Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hans Ånd er som en flommende elv som når opp til nakken; han rister nasjonene i en sil for å føre dem til intet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hans ånde, som en flommende bekk, når opp til halsen, for å rense nasjonene med sie av tomhet; og det skal være en tømme på folkets kjever, for å føre dem på avveie.

• Norsk King James

  Og hans ånde, som en strømmende elv, skal nå ved halsen, for å sifle nasjonene med en sil av tomhet; og det skal være en bitt i kjevene til folket, som fører dem til feil.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hans pust er som en flommende elv som når til halsen, for å sikte nasjonene med ødeleggelsens sold og et åk som styrer i folkets munner.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hans ånd er som en rasende flom som når helt opp til halsen, for å sildre med de folkene i dårskap og et villedende åk på folkenes kjever.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og hans pust, som en overstrømmende strøm, skal nå til halsens midte, for å sikte nasjonene med tomhetens sold: og det skal være et bissel i folkets kjever, som fører dem til å feile.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hans ånde, som en overstrømmende elv, skal nå helt opp til nakken, for å sile nasjonene med tomhetens sil; og et åkle skal settes om folks kjever, så de farer vill.

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

  Og hans pust, som en overstrømmende strøm, skal nå til halsens midte, for å sikte nasjonene med tomhetens sold: og det skal være et bissel i folkets kjever, som fører dem til å feile.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hans ånde er som en flom som når opp til halsen. Han vil sile nasjonene med ødeleggende tevn, og legge villfarelse i folkene gjennom en misledende tøyle.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hans ånd er som en oversvømmende elv som rekker til halsen, for å sikte nasjonene i ødeleggelsens sikte, og et villedende åk skal være på folkets kjever.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og hans Aand er som en Bæk, der løber over, som rækker indtil Halsen, at sigte Hedningerne i Forfængeligheds Sold, og (som) et Bidsel, der fører vild, i Folkenes Kjæfter.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og hans ånde som en flommende elv skal nå til midt på halsen, for å sikte folkeslagene med tomhetens sil: og det skal være en tømme i munnen på folket, som får dem til å fare vill.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og hans ånde er som en overflommende elv, som når opp til halsen, for å sikte nasjonene med ødeleggelsens sil: og en tøyler som leder til feil skal være i folkets kjever.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og hans pust er som en overstrømmende strøm, Inntil nakken deler den, For å sålde nasjoner med tomhets sold, En tømme som fører til feilaktighet er i folkenes kjever.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hans pust er som en oversvømmende bekk som rekker opp til halsen, for å ryste folkeslag med ødeleggelsens sikt; og en tøyler som fører til å ta feil, skal være i folkets munner.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og hans pust er som en oversvømmende elv, som når nakken, som ryster folkeslagene til ødeleggelse, som ristingen av korn i en kurv: og han vil legge et rep i munnen på folkene, for å forvrenge deres vei.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  His breath like a vehement floude of water, which goeth vp to the throte. That he maye take awaye ye people, which haue turned them selues vnto vanite, and the brydle of erroure, that lieth in other folkes chawes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And his spirit is as a riuer that ouerfloweth vp to the necke: it deuideth asunder, to fanne the nations with the fanne of vanitie, and there shall be a bridle to cause them to erre in the chawes of the people.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  His breath is a vehement flud of water, that reacheth vp to the necke: that he may sift away the heathen in the siue of vanitie, and his breath is a brydle of errour in the iawes of the people.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causes to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And His breath `is' as an overflowing stream, Unto the neck it divideth, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, `Is' on the jaws of the peoples.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one’s neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 37:29 : 29 Because of your raging against Me and your arrogance that has reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came.
• Isa 8:8 : 8 It will sweep into Judah, flooding and passing through; it will reach up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the entire breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
• Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
• 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of His mouth and abolish by the splendor of His coming.
• 2 Kgs 19:28 : 28 Because of your raging against Me and your arrogance that has reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came.
• Amos 9:9 : 9 For behold, I am giving the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes a sieve, but not a single pebble shall fall to the ground.
• Hab 3:12-15 : 12 In wrath You marched through the earth; in anger You threshed the nations. 13 You went out for the salvation of Your people, for the salvation of Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, stripping it from foundation to neck. Selah. 14 With his own weapons You pierced the heads of his warriors, who came like a storm to scatter me, gloating as though ready to devour the afflicted in secret. 15 You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
• Luke 22:31 : 31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat.
• Ezek 14:7-9 : 7 For if any man from the house of Israel or any foreigner living in Israel separates himself from me, sets up idols in his heart, places the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of me, I, the LORD, will answer him myself. 8 I will set my face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 9 And if the prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is I, the LORD, who have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
• Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, like dew that vanishes early, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and like smoke escaping through a window.
• 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, 'The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.' For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring disaster upon Absalom.
• 1 Kgs 22:20-22 : 20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One suggested this, and another suggested that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked. 'I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. The LORD replied, 'You will succeed in enticing him. Go and do it.'
• Job 39:17 : 17 For God has deprived her of wisdom and has not given her understanding.
• Ps 18:15 : 15 He shot His arrows and scattered His enemies; with great bolts of lightning, He threw them into confusion.
• Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled with bit and bridle or they will not come near you.
• Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
• Isa 19:3 : 3 The spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied from within them, and I will confound their plans. They will seek idols, mediums, spirits, and fortune-tellers.
• Isa 19:12-14 : 12 Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and make known what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. They have led Egypt astray, the cornerstone of its tribes. 14 The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion, and they have led Egypt astray in all that it does, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.
• Isa 28:17-18 : 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. 18 Your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
• Isa 29:6 : 6 The LORD Almighty will come with thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise—storm and tempest, and a consuming flame of fire.
• Isa 33:10-12 : 10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD. "Now I will be exalted; now I will lift myself up." 11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will devour you. 12 The peoples will be burned as if to lime, like cut thorns set ablaze in the fire.
• 2 Thess 2:11 : 11 For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe the lie,
• Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 He held seven stars in His right hand, a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face shone like the sun in its full brilliance.
• Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.