Verse 6

Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants bear the guilt. Therefore, the earth’s inhabitants are burned, and few people are left.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Derfor vil jorden rammes av en forbannelse, og innbyggerne vil lide for sine handlinger.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der blir skyldige; derfor brenner jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker blir tilbake.

  • Norsk King James

    Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der, er helt øde; innbyggerne er brent opp, og få er igjen.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Derfor fortærer forbannelsen landet, og de som bor der, blir ødelagt; derfor blir de brent, som bodde i landet, og det skal være få mennesker igjen.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Derfor har forbannelse fortært jorden, og de som bor der bærer skylden. Derfor er jorden innbyggere redusert, og få mennesker er igjen.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der er skyldtynget. Derfor brennes jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker er igjen.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Derfor har forbannelsen inntatt jorden, og de som bor der, er forlatt; innbyggerne på jorden er brent opp, og få mennesker er igjen.

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

    Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der er skyldtynget. Derfor brennes jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker er igjen.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der, er blitt skyldige. Derfor er jordens innbyggere brent, og få mennesker er igjen.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Derfor kaster en forbannelse jorden, og dens innbyggere må bære skylden; derfor brenner de som bor der, og bare noen få mennesker er igjen.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Derfor fortærer Forbandelsen Landet, og de, som boe deri, blive ødelagte; derfor blive de brændte, som boede i Landet, og der skulle blive faa Mennesker tilovers.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Derfor har forbannelsen slukt jorden, og de som bor på den er blitt ødelagt. Derfor er jordens innbyggere brent, og få mennesker er igjen.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Derfor har forbannelsen oppslukt jorden, og de som bor der er funnet skyldige: derfor brenner jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker er igjen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Derfor fortærer forbannelsen landet, og innbyggerne blir desolate. Derfor blir de få mennesker igjen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der er funnet skyldige; derfor blir jordens innbyggere brent, og få blir tilbake.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Derfor blir jorden overlatt til forbannelsen, og de som er på den blir dømt som syndere: derfor blir de som lever på jorden brent opp, og de gjenværende er få.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And therfore shal the curse deuoure the earth: for they yt dwel thero, haue synned. wherfore they shalbe brent also, and those that remayne, shalbe very few.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore hath the curse deuoured the earth, and the inhabitantes thereof are desolate. Wherefore the inhabitants of the land are burned vp, and fewe men are left.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therfore hath the curse consumed the earth, and they that dwell therin are fallen into trespasse: Wherfore the inhabitours of the earth are perished with drought, and fewe men are left behinde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

Referenced Verses

  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that is going out over the whole land: for everyone who steals will be judged according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be judged according to what is written on the other side.' 4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.
  • Mal 3:9 : 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.
  • Matt 7:14 : 14 For the gate is narrow, and the way is difficult that leads to life, and only a few find it.
  • Rom 9:27 : 27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the children of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.'
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
  • Lev 26:22 : 22 I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will lead you.
  • Deut 28:15-20 : 15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you. 16 Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the field. 17 Cursed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. 18 Cursed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, the offspring of your cattle, and the increase of your flocks. 19 Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out. 20 The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me.
  • Deut 28:62 : 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
  • Deut 29:22-28 : 22 The whole land will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?' 24 And they will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 25 They turned to other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them, gods they did not know and gods the LORD had not given to them.' 26 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book. 27 In His anger and great wrath, the LORD uprooted them from their land and cast them into another land, as it is today. 28 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
  • Deut 30:18-19 : 18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish and will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
  • Josh 23:15-16 : 15 But just as all the good things the LORD your God promised you have come to pass, so too the LORD will bring upon you the bad things He threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. 16 If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land He has given you.
  • Isa 1:31 : 31 The strong one will become tinder, and his work a spark; both will burn together, and no one will extinguish them.
  • Isa 42:24-25 : 24 Who handed Jacob over to be plundered, and Israel to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They refused to walk in His ways or obey His law. 25 So He poured out on them His burning anger and the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, yet they did not take it to heart.
  • Ezek 5:3 : 3 Take some small amount of the hair and bind it in the edges of your garment.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'