Verse 17

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og jeg vil gjøre rettferdighet til en målesnor og rettferdighet til en vekt; haglstormen skal feie bort løgnenes tilflukt, og vannene skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vil også legge rettferd som målesnor, og rettferdighet som lodd: og hagl skal rive bort tilflukten av løgn, og vannene skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg vil også la dom være vater, og rettferdighet til målet; og haglen skal feie bort løgnens skjulested, og vannene skal oversvømme ly.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil gjøre rettferdighet til målesnor, og rettferdighet til lodd. Haglstormen skal oversvømme den falske tilflukten, og vannet skal skylle over skjulesteder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og jeg skal sette rettferdighet som en målesnor og rettferdighet som en vektlodd, og hagl skal viske ut tilfluktene for løgnen, og vann skal skylle bort skjulet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg vil også legge dommen til målestreken, og rettferdighet til loddsnoren: og haglen skal feie bort løgnens tilflukt, og vannet skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg vil også legge dom med et vater og rettferdighet med et lodd; haglen skal feie bort løgnens tilfluktssted, og vannene skal oversvømme gjemmestedet.

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

  Jeg vil også legge dommen til målestreken, og rettferdighet til loddsnoren: og haglen skal feie bort løgnens tilflukt, og vannet skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg skal gjøre rett til målestokk, og rettferdighet til målelinje; hagl skal feie bort løgnens tilfluktssted, og vann skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og jeg skal gjøre rettferd til en målesnor og rettvishet til en vekte; haglen skal feie bort lyens tilflukt, og vannet skal oversvømme det skjulte sted.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg vil sætte Ret til Maalesnoren, og Retfærdighed til en Vægt, og Hagelen skal bortdrive den falske Tilflugt, og Vandene overskylle Skjulet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dom vil jeg også legge til målesnor, og rettferdighet til lodd: og haglet skal feie bort løgnenes tilflukt, og vannene skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vil gjøre rettferdighet til rettesnor, og rettferdighet til loddsnøre; og haglen skal feie bort løgnens tilflukt, og vannene skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg vil sette rettferdighet som en plumbline, og rettskaffenhet som en målesnor, og hagl skal feie bort tilflukten av løgner, og vannene skal oversvømme det skjulte stedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og jeg vil gjøre rettferdighet til målesnor og rettskaffenhet til loddsnor; haglet skal feie bort tilflukten av løgn, og vannet skal oversvømme skjulestedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og jeg vil gjøre riktig beslutning til målestokken, og rettferdighet til vekten; og isstormen vil ta bort det trygge stedet for falske ord, og det hemmelige stedet vil bli dekket av de flytende vannene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in ye balaunce, and iudgment in the weightes. The tepest of hale shal take awaye yor refuge, that ye haue to disceaue withal, and ye ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yor stroge holdes of dissimulacio.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Iudgement also will I laye to the rule, and righteousnesse to the balance, and the haile shall sweepe away the vaine confidence, and the waters shall ouerflowe the secret place.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Iudgement also wyll I laye to the rule, and righteousnesse to the balaunce, so that the hayle shall sweepe away as a broome your vayne confidence, and the priuie place of your refuge shall the waters runne ouer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 21:13 : 13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plumb line of the house of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
• Rev 16:21 : 21 Huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell from heaven on people, and they cursed God because of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
• Isa 28:2 : 2 Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty, like a hailstorm, a destructive tempest, like a driving flood of mighty waters overflowing, He will cast it down to the ground by His hand.
• Amos 7:7-9 : 7 This is what He showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall built true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. 8 The Lord asked me, 'What do you see, Amos?' I replied, 'A plumb line.' Then the Lord said, 'I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel. I will no longer spare them.' 9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
• Matt 7:27 : 27 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.
• Rom 2:2 : 2 We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Rom 9:28 : 28 For the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth fully and decisively.
• 2 Pet 3:6-7 : 6 Through these, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. 7 But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.
• Rev 8:7 : 7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire, mixed with blood, were thrown down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
• Rev 11:19 : 19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within His temple was seen the ark of His covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a severe hailstorm.
• Isa 28:15 : 15 Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not reach us, for we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.'
• Isa 30:28 : 28 His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He will sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and place a bridle in the jaws of the peoples, leading them astray.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Isa 32:18-19 : 18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in undisturbed resting places. 19 But hail will level the forest, and the city will be laid low in humiliation.
• Jer 7:4-8 : 4 Do not trust deceitful words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ 5 For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or follow other gods, bringing harm upon yourselves, 7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors forever and ever. 8 But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.
• Jer 7:14 : 14 So I will do to the house that bears my name, in which you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh.
• Jer 7:20 : 20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruits of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
• Jer 23:19 : 19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
• Jer 30:23-24 : 23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in fury—a raging tempest. It will swirl down on the heads of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He fully accomplishes the purposes of His heart. In the days to come, you will understand this.
• Ezek 13:10-16 : 10 Because they have misled my people by saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when a flimsy wall is built, they plaster it over with whitewash, 11 say to those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be a flooding rain, hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will break it. 12 When the wall falls, people will ask you, ‘Where is the whitewash you applied?’ 13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: In my wrath, I will unleash a stormy wind. In my anger, there will be flooding rain, and hailstones in fury will bring about destruction. 14 I will break down the wall that you plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. It will collapse, and you will perish within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 15 So I will pour out my wrath on the wall and on those who plaster it with whitewash. I will tell you, ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who plastered it,’ 16 along with the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and claimed visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 38:22 : 22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour down torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him and on his troops and on the many peoples with him.
• Dan 11:22 : 22 Then the armed forces shall be swept away before him and broken, including the prince of the covenant.
• Rev 19:2 : 2 For His judgments are true and just; He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His servants on her.
• Exod 9:18-19 : 18 Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt since it became a nation. 19 Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.
• Josh 10:11 : 11 As they fled before Israel down the road from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD hurled large hailstones down on them from heaven, and they died. More of them died from the hailstones than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
• Job 22:16 : 16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.
• Ps 94:15 : 15 For judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted through justice, and the Holy God will show Himself holy through righteousness.
• Isa 10:22 : 22 Even though your people, O Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.
• Isa 25:4 : 4 For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat – for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall.