Verse 29

At midday, you will grope around like a blind person in the dark. You will not prosper in your ways; you will be continually oppressed and robbed, with no one to save you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du skal famle deg frem ved høylys dag, slik en blind famler i mørket, og du skal ikke lykkes i dine veier; du skal være undertrykt og plaget alle dine dager, og ingen skal frelse deg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skal famle i middagen, som en blind famler i mørket, og du skal ikke lykkes på dine veier; og du skal bare bli undertrykt og utplyndret for evig, og ingen skal redde deg.

• Norsk King James

  Og du skal famle ved middagstid, som en blind famler i mørket, og du skal ikke lykkes med veiene dine; du skal alltid være undertrykt, og ingen skal redde deg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal famle i mørket midt på dagen som den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke ha framgang på dine veier. Du skal bare bli undertrykt og ranet alle dager, og ingen skal frelse deg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og du skal famle deg fram ved middagstid som en blind famler i mørket, du skal ikke lykkes på dine veier. Du skal bare være undertrykt og utplyndret alle dine dager, uten noen som redder deg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og du skal famle midt på dagen, som den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke lykkes i dine veier: og du skal bare bli undertrykt og plyndret alle dager, og ingen skal redde deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal famle ved midt på dagen, slik den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke få fremgang i dine veier; du skal stadig være undertrykt og knust, og ingen skal redde deg.

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

  Og du skal famle midt på dagen, som den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke lykkes i dine veier: og du skal bare bli undertrykt og plyndret alle dager, og ingen skal redde deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal famle omkring ved høylys dag som en blind famler i mørke. Du skal ikke ha fremgang på dine veier. Du skal alltid bli undertrykt og utplyndret, uten at noen redder deg.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du skal famle omkring midt på dagen som den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke lykkes på dine veier; du skal bare være undertrykt og ranet alle dager, og ingen skal redde deg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal føle for dig om Middagen, ligesom den Blinde føler for sig i Mørket, og du skal ingen Lykke have paa dine Veie; og du skal aleneste lide Vold og røves alle Dage, og Ingen skal frelse dig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skal famle om dagen som den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke ha lykke i dine veier: du skal alltid være undertrykt og plyndret, og ingen skal redde deg.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and plundered evermore, and no man shall save you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du skal famle omkring midt på dagen som den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke lykkes i dine forehavender. Du skal bare bli undertrykt og ranet hele tiden, og det skal ikke finnes noen som frelser deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du skal famle ved middagstid som den blinde famler i mørket, og du vil ikke ha suksess i dine veier. Du skal bare være undertrykt og ranet alle dager, uten noen som redder deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og du skal famle midt på dagen som den blinde famler i mørket, og du skal ikke ha fremgang i dine veier: du skal kun være undertrykt og ranet hele tiden, og ingen skal redde deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  slik at du skal famle deg fram midt på dagen som en blind famler i mørket, og ingenting du gjør skal lykkes. Du skal være undertrykt og plyndret alltid, og ingen skal frelse deg.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thou shalt grope at none daye as the blynde gropeth in darkenesse, and shalt not come to the right waye. And thou shalt suffre wronge only and be polled euermore, and no man shall soker the,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou shalt grope at the noone daye, as ye blynde gropeth in darknesse, and shalt not prospere in thy waye.And thou shalt suffre vyolence and wronge all thy lifelonge, & no man shal helpe ye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt also grope at noone daies, as the blinde gropeth in darknes, and shalt not prosper in thy wayes: thou shalt neuer but bee oppressed with wrong and be powled euermore, & no man shal succour thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt grope at noone dayes as the blinde gropeth in darknesse, & shal not prosper in thy wayes: Thou shalt be oppressed with wrong, & be poulled euermore, & no man shall succour thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope along the wall like the blind; we grope as if we had no eyes. At midday, we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
• Job 5:14 : 14 They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.
• Ps 106:40-42 : 40 Therefore, the LORD's anger burned against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance. 41 He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their power.
• Judg 3:14 : 14 The Israelites served Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
• Judg 4:2-3 : 2 So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. 3 The Israelites cried out to the LORD for help, for Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the Israelites cruelly for twenty years.
• Judg 6:1-6 : 1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years. 2 Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them. 4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys. 5 For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it. 6 So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
• Judg 10:8 : 8 They crushed and oppressed the Israelites that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the Israelites who were on the east side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
• Judg 13:1 : 1 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
• 1 Sam 13:5-7 : 5 The Philistines assembled to fight Israel with 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a difficult situation and that the enemy was pressing them hard, they hid themselves in caves, thickets, rocks, pits, and cisterns. 7 Some Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul remained in Gilgal, and all the people with him trembled in fear.
• 1 Sam 13:19-22 : 19 No blacksmith could be found throughout the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines said, 'Otherwise, the Hebrews might make swords or spears.' 20 So all the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen each person's plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle. 21 The price for sharpening plowshares, mattocks, pitchforks, and axes, or for setting goads, was two-thirds of a shekel. 22 So on the day of the battle, no sword or spear was found in the hands of the entire army with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan themselves.
• Neh 9:26-29 : 26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. 27 So You handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But in their time of distress, they cried out to You, and You heard from heaven. In Your great mercy, You gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies. 28 But as soon as they had rest, they returned to doing evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to their enemies, who ruled over them. Yet when they again cried out to You, You heard from heaven and rescued them many times in Your abundant mercy. 29 You warned them to return to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not obey Your commandments. They sinned against Your judgments, which, if a person does, they will live by them. Stubbornly, they turned their backs, stiffened their necks, and would not listen.
• Neh 9:37 : 37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.
• Lam 5:8 : 8 Slaves now rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their power.
• Lam 5:17 : 17 Because of this, our hearts are faint, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
• Zeph 1:17 : 17 I will bring distress on mankind, and they will walk like the blind because they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
• Acts 21:24 : 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth to these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.
• Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened. 8 As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." 9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them." 10 "Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
• Rom 11:25 : 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not become conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• Job 12:25 : 25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.
• Ps 69:23-24 : 23 Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap. 24 Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.