Verse 2

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg ventet tålmodig og aktivt på Herren, og han lyttet til meg og hørte mitt rop.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han løftet meg også opp fra en forferdelig grav, ut av det myke leiret, og satte mine føtter på en klippe og gjorde mine steg faste.

• Norsk King James

  Han løftet meg opp fra dypet av avgrunn, fra det sølete leiret, og satte mine føtter på en klippe, og sikret mine skritt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg ventet tålmodig på Herren, og han bøyde seg til meg og hørte mitt rop.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg ventet tålmodig på Herren; han bøyde seg til meg og hørte mitt rop.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han førte meg opp fra en forferdelig grop, opp fra den dype leiren, og satte mine føtter på en klippe, og gjorde mine skritt faste.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han løftet meg også opp ut av en fryktelig grøft, ut av den gjørmete leiren, satte føttene mine på en klippe og styrket min vei.

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

  Han førte meg opp fra en forferdelig grop, opp fra den dype leiren, og satte mine føtter på en klippe, og gjorde mine skritt faste.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg ventet inderlig på Herren, og han bøyde seg mot meg og hørte mitt rop.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry for help.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.40.2", "source": "קַוֺּ֣ה קִוִּ֣יתִי יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥ט אֵ֝לַ֗י וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע שַׁוְעָתִֽי", "text": "*Qawwōh qiwwîtî* *YHWH*, *wayyēṭ* unto me *wayyišmaʿ* my *šawʿātî*", "grammar": { "*Qawwōh qiwwîtî*": "infinitive absolute + Piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'waiting I waited/earnestly waited'", "*YHWH*": "proper divine name, tetragrammaton", "*wayyēṭ*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he inclined/turned'", "*wayyišmaʿ*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he heard'", "*šawʿātî*": "feminine noun + 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my cry'" }, "variants": { "*Qawwōh qiwwîtî*": "I waited patiently/I waited intensely/I eagerly waited", "*wayyēṭ*": "he inclined/he bent down/he turned", "*šawʿātî*": "my cry/my cry for help/my plea" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg ventet ivrig på Herren, og han bøyde seg til meg og hørte mitt rop.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg biede taalmodig efter Herren, og han bøiede sig til mig og hørte mit Raab.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han førte meg opp fra en fryktelig grav, ut av den gjørmete leiren, og satte mine føtter på en klippe, og gjorde mine skritt faste.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han førte meg opp av en forferdelig grav, ut av den gjørmete leiren. Han satte mine føtter på en klippe og ga meg et trygt sted å stå.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han førte meg opp fra undergangens grav, fra den dype gjørma. Han satte føttene mine på en klippe, og gjorde mine trinn faste.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han dro meg opp av den dype, gjørmete gropen og satte mine føtter på fjell og gjorde mine skritt faste.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han løftet meg opp fra et dypt gjørmehav; han satte mine føtter på en klippe og gjorde mine skritt faste.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He brought me out of the horrible pitte, out of the myre and claye: he set my fete vpo the rocke, and ordred my goinges.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He brought me also out of an horrible pyt, out of the dirtie mire: and set my feete vpon a rocke, and directed my goynges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, And gave me a firm place to stand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
• Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.
• Ps 69:2 : 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
• Acts 2:27-31 : 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' 29 Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 He, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.
• Matt 13:50 : 50 And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Jer 38:6-9 : 6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sank in the mire. 7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon, the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8 Ebedmelech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies. 11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags under your armholes beneath the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
• Lam 3:53-55 : 53 They cut off my life in the pit and threw a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over my head; then I said, 'I am cut off.' 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the lowest pit.
• Jonah 2:5-6 : 5 The waters surrounded me, even to my soul: the depths closed in around me, the seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its bars was around me forever: yet You have brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
• Zech 9:11 : 11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit where there is no water.
• Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
• Ps 61:2 : 2 From the ends of the earth I will cry to you, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
• Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold up my steps in your paths, that my footsteps do not slip.
• Ps 18:16-17 : 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me: for they were too strong for me.
• Ps 18:36 : 36 You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet did not slip.
• Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
• Ps 71:20 : 20 You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, shall revive me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
• Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is Your mercy toward me, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of hell.
• Ps 116:3 : 3 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.
• Ps 119:133 : 133 Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
• Ps 142:6-7 : 6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me.
• Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.
• Isa 24:22 : 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be visited.
• Acts 2:24 : 24 Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.