 Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of Your servants which is shed. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power, preserve those appointed to die;
• Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.
• Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are always grievous; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
• Ezek 18:12-13 : 12 Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination, 13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
• Ezek 18:18 : 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.
• Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me; he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
• Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
• Eccl 4:1 : 1 So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.
• Isa 19:20 : 20 It shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt, for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a savior, a great one, and He shall deliver them.