Verse 16

I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg vil lete etter de tapte, føre tilbake de som er jaget bort, binde de skadde og styrke de syke. Men de fete og sterke vil jeg tilintetgjøre, jeg vil beite dem med rettferd.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vil lete etter de bortkomne og bringe tilbake de bortdrevne, forbinde de skadde og styrke de syke. Men de fete og sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil røkter dem med rettferd.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg vil søke etter det som er tapt, bringe tilbake det som er drevet bort, binde opp det som er brutt, og styrke det som er sykt; men jeg vil ødelegge de sterke og kraftige, og la dem møte dom.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil lete etter de tapte, bringe de bortkomne tilbake, forbinde de skadde og styrke de syke. Men de fete og sterke vil jeg utslette. Jeg vil sørge for dem på en rettferdig måte.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den bortkomne vil jeg søke, den bortdrevne vil jeg bringe tilbake, de skadde vil jeg forbinde, de syke vil jeg styrke. Men de fete og sterke vil jeg ødelegge, jeg vil fø dem med rettferd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg vil lete etter de tapte, hente tilbake de som er bortdrevet, bandasjere de skadde og styrke de syke. Men de fete og de sterke vil jeg ødelegge. Jeg vil gjete dem med rettferd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg vil søke etter det tapte og bringe tilbake det som er drevet bort, binde sammen det som er knust og styrke det som er sykt; men jeg vil ødelegge de fete og de sterke – jeg skal nære dem med rettferdig dom.

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

  Jeg vil lete etter de tapte, hente tilbake de som er bortdrevet, bandasjere de skadde og styrke de syke. Men de fete og de sterke vil jeg ødelegge. Jeg vil gjete dem med rettferd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg vil lete etter den tapte, bringe den bortdrevne tilbake, forbinde den sårede, styrke den syke, men den fete og den sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil føre dem og dømme med rettferdighet.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det tapte vil jeg søke tilbake, det bortdrevede vil jeg hente hjem, den skadde vil jeg forbinde og den syke vil jeg styrke. Men de fete og sterke vil jeg ødelegge, jeg vil gjete dem med rettferdighet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil lede efter det, som er tabt, og føre det Fordrevne tilbage, og forbinde det Sønderbrudte, og styrke det Syge; men det Fede og det Stærke vil jeg ødelægge, jeg vil føde det med Ret.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg vil lete etter de bortkomne, bringe tilbake de bortdrevne, forbinde de brutte og styrke de syke; men de fete og sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil fø dem med rettferdighet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vil lete etter de tapte, hente tilbake de fordrevet, forbinde de skadede og styrke de syke; men de fete og sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil fø dem med rettferdighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De tapte vil Jeg lete etter, de bortkomne vil Jeg hente tilbake, de skadde vil Jeg forbinde og de syke vil Jeg styrke. Men de fete og de sterke vil Jeg ødelegge. Jeg skal dømme dem med rettferdighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg vil søke det som var tapt, bringe tilbake det bortdrevne, binde opp det brukne og styrke det syke; men de fete og de sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil gi dem næring med rettferdighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg vil lete etter de bortkomne, hente hjem de spredte, forbinde de skadde og styrke de syke. Men de fete og sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil dømme dem rettferdig.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Soch as be lost, will I seke: soch as go astraye, wil I brynge agayne: soch as be wouded, will I bynde vp: soch as be weake, will I make stronge: soch as be fat and well lykinge, those will I preserue, and fede them with ye thinge that is laufull.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will seeke that which was lost, and bring againe that which was driue away, and will binde vp that which was broken, and will strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat & the strong, and I will feede them with iudgement.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Such as be lost, wyll I seeke: such as are driuen away, wyll I bring againe: such as be broken, wyl I binde vp: such as be weake, wyll I make strong: such as be fat and strong, those wyll I roote out, and feede them with iudgement.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 49:26 : 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk on their own blood as with new wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
• Isa 5:17 : 17 Then lambs will graze as in their own pasture, and strangers will eat in the ruins of the rich.
• Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, will send leanness among his robust ones, and under his glory, a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
• Ezek 34:4 : 4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them harshly and brutally.
• Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
• Luke 15:4-7 : 4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders. 6 And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 7 I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
• Jer 9:15 : 15 'I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have finished them off.'
• Ezek 39:18 : 18 You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan.
• Amos 4:1-3 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your masters, 'Bring us something to drink!' 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: 'Indeed, the days are coming upon you when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.' 3 You will go out through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,' declares the LORD.
• Mic 4:6-7 : 6 'On that day,' declares the LORD, 'I will gather the lame, assemble the exiles, and bring together those I have afflicted.' 7 'I will make the lame a remnant, those driven away a strong nation. The LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion from that time on and forever.'
• Mic 7:14 : 14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old.
• Matt 15:24 : 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
• Matt 18:10-14 : 10 See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. 11 For the Son of Man came to save what was lost. 12 What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away. 14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.
• Mark 2:17 : 17 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'
• Luke 5:31-32 : 31 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Jer 10:24 : 24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—not in Your anger, or You will reduce me to nothing.
• Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.
• Jer 50:11 : 11 'Because you rejoice and celebrate, you who plunder my inheritance; because you frolic like a threshing heifer and neigh like stallions,'
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
• Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners. 2 To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn. 3 To provide for those who mourn in Zion—giving them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of faintness. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord to display His splendor.
• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, thick, and bloated. Then he forsook the God who made him and treated with contempt the Rock of his salvation.
• Ezek 34:11 : 11 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them.