Verse 7

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated His guests.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vær stille for Herren Gud, for dagen som tilhører Herren er nær. Herren har forberedt et offer for dem som er innbudt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vær stille for Herrens, Guds åsyn; for Herrens dag er nær; for Herren har gjort i stand et offer, han har helliget sine gjester.

• Norsk King James

  Vær stille for Herren Gud! For Herrens dag er nær: for Herren har forberedt et offer, han har invitert sine gjester.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vær stille for Herren, Gud, for Herrens dag er nær. Herren har forberedt en offerfest, han har innviet sine gjester.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vær stille for Herren Gud, for Herrens dag er nær, for Herren har gjort i stand et offer og har innviet sine innbudte.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vær stille for Herren Gud, for Herrens dag er nær; for Herren har forberedt et offer, han har innbudt sine gjester.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Vær stille i HERRENS nærvær, for Herrens dag er nær! For HERREN har forberedt et offer og innkalt sine gjester.»

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

  Vær stille for Herren Gud, for Herrens dag er nær; for Herren har forberedt et offer, han har innbudt sine gjester.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vær stille for Herren, Gud, for Herrens dag er nær. Herren har forberedt et slaktoffer, han har helliget sine innbudte.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has set apart His invited guests.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vær stille for Herren Gud, for Herrens dag er nær. Herren har forberedt et slaktoffer og helliget sine innbudte.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ti stille for den Herre Herre! thi Herrens Dag er nær, thi Herren haver beredt en Slagtning, han haver helliget sine Indbudne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vær stille for Herren vår Gud: for Herrens dag er nær: for Herren har gjort i stand et offer, Han har innbudt sine gjester.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vær stille i Herrens, Herrens nærhet, for Herrens dag er nær. For Herren har forberedt et offer. Han har helliget sine gjester.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Stille for Herrens ansikt, for Herrens dag er nær, for Herren har gjort i stand et offermåltid, Han har helliget sine innbudne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vær tause for Herrens åsyn, for Herrens dag er nær; for Herren har forberedt et offer, han har helliget sine gjester.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vær stille for Herren Gud: for Herrens dag er nær; for Herren har gjort klar et offer, han har innviet sine gjester.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Be still at ye presence of the LORDE God, for the daye of the LORDE is at honde: yee the LORDE hath prepared a slayne offeringe, and called his gestes therto.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Be stil at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and hath sanctified his ghests.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be still at the presence of the Lorde God, for the day of the Lord is at hand: yea the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and called his ghestes therto.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD [is] at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near `is' a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the LORD’s day of judgment is almost here. The LORD has prepared a sacrificial meal; he has ritually purified his guests.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 34:6 : 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
• Zeph 1:14 : 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly.
• Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for He is raised up out of His holy dwelling.
• 1 Sam 16:5 : 5 And he said, Peaceably: I have come to sacrifice to the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low:
• Isa 13:6 : 6 Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty.
• 1 Sam 2:9-9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no one prevail. 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven he shall thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
• 1 Sam 20:26 : 26 Nevertheless Saul spoke not anything that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
• Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 76:8-9 : 8 You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
• Prov 9:1-6 : 1 Wisdom has built her house, she has carved out her seven pillars: 2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her maidens: she cries out on the highest places of the city, 4 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
• Ezek 7:7 : 7 The morning has come upon you, O you that dwell in the land; the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting from the mountains.
• Ezek 7:10 : 10 Behold the day, behold, it has come; the morning has gone forth, the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
• Ezek 39:17-20 : 17 And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all sides to my sacrificial feast that I prepare for you, even a great sacrificial feast upon the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast which I have prepared for you. 20 Thus you shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord GOD.
• Joel 2:1-2 : 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near at hand; 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
• Joel 2:11 : 11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army, for his camp is very great, for he is strong who executes his word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?
• Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
• Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, with no brightness in it?
• Amos 6:10 : 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there anyone with you? And he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we must not mention the name of the LORD.
• Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Matt 22:4 : 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and everything is ready: come to the wedding.
• Luke 14:16-17 : 16 Then he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many: 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come; for all things are now ready.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
• Phil 4:5 : 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.
• Col 1:12 : 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us qualified to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
• 2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness, 12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Rev 19:17-18 : 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God; 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.