Verse 18

We were pregnant, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth only to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and no one is born to inhabit the world.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vi var gravide, vi hadde rier, men vi fødte som om vi bare fikk vind. Vi førte ikke frelse til jorden, og ingen ble født til å bo i verden.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vi har født, vi har hatt smerter, som om vi har født vind; vi har ikke utført noen frelse på jorden, heller ikke falt innbyggerne i verden.

• Norsk King James

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har vært i smerte; vi har som om vi har født vind; vi har ikke oppnådd noen frelse på jorden; heller har ikke verdens innbyggere falt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi unnfanget, vi var i smerte, men vi fødte kun vind. Vi fremmet ingen redning for landet, og verdens innbyggere falt ikke.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har hatt smerter; vi fødte vind; vi kunne ikke bringe frelse til jorden, og verdens innbyggere falt ikke.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har hatt smerter, vi har som om født vind; vi har ikke brakt noen frelse på jorden, og jordens innbyggere har ikke falt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vi har båret barn og vært i smerte, som om vi bare hadde frambrakt vind; vi har ikke oppnådd noen frelse på jorden, og heller ikke har verdens folk falt.

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

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har hatt smerter, vi har som om født vind; vi har ikke brakt noen frelse på jorden, og jordens innbyggere har ikke falt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vi er blitt gravide, vi har hatt smerter, vi fødte, som det var luft. Vi skaffet ikke frelse på jorden, og innbyggerne i verden ble ikke født.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har vridd oss i smerte, vi har født vind. Vi har ikke brakt frelse til jorden, og jordens innbyggere er ikke falt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi undfangede, vare bange, (men) vi fødte (Noget) som Veir; vi skaffede Landet ikke (nogen) Frelse, og Jorderiges Indbyggere faldt ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har hatt smerter, vi har som født vind; vi har ikke utført noen befrielse på jorden; heller ikke har verdens innbyggere falt.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have, as it were, brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har vært i smerte, vi har som det var gitt vind; vi har ikke oppnådd noen frelse på jorden, heller ikke har verdens innbyggere falt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vi har unnfanget, vi har hatt smerte. Vi har født vind, frelse gjør vi ikke på jorden, heller ikke faller verdens innbyggere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vi har vært svangre, vi har hatt smerte, vi har som det fostret vind; vi har ikke skapt noen frelse på jorden; og jordens innbyggere er ikke falt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vi har vært med barn, vi har hatt smerte, vi har født vind; ingen frelse har kommet til jorden gjennom oss, og ingen barn har kommet til verden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  We are with childe, we trauayle, & beare, & with the sprete we bringe forth health, wherethorow the earth is vndestroyed, and the inhabitours of the worlde perish not.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  We haue coceiued, we haue borne in paine, as though we should haue brought forth winde: there was no helpe in the earth, neither did the inhabitants of the world fall.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  We haue ben with chylde and suffred paine, as though we had brought forth winde: for there is no saluation in the earth, neither do the inhabiters of the worlde submit them selues.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.

• World English Bible (2000)

  We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 17:14 : 14 By your hand, Lord, save me from people of this world whose reward is in this life. Fill their bellies with what you have stored up; let their children be satisfied, and let them leave their wealth to their little ones.
• Isa 33:11 : 11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will devour you.
• Isa 37:3 : 3 They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
• Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
• Hos 13:13 : 13 The pains of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; when it is time, he does not come to the opening of the womb.
• John 7:7 : 7 'The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify about it that its works are evil.'
• 1 John 5:19 : 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
• Exod 5:22-23 : 22 Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why did you send me?" 23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."
• Josh 7:7-9 : 7 Joshua said, "Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! 8 Pardon me, O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has turned its back and fled from its enemies? 9 The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of this and surround us. They will cut off our name from the earth. And then, what will you do for your great name?
• 1 Sam 11:13 : 13 But Saul said, "No one will be put to death today, for this is the day the LORD has delivered Israel."
• 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 But the people said to Saul, 'Should Jonathan die, he who has brought about this great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he acted with God’s help today.' So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
• 2 Kgs 19:3 : 3 They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: 'Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.'