Verse 4

I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no one who would know me; refuge failed me; no one cared for my soul.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når min ånd blir svak, ser du min vei; de har lagt en snare på stien min.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg så til høyre og så etter hjelp, men det var ingen som kjente meg; tilflukt sviktet meg, ingen brydde seg om min sjel.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg så til høyre, men ingen kjente meg; mitt tilfluktssted sviktet, ingen brydde seg om meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når min ånd var nedtynget i meg, kjente du stien min. De hadde lagt feller for meg på veien jeg skulle gå.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når min ånd svekkes i meg, kjenner du min sti. På den veien jeg går har de lagt en felle for meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg så til min høyre hånd, og så, men det var ingen som ville kjenne meg: min tilflukt sviktet meg; ingen brydde seg om min sjel.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg så mot min høyre hånd, og der var ingen som kjente meg; min tilflukt sviktet, og ingen brydde seg om min sjel.

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

  Jeg så til min høyre hånd, og så, men det var ingen som ville kjenne meg: min tilflukt sviktet meg; ingen brydde seg om min sjel.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når min ånd blir overveldet i meg, kjenner du min sti. På den vei jeg vandrer, har de lagt en felle for meg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når min ånd er matt i meg, kjenner du min sti. På veien jeg skal gå, har de skjult en felle for meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Der min Aand var forsmægtet i mig, da kjendte du min Sti; de skjulte en Strikke for mig paa Veien, som jeg skulde gaae paa.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg så til min høyre side og så, men det var ingen som kjente meg: tilflukt sviktet meg; ingen brydde seg om min sjel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se på min høyre side og se; for det er ingen som bryr seg om meg. Tilflukt har flyktet fra meg. Ingen bryr seg om min sjel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ser jeg til høyre og betrakter, så er det ingen som kjenner meg; tilflukten har svunnet fra meg, ingen bryr seg om min sjel.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se til høyre og se; for det er ingen som kjenner meg: Tilflukten svikter meg; ingen bryr seg om min sjel.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da jeg så til høyre, var det ingen venn: jeg hadde ingen trygg plass; ingen brydde seg om min sjel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore do I crie vnto the (o LORDE) and saye: thou art my hope and my porcion, in the londe of the lyuynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I looked vpon my right hand, and beheld, but there was none that would knowe me: all refuge failed me, and none cared for my soule.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When I loked vpon my ryght hande and sawe rounde about me there was no man that woulde knowe me: I had no place to flee vnto, and no man cared for my soule.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Look on my right, and see; For there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 31:11 : 11 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintances: those who saw me outside fled from me.
• Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
• Ps 88:8 : 8 You have put my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
• Ps 88:18 : 18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.
• Jer 25:35 : 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
• Jer 30:17 : 17 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after.
• Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
• 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. I pray that it may not be held against them.
• 1 Sam 23:11-13 : 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver you up. 13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.
• 1 Sam 23:19-20 : 19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
• 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.
• Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 19:13-19 : 13 He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are truly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I pleaded with him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I pleaded for the children's sake of my own body. 18 Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me. 19 All my close friends abhorred me; and those whom I loved have turned against me.