Verse 2

And the LORD said to Gideon, The people with you are too many for me to hand the Midianites over to you, lest Israel boast against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da sa Herren til Gideon: 'Det er for mange folk med deg til at jeg kan gi Midjan i deres hender, ellers vil Israel si: Min egen hånd har frelst meg.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Herren sa til Gideon: "Folket som er med deg, er for mange for at jeg skal kunne overgi midianittene i deres hender. Israel kunne da rose seg mot meg og si: Min egen hånd har frelst meg.

• Norsk King James

  Og Herren sa til Gideon: Folket som er med deg, er for mange til at jeg kan overgi Midianittene i deres hender, ellers kan Israel opphøye seg mot meg og si: Min egen hånd har frelst meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herren sa til Gideon: De folk du har med deg, er for mange til at jeg kan gi midianittene i deres hender. Israel må ikke skryte av seg selv mot meg og si: 'Min egen hånd har frelst meg.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herren sa til Gideon: "Det er for mange folk med deg til at jeg vil gi midjanittene i deres hånd. Ellers kan Israel bli hovmodig mot meg og si: 'Det var vår egen styrke som frelste oss.'"

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Herren sa til Gideon, Folket som er med deg er for mange til at jeg kan overgi midianittene i deres hender, for at ikke Israel skal rose seg mot meg, og si, Min egen hånd har frelst meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Herren talte til Gideon: 'Folkene som er med deg, er altfor mange for at jeg skal overlevere midjanittene i deres hender, for at Israel ikke skal skryte og si: «Min egen hånd har frelst meg.»'

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

  Og Herren sa til Gideon, Folket som er med deg er for mange til at jeg kan overgi midianittene i deres hender, for at ikke Israel skal rose seg mot meg, og si, Min egen hånd har frelst meg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herren sa til Gideon: 'Troppen som er med deg, er for stor til at jeg kan overgi midianittene i deres hender, ellers vil Israel kunne skryte overfor meg og si at det var deres egen hånd som reddet dem.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people with you for me to hand Midian over to them, lest Israel boast against me, claiming, 'My own strength has delivered me.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Herren sa til Gideon: «Folket som er med deg, er for mange til at jeg kan gi Midianittene i deres hånd, for da vil Israel kunne skryte av at de selv har reddet seg.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Herren sagde til Gideon: Folket er flere, som er med dig, end at jeg skulde give Midianiterne i deres Haand, at Israel ikke skal rose sig imod mig og sige: Min Haand haver frelst mig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Herren sa til Gideon: Det er for mange folk med deg til at jeg kan gi midianittene i deres hender, ellers vil Israel skryte mot meg og si: Min egen hånd har reddet meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Herren sa til Gideon: Folket som er med deg, er for mange til at jeg kan overgi midianittene i deres hender, for at ikke Israel skal rose seg imot meg og si: 'Min egen hånd har frelst meg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Herren sa til Gideon: "Folket som er med deg, er for mange til at jeg kan gi midianerne i deres hender, for at Israel ikke skal skryte overfor meg og si: 'Min egen hånd har frelst meg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Herren sa til Gideon: «Det er for mange folk med deg for at jeg skal kunne overgi midianittene i deres hender, for at ikke Israel skal skryte mot meg og si: ‘Min egen hånd har frelst meg.’»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Herren sa til Gideon: «Det er for mange folk med deg. Dersom jeg gir midianittene i deres hender, vil de bli hovmodige og si: 'Vi har reddet oss selv.'»

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon: The people that be with ye are to many for me to delyuer Madian into their hande, lest Israel boost them selues agaynst me, and saye: My hande hath delyuered me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Lord said vnto Gideon, The people that are with thee, are too many for me to giue the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel make their vaunt against me, and say, Mine hand hath saued mee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lord sayd vnto Gedeon: The people that are with thee, are to many for me to geue ye Madianites into their handes, lest Israel make their vaunt against me, and saye: Myne owne hand hath saued me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many `are' the people who `are' with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’

Referenced Verses

• Deut 8:17 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
• 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds; 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
• Isa 10:13 : 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand, I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have brought down the inhabitants like a valiant man;
• 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, God has chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
• 1 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
• Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:
• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
• Ezek 28:17 : 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
• Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
• Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful.
• Zech 4:6 : 6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
• Zech 12:7 : 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
• Rom 3:27 : 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
• Rom 11:18 : 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
• Eph 2:9 : 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
• Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
• Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misbehave themselves, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD has not done all this.
• 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us, for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few."
• 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, 'LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many, or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.'
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.