Verse 7

For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De sår vind og høster storm. Kornet gir ingen avling; selv om det vokser, vil fremmede komme og ta det.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For de har sådd vind, og de skal høste storm. Den har ingen aks; spiren gir ikke mel. Skulle de bringe grøde, vil fremmede sluke det.

• Norsk King James

  For de har sådd vind, og de skal høste storm; den har ingen stilk, og knoppen gir ingen korn; hvis den gir, vil fremmede fortære det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De sådde vind og skal høste storm; den skal ikke ha stående korn, og avlingen skal ikke gi mel; selv om den gir, skal fremmede sluke det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For de sår vind, og de skal høste storm. Kornet er uten aks, det gir ikke mel. Om det skulle gi mel, vil fremmede sluke det.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de har sådd vinden, og de skal høste stormen: den har ingen stilk: knoppen skal ikke gi mel: om den gir noe, skal fremmede sluke det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For de har sådd vinden, og de skal høste en virvelvind; den har ingen stilk, knoppen gir ingen mat, og om den skulle bære frukt, vil fremmede fortære den.

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

  For de har sådd vinden, og de skal høste stormen: den har ingen stilk: knoppen skal ikke gi mel: om den gir noe, skal fremmede sluke det.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For de sår vind og skal høste storm. Stående korn har de ikke, intet korn vil gi mel. Om det gjør det, vil fremmede fortære det.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For de sår vind, og de skal høste storm. Korn uten aks gir ikke mel. Om det gir korn, vil fremmede sluke det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi de saaede Veir, og de skulle høste Hvirvelvind; den skal ikke have staaende Korn, (dens) Grøde skal ikke give Meel; om den maaskee end giver, skulle Fremmede opsluge det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For de har sådd vind, og de skal høste storm; den har ingen aks, spiren gir intet korn. Om det gir noe, skal fremmede fortære det.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For de sår vinden, og de skal høste stormen. Han har intet korn å stå på. Strået vil ikke gi aks. Om det likevel gir noe, vil fremmede sluke det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De sår vind, og orkan skal de høste. Den har ingen stilk, den bærer ikke korn. Skulle den bære, vil fremmede sluke det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For de sår vind, og de skal høste storm: han har ingen stående korn; strået skal ikke gi mel; og om det gir, skal fremmede sluke det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For de har sådd vind, og de skal høste storm; hans korn har ingen aks, det vil ikke gi mel, og hvis det skjer, vil en fremmed nasjon ta det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They haue sowne wynde, therfore shal they reepe a storme. Their sede shal beare no corne, there shal no meel be made of their increase: though yere be, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they haue sowne the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewind: it hath no stalke: the budde shall bring foorth no meale: if so be it bring forth, the strangers shall deuoure it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They haue sowen winde, therfore shall they reape a whirlewinde: it hath no stalke, the bud shall bryng foorth no meale: and if haplie it do, straungers shall deuour it vp.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For they sow the wind, And they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Fertility Cultists Will Become Infertile They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 22:8 : 8 Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.
• Hos 7:9 : 9 Foreigners consume his strength, yet he does not realize it. Gray hairs are sprinkled on him, but he does not notice.
• Job 4:8 : 8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
• Gal 6:7 : 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.
• Hos 10:12-13 : 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you. 13 But you have planted wickedness, reaped injustice, and eaten the fruit of deception. Because you trusted in your own way and in your many warriors,
• Nah 1:3 : 3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; he will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
• Eccl 5:16 : 16 Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.
• Isa 17:11 : 11 Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.
• Isa 66:15 : 15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and His chariots will be like a whirlwind, to bring down His wrath in fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Jer 12:13 : 13 They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; they have exhausted themselves to no profit. Be ashamed of your harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
• Hos 2:9 : 9 She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, because it was better for me then than now.'
• Deut 28:33 : 33 A people you don’t know will eat the fruit of your land and the result of your labor. You will be oppressed and crushed continually.
• Judg 6:3-6 : 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.
• 2 Kgs 13:3-7 : 3 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He handed them over to Hazael, king of Aram, and to Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, for all their days. 4 Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Aram had oppressed them. 5 So the LORD provided a deliverer for Israel, and they escaped from the hand of Aram. The Israelites then lived in their homes as they did before. 6 However, they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had led Israel to sin, but continued in them; even the Asherah pole remained in Samaria. 7 Nothing was left for Jehoahaz's army except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust to be trampled.
• 2 Kgs 15:19 : 19 Then Pul, king of Assyria, invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and strengthen his hold on the kingdom.
• 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people into exile to Assyria.