Verse 4

They speak mere words, making covenants with false oaths, and judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De snakker tomme ord og inngår falske pakter; sviket sprer seg som ugress.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De har talt ord, avlagt falske eder i inngåelsen av en pakt. Derfor spirer dommen opp som gift i furer på marken.

• Norsk King James

  De har talt usanne ord og svoret falskt når de inngikk en pakt; derfor vokser dommen opp som gift i jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De talte løgnaktige ord mens de inngikk falske pakter; derfor skal dommen vokse opp som en bitter urt i åkeren.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De uttaler flotte løfter, sverger falske eder og inngår pakter. Dommen spirer opp som giftige urter i markens furer.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De har talt ord, sverget falskt i å inngå en pakt: slik spirer dommen opp som giftløken i åkerens furer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De har ytret ord og sverget falskt da de inngikk en pakt; således spirer dommen opp som giftig hemlock i markens rende.

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

  De har talt ord, sverget falskt i å inngå en pakt: slik spirer dommen opp som giftløken i åkerens furer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De taler tomme ord, inngår falske pakter, og domstoler skyter opp som giftige planter i åkerens furer.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De senere lover, inngår falske eder og inngår pakter. Dommen spirer som giftige urter i furer på markene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De talede (løgnagtige) Ord, idet de svore forfængeligen, der de gjorde Pagt; (derfor) skal Dommen grønnes som en beesk Urt over Furerne paa Marken.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De har talt ord, sverget falskt når de inngikk en pakt; derfor vokser dommen opp som giftige ugress i furelinjene på marken.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up as poison in the furrows of the field.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De avgir løfter, sverger falskt i å inngå pakter. Derfor springer dommen opp som giftige ugress langs furevannene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De taler ord, de sverger falskt og inngår pakter, og rettferdigheten blomstrer som giftige ugressrøtter på markens furer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De sier tomme ord, sverger falskt i å inngå pakter; derfor springer dommen opp som giftige urter i åkrene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Deres ord er dumme; de inngår avtaler med falske eder, så straffen vil komme opp som en giftig plante i en nypløyd mark.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They comon together, and sweare vayne oothes: they be cofederate together, therfore groweth their punyshment, as the wedes in the forowes of the londe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They haue spoken woordes, swearing falsly in making a couenant: thus iudgement groweth as wormewoode in the furrowes of the fielde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They haue spoken wordes, swearyng falslye in makyng a couenaunt: thus iudgement groweth as wormewood in the furrowes of the fielde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

Referenced Verses

• Amos 5:7 : 7 You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—
• Amos 6:12 : 12 Do horses run on rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
• Hos 4:2 : 2 There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
• 2 Kgs 17:3-4 : 3 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was conspiring against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year. Therefore, the king of Assyria detained him and bound him in prison.
• Ezek 17:13-19 : 13 He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under an oath. Then he carried away the leaders of the land. 14 This kingdom was made humble so that it would not exalt itself, and so that by keeping its covenant, it might stand firm. 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a great army. Will he prosper? Will he escape if he does such things? Can a person break a covenant and still escape? 16 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die. 17 Pharaoh and his mighty army and great company will not help him in battle, when mounds are heaped up and siege walls are built to destroy many people. 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Though he gave his hand in pledge, he did all these things. He will not escape! 19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will bring upon his own head.
• Deut 29:18 : 18 When such a person hears the words of this curse, they may bless themselves in their heart and say, 'I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the destruction of both the well-watered and the dry.
• Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.
• Isa 59:13-15 : 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart. 14 Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off, for truth has stumbled in the streets, and honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD saw this and was displeased, for there was no justice.
• Acts 8:23 : 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.
• Rom 1:31 : 31 they are senseless, faithless, unloving, unforgiving, and unmerciful.
• 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 They will be unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, and hostile to what is good.
• Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
• Rev 8:10-11 : 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky onto a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the water because it was made bitter.
• Hos 6:7 : 7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with Me.