Verse 7

Indeed, I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og jeg sa: 'Å, om jeg kunne flykte som en due! Da ville jeg straks fly langt bort for å finne hvile!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Se, så ville jeg flykte langt bort og bli i ørkenen. Selah.

• Norsk King James

  Se her, da ville jeg vandre langt bort og oppholde meg i ørkenen. Sela.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg sa: Hadde jeg bare vinger som en due, ville jeg fly vekk og slå meg ned et trygt sted.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg sier: «Hadde jeg vinger som en due, ville jeg fly bort og finne hvile.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Se, da ville jeg dra langt bort og bo i ødemarken. Selah.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da ville jeg vandre av sted og bo i ødemarken. Selah.

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

  Se, da ville jeg dra langt bort og bo i ødemarken. Selah.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg sier: Å, om jeg hadde vinger som en due! Da ville jeg fly bort og finne hvile.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.55.7", "source": "וָאֹמַ֗ר מִֽי־יִתֶּן־לִּ֣י אֵ֭בֶר כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה אָע֥וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃", "text": "And *wāʾōmar* who *yitten-lî ʾēber* like the *yônāh ʾāʿûpāh wəʾeškōnāh*", "grammar": { "*wāʾōmar*": "waw consecutive with qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I said", "*yitten-lî*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with preposition lamed and 1st person singular suffix - would give to me", "*ʾēber*": "masculine singular noun - wing/pinion", "*yônāh*": "feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition kaph (like) - like the dove", "*ʾāʿûpāh*": "qal cohortative, 1st person singular - I would fly", "*wəʾeškōnāh*": "waw conjunction with qal cohortative, 1st person singular - and I would dwell/rest" }, "variants": { "*wāʾōmar*": "and I said/I thought", "*yitten*": "would give/would grant", "*ʾēber*": "wing/pinion", "*yônāh*": "dove/pigeon", "*ʾāʿûpāh*": "I would fly/I would soar", "*ʾeškōnāh*": "I would dwell/I would rest/I would settle" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og jeg sier: Om jeg bare hadde vinger som en due, da ville jeg fly bort og finne hvile.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg sagde: Gid jeg havde Vinger som en Due, (da) vilde jeg flyve bort og boe (roligen et Sted).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se, da ville jeg dra langt bort og slå meg ned i villmarken. Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se, da ville jeg dra langt bort. Jeg ville slå meg ned i ørkenen." Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, jeg ville dra langt bort, jeg ville bo i ørkenen. Sela.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se, da ville jeg fly langt vekk, jeg ville bo i ørkenen. Selah

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg ville dra langt bort, bo i ødemarken. (Sela.)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Sela. I wolde make haist to escape, from the stormy wynde and tempest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Lo, then woulde I fleeing get me away farre of: and remayne in the wyldernesse. Selah.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. {{Selah

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness.(Selah)

Referenced Verses

• Jer 9:2 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers; that I might leave my people and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
• Jer 37:12 : 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself there in the midst of the people.
• 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.
• 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And David said to all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
• 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 And it came to pass, after they departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told King David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you. 22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light not one of them was left who had not gone over Jordan.
• Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.