Verse 5

Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Herre, la meg få vite min ende og hvor mange mine dager er, så jeg kan forstå hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd; og min levetid er som intet for deg. Sannelig, på sitt beste er hvert menneske bare tomhet. Sela.

  • Norsk King James

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredde; min livslengde er som ingenting for deg: virkelig, menneskets tilstand er forgjengelig.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herre, la meg få vite slutten på mine dager og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg forstår hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Herre, la meg vite min ende og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg kan forstå hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd, og min levetid er som ingenting for deg. Sannelig, hver mann, selv i sin beste tilstand, er bare tomhet. Selah.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Se, du har gjort mine dager like korte som en håndbredde; mitt liv er som ingenting for deg. For sant, enhver mann, selv i sin beste stund, er fullkommen tomhet. Selah.

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

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd, og min levetid er som ingenting for deg. Sannelig, hver mann, selv i sin beste tilstand, er bare tomhet. Selah.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Herre, la meg kjenne mitt endelikt og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg kan vite hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Psalms.39.5", "source": "הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ קִצִּ֗י וּמִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣י מַה־הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה־חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי׃", "text": "*hôdîʿēnî* *YHWH* *qiṣṣî* and-*middat* *yāmay* what-*hîʾ* *ʾēdəʿāh* what-*ḥādēl* *ʾānî*", "grammar": { "*hôdîʿēnî*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - make me know", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD", "*qiṣṣî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my end", "*middat*": "noun, feminine singular construct with prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and the measure of", "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular with interrogative 'mah' - what is it", "*ʾēdəʿāh*": "verb, qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - let me know", "*ḥādēl*": "adjective with interrogative 'meh' - how transient/frail", "*ʾānî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I (am)" }, "variants": { "*hôdîʿēnî*": "cause me to know/make me know/inform me", "*qiṣṣî*": "my end/limit/boundary", "*middat*": "measure/extent/proportion", "*yāmay*": "my days/lifetime", "*ʾēdəʿāh*": "let me know/understand/perceive", "*ḥādēl*": "transient/frail/fleeting/ceasing" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    «Herre, la meg få vite mitt endelikt, og hvor mange dager jeg har igjen, så jeg kan forstå hvor forgjengelig jeg er.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herre! lad mig kjende min Ende og mine Dages Maal, hvad det er, at jeg kan kjende, hvor (snart) jeg skal lade af (at leve).

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd; min alder er som intet for deg. Sannelig, hver mann, selv på sitt beste, er bare tomhet. Selah.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som håndsbredder. Mitt livsløp er som intet for deg. Sannelig, hvert menneske står som et pust." Sela.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som et håndbredde, og min levetid er som intet for deg. Bare tomhet er hvert menneske som står rakrygget. Sela.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Se, du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd, og min levetid er som intet foran deg. Sannelig, hvert menneske, selv på sitt beste, er kun tomhet. Sela.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Du har gjort mine dager som en håndsbredd; og mine år er som intet for deg; sannelig, hvert menneske er bare et pust. (Sela.)

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    LORDE, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certified what I wante.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long, & mine age is euen as nothing before thee: truely euery man is al together vanitie. Selah.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age `is' as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity `is' every man set up. Selah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {{Selah [

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Remember how short my time is; why have you made all men in vain?
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • Ps 90:4-5 : 4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.
  • Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their strength is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
  • Job 7:6 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 Now my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They pass away like swift ships: like the eagle hastening to the prey.
  • Job 14:1-2 : 1 Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 2 He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 When you correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, you make his beauty to fade like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.