Verse 3

While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For når de sier: 'Fred og trygghet', da kommer plutselig ødeleggelse over dem, som fødselssmerter på en kvinne som skal føde; og de skal ikke unngå det.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Når de sier: 'Fred og trygghet', da kommer det plutselig en ødeleggelse over dem, som fødselsveene over en gravid kvinne; de skal ikke slippe unna.

• Norsk King James

  Når de sier: Fred og trygghet, da kommer ødeleggelse plutselig over dem, som ved en fødsel; og de skal ikke unnslippe.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når de sier: «Fred og trygghet!», da kommer plutselig undergangen over dem, som veer over en gravid kvinne, og de kan ikke unnslippe.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For når de sier: Fred og sikkerhet, da kommer en brå ødeleggelse over dem, som veene over en fødende kvinne, og de skal ingenlunde unnslippe.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Når de sier: Fred og sikkerhet, da kommer plutselig undergang over dem, som veer over en kvinne som skal føde; og de skal ikke slippe unna.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når de sier: Fred og sikkerhet, da kommer plutselig ødeleggelse over dem, lik rier over en kvinne som skal føde; og de skal ikke unnslippe.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For når de sier: 'Fred og trygghet', da kommer plutselig ødeleggelse over dem, slik som smerter ved en fødsel, og de vil ikke slippe unna.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For mens de sier: «fred og trygghet», da kommer en brå ødeleggelse over dem, som fødselsveer over en kvinne som er med barn, og de skal slett ikke unnslippe.

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

  For mens de sier: «fred og trygghet», da kommer en brå ødeleggelse over dem, som fødselsveer over en kvinne som er med barn, og de skal slett ikke unnslippe.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når de sier: Fred og sikkerhet, da vil plutselig ødeleggelse komme over dem, som fødselsveer over en gravid kvinne, og de skal sannelig ikke unnslippe.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Når de sier: 'Fred og sikkerhet', da kommer plutselig en ødeleggelse over dem, slik fødselsveene kommer over en kvinne som skal føde, og de skal ikke unnslippe.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi naar de sige: Fred og Tryghed! da skal Fordærvelsen hastigen staae over dem, ligesom Veerne over den Frugtsommelige, og de skulle ingenlunde undflye.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For når de sier: 'Fred og trygghet,' da kommer plutselig ødeleggelse over dem, som veer over en kvinne med barn, og de skal ikke unnslippe.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For når de sier: "Fred og trygghet," da kommer plutselig ødeleggelse over dem, som fødselsveer over en gravid kvinne; og ingen vil unnslippe.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når folk sier: 'Fred og sikkerhet,' da kommer plutselig ødeleggelse over dem, som smertene over en kvinne i fødsel, og de skal ikke unnslippe.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når de sier fred og trygghet, kommer plutselig ødeleggelse over dem, som veene over en kvinne som skal føde, og de skal slett ikke unnslippe.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Når de sier: Det er fred og ingen fare, vil plutselig ødeleggelse komme over dem, som fødselsveer over en gravid kvinne; og de vil ikke kunne unnslippe det.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When they shall saye peace and no daunger than commeth on the soden destruccion as the travalynge of a woma with childe and they shall not scape.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For whan they shal saye: Tush, It is peace, there is no daunger, then shall soden destruccion come vpo the, euen as the payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe, and they shal not escape.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For when they shall say, Peace, and safetie, then shall come vpon them sudden destruction, as the trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 17:26-30 : 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
• Luke 21:34-35 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who live on the face of the earth as a snare.
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first declared by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
• Heb 12:23 : 23 to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
• Nah 1:10 : 10 Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.
• Matt 24:37-39 : 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
• Acts 13:41 : 41 'Look, you scoffers! Be amazed and perish, for I am doing a work in your days, a work you will never believe, even if someone tells you about it.'
• Rev 18:7-8 : 7 As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, because in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and I will never see grief.' 8 Because of this, her plagues will come in a single day: death, mourning, and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for the mighty Lord God is the one who judges her.
• Exod 15:9-9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' 10 But You blew with Your wind, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
• Deut 29:19 : 19 The LORD will not be willing to forgive such a person. His anger and jealousy will burn against them, and every curse written in this scroll will fall on them. The LORD will blot out their name from under the heavens.
• Josh 8:20-22 : 20 When the men of Ai looked back, they saw the smoke of the city rising to the sky, and they had no power to flee in any direction. The Israelites who had fled toward the wilderness now turned against their pursuers. 21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that its smoke was rising, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai. 22 The others came out from the city to meet them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelites, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivors or fugitives were left.
• Judg 18:27-28 : 27 The Danites took what Micah had made, along with his priest, and came to Laish, to a peaceful and unsuspecting people. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city with fire. 28 There was no one to rescue the people of Laish because they were far from Sidon and had no alliances with anyone. The city was situated in a valley near Beth-rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there.
• Judg 20:41-42 : 41 Then the Israelites turned on them, and the Benjaminites were terrified because they saw that disaster had overtaken them. 42 They fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them.
• 2 Chr 32:19-21 : 19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the peoples of the earth—products of human hands. 20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven. 21 And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and leaders and officials in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew in disgrace to his own land. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.
• Ps 10:11-13 : 11 He says in his heart, 'God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.' 12 Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the afflicted. 13 Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.'
• Ps 48:6 : 6 They saw it and were astounded; they were terrified and fled in alarm.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.
• Isa 21:3-4 : 3 Therefore my body is filled with trembling; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over by what I heard; I am dismayed by what I saw. 4 My heart staggers; terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.
• Isa 30:13 : 13 'this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.'
• Isa 43:6-9 : 6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up,' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth— 7 everyone who is called by My name, whom I created for My glory, whom I formed and made. 8 Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears. 9 All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this and proclaim the former things? Let them produce their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, 'It is true.'
• Isa 56:12 : 12 "Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."
• Jer 4:31 : 31 I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like a woman giving birth to her first child—the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: 'Woe is me! My life is fainting before the killers.'
• Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
• Jer 13:21 : 21 What will you say when He appoints leaders over you, those you taught to be rulers? Will not pain seize you like a woman in labor?
• Jer 22:23 : 23 You who live in Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, anguish like that of a woman in labor!
• Dan 5:3-6 : 3 So the gold vessels taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem were brought in, and the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. 5 At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His hips became weak, and his knees knocked together.
• Hos 13:13 : 13 The pains of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; when it is time, he does not come to the opening of the womb.
• Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seizes you like a woman in labor? 10 Writhe in pain and groan, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city and camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
• Matt 23:33 : 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!' 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
• 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment,