Verse 20

Behold, I have received a commandment to bless, and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Se, jeg har fått befaling om å velsigne; han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Se, jeg har fått ordre om å velsigne, og han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

• Norsk King James

  Se, jeg har fått befaling om å velsigne; og han har velsignet; og jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Se, jeg har fått befaling om å velsigne; når han har velsignet, kan jeg ikke endre det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Se, å velsigne har jeg fått i oppdrag. Han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke endre det.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Se, jeg har mottatt et bud om å velsigne; og han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, jeg har fått beskjed om å velsigne, og han har velsignet; jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

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

  Se, jeg har mottatt et bud om å velsigne; og han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Se, jeg har fått befaling om å velsigne; han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Numbers.23.20", "source": "הִנֵּ֥ה בָרֵ֖ךְ לָקָ֑חְתִּי וּבֵרֵ֖ךְ וְלֹ֥א אֲשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃", "text": "*hinnēh* *bārēk* *lāqāḥtî* *û-bērēk* *wə-lōʾ* *ʾăšîbennâ*", "grammar": { "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold", "*bārēk*": "piel infinitive absolute - to bless", "*lāqāḥtî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I have received", "*û-bērēk*": "waw conjunction + piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he has blessed", "*wə-lōʾ*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ʾăšîbennâ*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - I will reverse it" }, "variants": { "*bārēk*": "to bless/blessing (emphatic)", "*lāqāḥtî*": "I have received/I have taken/I have accepted", "*bērēk*": "he has blessed/he has favored", "*ʾăšîbennâ*": "I will reverse it/I will turn it back/I will retract it" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Se, jeg har fått oppdrag til å velsigne; når han har velsignet, kan jeg ikke tilbakekalle det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  See, jeg haver taget mig for at velsigne; og han velsignede, og jeg kan ikke afvende det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se, jeg har fått oppdrag om å velsigne; og han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke gjøre det om.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se, jeg har fått at jeg skal velsigne: Han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke forandre det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, jeg har fått i oppdrag å velsigne, ja, Han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omstøte det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se, jeg har mottatt et påbud om å velsigne; han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omgjøre det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Se, jeg har fått befaling om å gi velsignelse; han har gitt velsignelse som jeg ikke kan ta bort.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  beholde I haue begon to blesse and haue blessed and can not goo backe there fro.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beholde, I am brought hither to blesse, I blesse, & can not go backe there fro.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse: for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to aulter it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
• Num 22:12 : 12 And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
• Num 22:18 : 18 And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
• Isa 43:13 : 13 Yes, before the day was, I am He; and there is none who can deliver out of My hand: I will work, and who shall hinder it?
• John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
• Rom 8:38-39 : 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Num 22:38 : 38 And Balaam said to Balak, Look, I have come to you: do I have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.