Verse 12

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når jeg går bort fra deg, vil Herrens Ånd føre deg bort til et sted jeg ikke kjenner, og når jeg går og sier dette til Akab, så finner han deg ikke, og han vil drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og det kan skje, så snart jeg er borte fra deg, at Herrens Ånd fører deg til et sted jeg ikke vet om; så når jeg går og forteller Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men din tjener har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• Norsk King James

  Det vil skje, så snart jeg har gått fra deg, at Herrens ånd vil bære deg dit jeg ikke vet; når jeg kommer og forteller Ahab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra jeg var ung.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så snart jeg går fra deg, kan Herrens ånd ta deg bort jeg vet ikke hvor. Så, hvis jeg forteller Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Likevel har din tjener fryktet Herren helt siden ungdommen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hva om jeg går fra deg, og Herrens ånd fører deg bort til et sted jeg ikke vet om? Når jeg så går og forteller Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Og jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren siden min ungdom.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men det kan skje, så snart jeg er borte fra deg, at Herrens Ånd bærer deg bort til jeg ikke vet hvor; og når jeg så kommer til Akab og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så snart jeg er borte fra deg, vil Herrens ånd føre deg til steder jeg ikke vet om, og når jeg kommer og forteller Ahab mens han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg; men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren helt siden jeg var ung.

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

  Men det kan skje, så snart jeg er borte fra deg, at Herrens Ånd bærer deg bort til jeg ikke vet hvor; og når jeg så kommer til Akab og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men det kan hende at Herrens Ånd vil føre deg bort til et sted jeg ikke vet, når jeg går og forteller Akab det. Da finner han deg ikke, og han slår meg i hjel. Og jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så snart jeg drar fra deg, tar Herrens Ånd deg til et sted jeg ikke vet om, og når jeg kommer og forteller Akab dette, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Din tjener har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og det maatte skee, naar jeg gik fra dig, at Herrens Aand tog dig bort, jeg veed ikke hvorhen, og jeg kom at give Achab det tilkjende, og han fandt dig ikke, da slog han mig ihjel; men din Tjener frygter Herren fra sin Ungdom.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det vil skje, så snart jeg har gått fra deg, at Herrens Ånd vil føre deg til et sted jeg ikke vet; når jeg så kommer og forteller Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så snart jeg er gått fra deg, vil Herrens ånd føre deg bort jeg vet ikke hvor; og så når jeg kommer og forteller Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når jeg har gått fra deg, kan Herrens ånd føre deg bort, hvem vet hvor, og når jeg kommer for å fortelle Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, da dreper han meg. Men jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren siden min ungdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så snart jeg går fra deg, vil Herrens Ånd føre deg dit jeg ikke vet, og når jeg går og sier til Akab, og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg. Men din tjener har fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Straks, når jeg har gått fra deg, vil Herrens ånd føre deg bort, hvor vet jeg ikke, slik at når jeg kommer og forteller Akab det, og han ikke finner deg, så vil han drepe meg; selv om jeg, din tjener, har tilbedt Herren fra min ungdom.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now whan I were gone from the, the sprete of the LORDE shulde take ye awaye, I can not tell whither: and yf I then came and tolde Achab, and founde the not, he shulde slaye me: But thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his youth vp.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lorde shall cary thee into some place that I doe not know: so when I come and tell Ahab, if he cannot finde thee, then wil he kil me: But I thy seruant feare the Lord from my youth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And assoone as I am gone from thee, the spirite of the Lorde shall carrie thee into some place that I do not knowe, and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can not finde thee, he shall slay me: But I thy seruaunt feare the Lorde from my youth vp.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But when I leave you, the LORD’s Spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. That would not be fair, because your servant has been a loyal follower of the LORD from my youth.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 2:16 : 16 And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.
• Acts 8:39 : 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.
• Ezek 8:3 : 3 And he stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that faces toward the north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
• Ezek 11:24 : 24 Afterward the spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
• Ezek 37:1 : 1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the middle of the valley which was full of bones,
• Ezek 40:1-2 : 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, on the same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and brought me there. 2 In the visions of God, He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on which was something like the structure of a city to the south.
• Dan 2:5-9 : 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will provide the interpretation. 8 The king answered and said, I know for certain that you are buying time because you see the command has gone from me. 9 But if you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you: for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I shall know you can reveal its interpretation. 10 The Chaldeans answered the king and said, There is not a man on earth who can show the king's matter: therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no one who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this reason, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 And the decree went out that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
• Matt 4:1 : 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
• Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
• 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the groves, the carved images, and the molten images.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have taught me from my youth; and until now have I declared your wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, until I have shown your strength to this generation, and your power to everyone that is to come.
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
• Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good that you should take hold of this, and also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will escape them all.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
• Ezek 3:12-14 : 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. 13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a noise of a great rushing. 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
• 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel served before the LORD, being a child, wearing a linen ephod.
• 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD and also with men.
• 1 Sam 3:19-20 : 19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
• 1 Sam 22:11-19 : 11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they all came to the king. 12 And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. 13 And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? 15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? Far be it from me: let not the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much. 16 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house. 17 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to attack the priests of the LORD. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and attack the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
• 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 And it happened, as they still went on and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
• Acts 12:19 : 19 And when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
• 2 Cor 12:2-3 : 2 I knew a man in Christ over fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I cannot tell, or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God knows) who was caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knows)
• 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.