Verse 7

Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hjelpen fra Egypt er forgjeves og til ingen nytte; derfor kaller jeg dette landet: "Rahab, den maktesløse."

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For egypterne vil hjelpe forgjeves og til ingen nytte. Derfor har jeg kalt det: Deres kraft er å sitte stille.

• Norsk King James

  For egypterne vil ikke kunne hjelpe; derfor har jeg ropt ut om dette: deres styrke er å være stille.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For Egyptens hjelp er tom og forgjeves; derfor kaller jeg dette: Rahab sitter stille.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Egypts hjelp er tomhet og intet, derfor kaller jeg det: Rahab som sitter stille.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For egypterne skal hjelpe forgjeves, uten mening: derfor har jeg ropt om dette, Deres styrke er å sitte stille.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For egypterne vil hjelpe forgjeves og uten effekt; derfor har jeg ropt om dette: deres styrke ligger i å forbli inaktive.

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

  For egypterne skal hjelpe forgjeves, uten mening: derfor har jeg ropt om dette, Deres styrke er å sitte stille.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Egypts hjelp er tom og til ingen nytte; derfor har jeg kalt dette: 'Rahab som sitter stille.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Egypts hjelp er fåfengt og tom. Derfor har jeg kalt dette stedet: "Rahab som er ute av stand til å gjøre noe."

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi (anlangende) de Ægypter, deres Hjælp (skal være) Forfængelighed og forgjæves; derfor udraaber jeg dette: Rahab skal sidde (stille).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For egypterne skal hjelpe forgjeves og til ingenting: derfor har jeg ropt om dette: Deres styrke er å sitte i ro.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Egypt hjelper fåfengt og til ingen nytte; derfor har jeg kalt henne 'Rahab som sitter stille'.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For egypterne er tomhet, og til ingen nytte hjelper de, Derfor har jeg sagt: 'Deres styrke er å sitte stille.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Egypts hjelp er forgjeves og til ingen nytte; derfor har jeg kalt henne 'Rahab som sitter stille.'

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For fra Egypt får man ingen nytte eller hjelp; derfor har jeg sagt om henne: Hun er Rahab, som er gått til grunne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the Egipcians helpe shalbe but vane and lost. Therfore I tolde you also yt youre pryde shulde haue an ende.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Egyptians are vanitie, & they shall helpe in vaine. Therefore haue I cried vnto her, Their strength is to sit still.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For vayne and nothing worth shall the helpe of the Egyptians be: Therefore haue I cryed vnto Hierusalem, they shall haue strength inough if they wyll settle their mindes in quietnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Yea, Egyptians `are' vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: `Their strength `is' to sit still.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her‘Proud one who is silenced.’”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 14:13 : 13 Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm, and you will see the LORD's salvation, which He will accomplish for you today. The Egyptians you see today, you will never see again forever.
• Ps 76:8-9 : 8 You alone are to be feared; who can stand before You when You are angry? 9 From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still.
• Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
• Isa 2:22 : 22 Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Isa 7:4 : 4 and say to him, 'Be careful, keep calm, and do not be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.'
• Isa 28:12 : 12 To whom He said, 'This is the place of rest—give rest to the weary; this is the place of repose’—but they would not listen.
• Isa 30:15 : 15 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: 'In repentance and rest you will be saved; in quietness and trust is your strength. But you were not willing.'
• Isa 31:1-5 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD. 2 Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness. 3 The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together. 4 For this is what the LORD said to me: As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey, and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not frightened by their voice or disturbed by their noise, so the LORD of Hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion and its hill. 5 Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem; He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it.
• Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake, as in days of old, as in generations long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces and pierced the dragon?
• Jer 37:7 : 7 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You are to tell this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of me: 'Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, will return to its own land, to Egypt.'
• Lam 3:26 : 26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
• Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king for help. But he cannot heal you or cure your wound.