Verse 9

Thus says the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren, Gud over hærskarene: Vær sterke, dere som hører disse ordene fra profetene i disse dager, de som talte da tempelgrunnen for Herren, Gud over hærskarene, ble lagt for å gjenoppbygge det.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La deres hender være sterke, dere som hører disse ordene i disse dager fra profetenes munn, de som var da grunnvollen til Herrens, hærskarenes Guds hus ble lagt, for at tempelet skulle bygges.

• Norsk King James

  Slik sier Herren, Gud over hærskaren; Styrk hendene deres, dere som hører disse ordene fra profetene som var i denne dagen da grunnvollen til Herrens hus, Gud over hærskaren, ble lagt, så tempelet kunne bygges.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herrens, hærskarenes Gud: La deres hender være sterke, dere som hører disse ordene fra profetenes munn i disse dager, som talte til dere den dagen Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, hus' grunnvoll ble lagt, for at tempelet skulle bygges.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La deres hender bli sterke, dere som hører disse ordene fra profetenes munn, de som talte den dag grunnen ble lagt for Herrens, hærskarenes Guds hus, for at det skulle bygges.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La deres hender være sterke, dere som hører i disse dager disse ordene fra profetenes munn, fra den dag da grunnvollen til Herrens, hærskarenes Guds hus ble lagt, for at tempelet skulle bygges.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier HERRENs hærskarer: Styrk deres hender, dere som i disse dager hører disse ord muntlig formidlet av profetene, som de uttalte den dag da grunnsteinen til HERRENs hærskarers hus ble lagt, for at tempelet skulle bygges.

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

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La deres hender være sterke, dere som hører i disse dager disse ordene fra profetenes munn, fra den dag da grunnvollen til Herrens, hærskarenes Guds hus ble lagt, for at tempelet skulle bygges.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La deres hender være sterke, dere som i disse dager hører disse ordene fra profetenes munn, fra den dag da grunnstenen til Herrens, hærskarenes Guds tempel ble lagt, så det kunne bygges igjen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Let your hands be strong, you who in these days hear these words from the mouths of the prophets who were present when the foundation was laid for rebuilding the temple of the LORD of Hosts.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Zechariah.8.9", "source": "כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יְדֵיכֶ֔ם הַשֹּֽׁמְעִים֙ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֵ֖ת הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה מִפִּי֙ הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים אֲ֠שֶׁר בְּי֞וֹם יֻסַּ֨ד בֵּית־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת הַהֵיכָ֖ל לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃", "text": "Thus-*ʾāmar* *YHWH* *ṣəḇāʾôt*, *teḥĕzaqnâ* *yəḏêḵem* *haššōməʿîm* in-*hayyāmîm* *hāʾēlleh* *haḏḏəḇārîm* *hāʾēlleh* from-*pî* *hannəḇîʾîm* *ʾăšer* in-*yôm* *yussaḏ* *bêt*-*YHWH* *ṣəḇāʾôt* *hahêḵāl* *ləhibbānôt*.", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he said/says", "*YHWH*": "proper name - divine name", "*ṣəḇāʾôt*": "plural noun in construct state - of hosts/armies", "*teḥĕzaqnâ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural jussive - let them be strong", "*yəḏêḵem*": "feminine dual noun with 2nd plural masculine suffix - your hands", "*haššōməʿîm*": "definite article + qal participle, masculine plural - the ones hearing", "*hayyāmîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun, with preposition bet - in the days", "*hāʾēlleh*": "definite article + demonstrative adjective, plural - these", "*haḏḏəḇārîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the words", "*pî*": "masculine singular construct with 3rd plural suffix, with preposition min - from mouth of", "*hannəḇîʾîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the prophets", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*yôm*": "masculine singular noun with preposition bet - in day", "*yussaḏ*": "pual perfect, 3rd singular masculine - was founded", "*bêt*": "masculine singular construct - house of", "*hahêḵāl*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the temple", "*ləhibbānôt*": "preposition lamed + niphal infinitive construct - to be built" }, "variants": { "*teḥĕzaqnâ*": "let be strong/strengthened/courageous", "*yussaḏ*": "was founded/established/laid", "*hahêḵāl*": "the temple/palace/hall" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La hendene deres bli sterke, dere som hører disse ordene i disse dager, fra profetenes munn, på den dagen da grunnvollen for Herrens, hærskarenes Gud, tempel ble lagt, for at det skulle bygges.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa sagde den Herre Zebaoth: Lader eders Hænder være stærke, I, som høre i disse Dage disse Ord af Propheternes Mund, som (have talet til eder) paa den Dag, da den Herre Zebaoths Huses Grundvold blev lagt, at Templet skulde bygges.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La hendene deres være sterke, dere som hører disse ordene i disse dager fra profetenes munn, de som var der da grunnvollen til Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, hus ble lagt, for at tempelet skulle bli bygget.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Yahve, hærskarenes Gud: "La deres hender være sterke, dere som hører disse ordene i disse dager fra munnen til profetene som var der da grunnmuren til Yahves, hærskarenes Guds hus ble lagt, slik at tempelet kunne bli bygd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Slik sier Herren over hærskarenes Gud: La hendene deres være sterke, dere som i disse dager hører disse ordene fra profetenes munn, den dagen da Herren over hærskarenes Gud grunnla Guds hus, skal tempelet bygges.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Vær sterke til hender, dere som hører disse ord i disse dager fra profetenes munn, de som var der da grunnsteinen til Herrens, hærskarenes Guds hus ble lagt, tempelet, for at det skulle bygges.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette er hva hærskarenes Gud har sagt: La deres hender være sterke, dere som nå hører disse ordene fra profetenes munn, det vil si i de dager da fundamentet til hærskarenes Guds hus er lagt for byggingen av huset, det vil si tempelet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: let youre hondes be stronge, ye that now heare these wordes by the mouth of the prophetes, which be in these dayes that the foundacion is layed vpon the LORDE of hoostes house, that the temple maye be buylded.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Let your hands be strong, ye that heare in these dayes these words by the mouth of the Prophets, which were in the day, that the foundation of the House of the Lord of hostes was laide, that the Temple might be builded.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: Let your hands be strong ye that now heare these wordes by the mouth of the prophetes which are in these dayes, that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hoastes is layde, that the temple may be builded.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of Hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Let your hands be strong, Ye who are hearing in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, That in the day the house of Jehovah of Hosts Hath been founded, the temple `is' to be built.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of Armies was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “The LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says,‘Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, so that the temple might be built.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 5:1-2 : 1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even to them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, arose and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
• 1 Chr 22:13 : 13 Then you shall prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; do not fear, nor be dismayed.
• 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
• Josh 1:6 : 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.
• Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth; but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
• Hag 1:1 : 1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
• Hag 1:12 : 12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the presence of the LORD.
• Hag 2:4-9 : 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the LORD, and work: for I am with you, says the LORD of hosts. 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you: do not fear. 6 For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, says the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, says the LORD of hosts.
• Hag 2:21 : 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
• Zech 8:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
• Zech 8:18 : 18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
• Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
• 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 Therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.