Verse 10

This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My flock from their hand and stop them from shepherding My flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths, so it will no longer be food for them.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg vil ta mine får fra deres hånd; jeg vil sette dem bort fra å være hyrder for mine får. Hyrdene skal ikke lenger se til seg selv, for jeg vil frarøve mine får fra munnen deres, så de ikke skal være mat for dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg vil kreve min hjord av deres hånd; jeg vil gjøre ende på at de røkter hjorden, og hyrdene skal ikke røkter seg selv lenger. For jeg vil fri min hjord ut av deres munn, så den ikke skal bli til mat for dem.

• Norsk King James

  Slik sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg vil kreve min flokk tilbake fra dem. De skal ikke lenger ta vare på flokken; jeg vil redde min flokk fra deres hender, så de ikke lenger skal være føde for dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herren Gud: Jeg vil kreve mine sauer fra dere og forhindre dere i å gjete dem. Hyrdene skal ikke lenger kunne utnytte dem, for jeg vil redde sauene fra munnen deres.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg vil kreve fårene mine av deres hånd. Jeg vil gjøre slutt på at de skal være hyrder, og hyrdene skal ikke lenger sørge for seg selv. Jeg vil redde fårene mine fra deres munn, så de ikke blir til føde for dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er mot hyrdene. Jeg vil kreve min flokk av dem og få dem til å slutte å gi næring til flokken, og hyrdene skal ikke lenger passe på seg selv. Jeg vil fri min flokk fra deres munn, så den ikke blir mat for dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg skal kreve min flokk tilbake fra dere. Jeg skal få dere til å slutte med å nære flokken; dere skal ikke lenger sørge for deres egen vinning, for jeg skal redde min flokk fra deres munn, så den ikke lenger blir til føde for dere.

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

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er mot hyrdene. Jeg vil kreve min flokk av dem og få dem til å slutte å gi næring til flokken, og hyrdene skal ikke lenger passe på seg selv. Jeg vil fri min flokk fra deres munn, så den ikke blir mat for dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg kommer over hyrdene, og jeg vil kreve dem til regnskap for mine sauer. Jeg vil stoppe dem fra å være hyrder, så de ikke lenger kan fø dem selv, og jeg vil redde mine sauer fra deres munn, så de ikke blir til mat for dem.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg vil kreve mine sauer tilbake fra deres hånd og holde opp å være deres hyrder. De skal ikke lenger gjete seg selv, for jeg vil redde mine sauer fra deres munn, og de skal ikke lenger være deres føde.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa sagde den Herre Herre: See, jeg vil til Hyrderne, og kræve mine Faar af deres Haand, og lade dem høre op fra at føde Faar, og Hyrderne skulle ikke ydermere føde sig (selv); thi jeg vil redde mine Faar af deres Mund, og de skulle ikke være dem til Spise.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg vil kreve min flokk fra deres hånd og hindre dem fra å mate flokken; hyrdene skal ikke mate seg selv lenger, for jeg vil fri min flokk fra deres munn, så de ikke blir til mat for dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene, og jeg skal kreve mine sauer av deres hånd og få dem til å slutte å sørge for sauene; og hyrdene skal ikke lenger sørge for seg selv; jeg vil rive mine sauer ut av deres munn, så de ikke blir til mat for dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så sier Gud Herren: Jeg er mot hyrdene, og jeg vil kreve Min flokk av deres hender, og gjøre slutt på at hyrdene gir seg selv mat. De skal ikke mer gi flokken mat, og Jeg vil redde Min flokk fra deres munn, slik at de ikke lenger skal være deres føde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot hyrdene; og jeg vil kreve mine sauer tilbake fra deres hånd, og få dem til å slutte å gi næring til sauene. Hyrdene skal ikke lenger fø seg selv, og jeg vil redde mine sauer fra deres munn, så de ikke blir mat for dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så sier Herren: Jeg er imot gjeterne og vil kreve mine sauer fra dem. Jeg vil ta dem fra gjeternes munn, for at de ikke lenger skal være til deres føde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus sayeth the LORDE God: Beholde, I myselff will vpon the shepherdes, and requyre my shepe from their hondes, and make the ceasse from fedynge of my shepe: yee the shepherdes shall fede them selues nomore: For I will delyuer my shepe out off their mouthes so that they shall not deuoure them after this.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus saieth the Lorde God, Behold, I come against the shepherds, and will require my sheepe at their hands, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheepe: neither shall the shepherds feede them selues any more: for I wil deliuer my sheepe from their mouthes, and they shall no more deuoure them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the Lorde God: beholde, I wyll vpon the shepheardes, and require my sheepe from their handes, and make them ceasse from feeding of the sheepe, yea the shepheardes shall feede them selues no more: for I wyll deliuer my sheepe out of their mouthes, so that they shall not deuour them after this.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I `am' against the shepherds, And have required My flock from their hand, And caused them to cease from feeding the flock, And no more do the shepherds feed themselves, And I have delivered My flock from their mouth, And they are not to them for food.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 21:13 : 13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the LORD. You who say, 'Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?'
• Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lies, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 34:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
• Zech 10:3 : 3 My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts cares for His flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like a splendid warhorse.
• Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Ezek 5:8 : 8 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I Myself am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
• Ezek 34:8 : 8 'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,
• Jer 52:24-27 : 24 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the deputy priest, and the three doorkeepers. 25 From the city, he took one court official who was in charge of the men of war, seven men of those who had personal access to the king and were found in the city, the scribe of the commander who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people who were found within the city. 26 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was taken into exile from its land.
• Ezek 3:18 : 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood.
• Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will deliver the needy who cry for help, the poor who have no helper. 13 He will have compassion on the weak and the needy and will save the lives of the needy. 14 He will redeem their lives from oppression and violence, and their blood will be precious in his sight.
• Ps 102:19-20 : 19 Let this be written for a future generation, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. 20 For he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD observed the earth,
• Jer 13:18-20 : 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’ 19 The cities of the Negev are shut tight, with no one to open them. All Judah has been carried into exile—completely taken away. 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care?
• 1 Sam 2:29-36 : 29 Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel? 30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained. 31 The days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 You will see distress in My dwelling, despite all the good I do for Israel. Never will there be an old man in your family line. 33 Any man of yours that I do not cut off from My altar will only remain to weep his eyes out and to grieve his heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life. 34 And this will be the sign to you that will come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day. 35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he will walk before My anointed one forever. 36 Everyone left of your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and they will plead, ‘Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a morsel of bread to eat.’
• Ps 23:5 : 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
• Jer 39:6 : 6 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah, before his very eyes, and also killed all the nobles of Judah.
• Jer 50:31 : 31 Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one, declares the Sovereign LORD of Hosts, for your day has come, the time for Me to punish you.
• Jer 52:9-9 : 9 They seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. There, he pronounced judgment on him. 10 The king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, and he also executed all the officials of Judah at Riblah. 11 Then he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and kept him in prison until the day he died.
• Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
• Ezek 21:3 : 3 and say to the southern forest, 'Listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Behold, I am about to set you ablaze, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree within you. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched by it.
• Ezek 33:6-8 : 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person will die for their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood. 7 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.
• Ezek 34:22 : 22 I will save My flock so they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
• Ezek 35:3 : 3 Say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate wasteland.'
• Nah 2:13 : 13 The lion tears apart prey to feed its cubs and strangles it for its lionesses. He fills his dens with prey and his lairs with torn flesh.
• 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.