Verse 9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Denne tredjedelen vil jeg føre gjennom ilden; jeg vil rense dem som sølv renses, og prøve dem som gull prøves. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil svare dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk', og de skal si: 'Herren er min Gud.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ilden, og jeg vil rense dem som sølv blir renset og prøve dem som gull blir prøvd. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre dem. Jeg vil si: Det er mitt folk, og de skal si: Herren er min Gud.

• Norsk King James

  Og jeg vil føre den tredjedelen gjennom illen, og jeg vil rense dem som sølv blir renset, og prøve dem som gull blir prøvd: de skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre dem; jeg vil si: Det er mitt folk; og de skal si: HERREN er min Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ilden og renske den som man renser sølv, og jeg vil prøve den som man prøver gull; den skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre den; jeg skal si: Det er mitt folk, og den skal si: Herren er min Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og denne tredjedel vil jeg føre gjennom ild, jeg vil rense dem som man renser sølv, og jeg vil prøve dem som man prøver gull. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil svare dem. Jeg vil si: Dette er mitt folk, og de skal svare: Herren er min Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ilden, jeg vil rense dem som sølv renses, og prøve dem som gull prøves. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk.' Og de skal si: 'Herren er min Gud.'

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ilden, rense dem som sølv blir renset, og prøve dem slik gull prøves; de skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk', og de skal si: 'Herren er min Gud.'

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

  Og jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ilden, jeg vil rense dem som sølv renses, og prøve dem som gull prøves. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk.' Og de skal si: 'Herren er min Gud.'

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den tredjedelen vil jeg føre gjennom ilden. Jeg vil rense dem som man renser sølv, og prøvet dem som man prøver gull. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil svare dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk,' og de vil si: 'Herren er min Gud.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Denne tredjedelen vil jeg føre gjennom ilden, og jeg vil rense dem som man renser sølv, og prøve dem som man prøver gull. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil svare dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk'; og de skal si: 'Herren er min Gud.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg vil føre den tredie Deel i Ilden og luttre den, som man luttrer Sølvet, og prøve den, som man prøver Guldet; den skal paakalde i mit Navn, og jeg, jeg vil bønhøre den; jeg skal sige: Det er mit Folk, og den skal sige: Herren er min Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og jeg vil føre den tredjedelen gjennom ilden, og rense dem som sølv renses, og prøve dem som gull prøves. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre dem; jeg vil si: Dette er mitt folk. Og de skal si: Herren er min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ilden, og lutre dem som man lutrer sølv, og teste dem som man tester gull. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil høre dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk;' og de skal si: 'Herren er min Gud.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ild og rense dem som man renser sølv, og prøve dem som man prøver gull. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg skal svare dem. Jeg vil si: 'Dette er mitt folk,' og de skal si: 'Herren er min Gud!'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ilden, rense dem som sølv blir renset, og prøve dem som gull blir prøvd. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil svare dem. Jeg vil si: Det er mitt folk, og de skal si: Herren er min Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg vil føre den tredje delen gjennom ild, rense dem som man renser sølv, og prøve dem som man prøver gull. De vil påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil svare dem. Jeg vil si: De er mitt folk; og de vil si: Herren er min Gud.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the same thirde parte wil I brynge thorow the fyre, and will clense them, as the syluer is clensed: Yee and trye them, like as golde is tryed. Then shall they call vpon my name, and I wil heare them: I wil saye: it is my people. And they shal saye: LORDE, my God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I will bring that third part thorowe the fire, and will fine them as the siluer is fined, and will trye them as golde is tryed: they shall call on my Name, and I will heare them: I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The Lorde is my God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire, & wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed, yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed: then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them, I wyll say it is my people, and they shall say, Lorde my God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will bring the third part into the fire, And will refine them as silver is refined, And will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' And they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it `is',' And it saith, `Jehovah `is' my God!'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say,‘These are my people,’ and they will say,‘The LORD is my God.’”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 48:10 : 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
• Jer 29:11-12 : 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
• 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
• Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
• Isa 65:23-24 : 23 They shall not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. 24 It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Zech 10:6 : 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them, and they shall be as though I had not cast them off. For I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
• Ps 34:15-19 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart; and saves such as have a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
• 1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you:
• Jer 30:22 : 22 And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
• Ps 66:10-12 : 10 For you, O God, have proved us; you have tried us, as silver is tried. 11 You brought us into the net; you laid affliction upon our loins. 12 You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water, but you brought us out into a wealthy place.
• Deut 26:17-19 : 17 You have declared the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to listen to his voice: 18 And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments; 19 And to make you high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.
• Ps 144:15 : 15 Happy is that people who are in such a case: yes, happy is that people whose God is the LORD.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity;
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame ignite upon you.
• Rev 21:3-4 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things have passed away.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
• Matt 22:29-32 : 29 Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
• Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
• Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
• 1 Cor 3:11-13 : 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw; 13 Each one's work will become clear: for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is.
• Heb 8:10 : 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
• Hos 2:21-23 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will listen, says the LORD, I will listen to the heavens, and they shall listen to the earth; 22 And the earth shall listen to the grain, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall listen to Jezreel. 23 And I will plant her for me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are my God.
• Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
• Zech 8:8 : 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
• Ezek 11:20 : 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
• Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
• Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Lev 26:44-45 : 44 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. 45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
• Lev 26:12 : 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
• Isa 44:1-6 : 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2 Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 6 Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
• Jer 32:38 : 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
• Ezek 36:28 : 28 And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
• Ezek 37:27 : 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yes, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.