Verse 18

Then I said, 'I will die in my nest, and I will multiply my days as the sand.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sa jeg: 'Jeg skal dø i mitt rede og leve mine dager som korn som spirer.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da sa jeg: 'Jeg skal dø i mitt rede, og jeg skal mangfoldiggjøre mine dager som sanden.'

• Norsk King James

  Da sa jeg, jeg skal dø i min bolig, og jeg skal se mine dager bli mange som sandkornene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg sa: 'Jeg vil dø i mitt rede og leve mange dager.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg sa: 'Jeg skal dø i mitt rede, og jeg skal bli mangfoldig som sanden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sa jeg: Jeg skal dø i min trygghet, og jeg skal forlenge mine dager som sanden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da sa jeg: «Jeg skal dø i mitt rede, og mine dager skal være like tallrike som sanden.»

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

  Da sa jeg: Jeg skal dø i min trygghet, og jeg skal forlenge mine dager som sanden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og jeg sa: 'Med mitt rede skal jeg dø og som sand skal jeg forøke mine dager.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I said, 'I will die with my nest, and my days will be as numerous as the sand.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da sa jeg: 'Jeg skal dø i mitt rede, og jeg skal ha dager mange som sanden.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg sagde: Jeg vil opgive Aanden i min Rede, og gjøre Dagene mangfoldige som Sand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sa jeg, jeg skal dø i min rede, og jeg skal mangedoble mine dager som sanden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da sa jeg, 'Jeg skal dø i mitt eget hus, jeg skal telle mine dager som sanden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og jeg sa: 'Med mitt rede skal jeg dø, og som sanden skal jeg mangedoble mine dager.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sa jeg, jeg skal dø i mitt rede, og jeg vil mangedoble mine dager som sanden:

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da sa jeg, jeg vil komme til min ende med mine barn rundt meg, mine dager vil være som sandens antall;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore, I thought verely, yt I shulde haue dyed in my nest: & yt my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest: and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Job’s Confidence“Then I thought,‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

Referenced Verses

• Job 5:26 : 26 You shall come to your grave at a full age, like a sheaf of grain comes in its season.
• Job 42:16-17 : 16 After this, Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. 17 So Job died, old and full of days.
• Ps 30:6-7 : 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain stand strong: you hid your face, and I was troubled.
• Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• Gen 41:49 : 49 Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
• Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in labor!
• Jer 49:16 : 16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.
• Obad 1:4 : 4 Though you exalt yourself like the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the LORD.
• Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!