Verse 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.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Ve dere som reiser ned til Egypt for hjelp, som setter sin lit til hester og stridsvogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men som ikke søker den Hellige i Israel eller spør etter Herren.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke. Men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren.

  • Norsk King James

    Ve til dem som søker hjelp fra Egypt! De stoler på hester og på vogner fordi de er mange; og på ryttere fordi de er sterke; men de ser ikke til den Hellige i Israel og søker ikke Herren!

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, som stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke, men ikke ser til Den Hellige i Israel eller søker Herren!

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Ve de går ned til Egypt for å søke hjelp, og de setter sin lit til hester. De stoler på stridsvogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men de søker ikke Den Hellige i Israel og vender seg ikke til Herren.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner, fordi de er mange, og på ryttere, fordi de er svært sterke; men de vender ikke blikket mot Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren!

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Ve dem som drar til Egypt for hjelp, som stoler på hester og stridsvogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men som ikke vender blikket mot Israels Hellige og ikke søker Herren!

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

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner, fordi de er mange, og på ryttere, fordi de er svært sterke; men de vender ikke blikket mot Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren!

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp og som setter sin lit til hester; de stoler på vogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men de ser ikke mot Israels Hellige, og de søker ikke Herren.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Ve de som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, som setter sin lit til hester og stoler på vogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er svært sterke, men som ikke ser hen til Israels Hellige, og ikke søker Herren.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Vee dem, som fare ned til Ægypten om Hjælp, og ville fast forlade sig paa Heste og sætte Tillid til Vogne, at de ere mange, og til Ryttere, at de ere saare stærke, og see ikke hen til den Hellige i Israel, og søge ikke Herren!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke. Men de søker ikke til Israels Hellige og ser ikke etter Herren!

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke, men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige, og søker ikke Herren!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Ve dem som går ned til Egypt for hjelp og stoler på hester og vogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke. Men de har ikke sett til Israels Hellige og ikke søkt Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, som stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er veldig sterke, men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren!

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Forbannet er de som drar til Egypt for hjelp, og som stoler på hester; som søker frelse i stridsvogner på grunn av deres mengde; og på ryttere, fordi de er veldig sterke; men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige, eller vender hjertene sine til Herren.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wo vnto them that go downe in to Egipte for helpe, and trust in horses, and conforte them selues in Charettes, because they be many, and in horse me because they be lustie and stronge. But they regarde not the holy one of Israel, and they aske no question at the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Woe vnto them that goe downe into Egypt for helpe, and stay vpon horses, and trust in charets, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they be very strong: but they looke not vnto the holy one of Israel, nor seeke vnto the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wo be vnto them that go downe into Egypt for helpe, and trust in horses, and put their confidence in charrets because they be many, and in horsemen because they be lustie and strong: but they regarde not the holy one of Israel, and they aske no question at the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Yahweh!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Wo `to' those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Egypt Will Disappoint Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the victorious power of His right hand.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 The king must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more horses, for the LORD has told you, 'You are not to go back that way again.'
  • Isa 30:16 : 16 You said, 'No, we will flee on horses'—therefore you will flee! And, 'We will ride on swift horses'—therefore your pursuers will be swift!
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which if anyone leans on it, it will pierce their hand and wound them. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
  • Dan 9:13 : 13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth.
  • Isa 22:11 : 11 You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the old pool, but you did not look to its Maker, nor did you regard the One who formed it long ago.
  • Amos 5:4-8 : 4 For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live. 5 Do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will become nothing but trouble. 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will rush like fire against the house of Joseph; it will consume everything, and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel. 7 You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground— 8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns deep darkness into morning and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth—the Lord is his name.
  • Isa 36:9 : 9 How then can you turn away even one of the least of my master’s officials? And you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  • Isa 9:13 : 13 So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
  • Isa 17:7-8 : 7 In that day, mankind will look to their Maker, and their eyes will turn to the Holy One of Israel. 8 They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, nor will they regard what their fingers have made, neither the Asherim nor the incense altars.
  • 2 Chr 16:7 : 7 At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, 'Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.'
  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a false hope for victory, and its great strength does not provide escape.
  • Isa 2:7 : 7 Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. Their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 They have harps and lyres, tambourines and flutes, and wine at their banquets, but they pay no attention to the deeds of the Lord or consider the work of His hands.
  • Isa 57:9 : 9 You went to the king with oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away; you even descended to the realm of the dead.
  • Isa 64:7 : 7 But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  • Jer 17:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
  • Ezek 17:15 : 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a great army. Will he prosper? Will he escape if he does such things? Can a person break a covenant and still escape?
  • Isa 30:1-7 : 1 Woe to rebellious children, declares the LORD, who carry out plans that are not mine and make alliances without my Spirit, adding sin to sin. 2 They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt. 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation. 4 Though their officials are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived at Hanes, 5 all will be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, bringing neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace. 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them. 7 Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'
  • Hos 7:7 : 7 All of them are hot like an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none call on me.
  • Hos 7:13-16 : 13 Woe to them because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them, but they speak lies about me. 14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me. 15 I disciplined them and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me. 16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
  • Hos 11:5 : 5 They will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria will rule over them because they refused to return to Me.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the sacrifice of our lips.'