Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; deres hester er kjøtt, ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, vil både hjelperen snuble og den som får hjelp, falle. De skal alle sammen gå til grunne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; og deres hester er kjøtt, ikke ånd. Herren skal rekke ut sin hånd, og den som hjelper, skal snuble, og den som blir hjulpet, skal falle, og de skal alle omkomme sammen.

• Norsk King James

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; og deres hester er kjøtt, ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, skal både den som hjelper og den som får hjelp falle; de skal alle falle sammen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og hestene deres er kjøtt og ikke ånd; og Herren vil strekke ut sin hånd, og hjelperen skal snuble, og den som blir hjulpet skal falle, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og hestene deres er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, vil hjelperen snuble, og den hjulpne vil falle, og alle sammen skal gå til grunne.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både han som hjelper falle, og den som blir hjulpet, falle ned, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; deres hester er bare kjøtt, ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, vil både den som hjelper, og den som blir hjulpet, falle – og de faller alle sammen.

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

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både han som hjelper falle, og den som blir hjulpet, falle ned, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Herren skal rekke ut sin hånd, og hjelperen skal snuble, og den som får hjelp skal falle, og alle sammen skal de gå til grunne.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal hjelperen snuble, og den som får hjelp, skal falle, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Ægypterne ere Mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres Heste ere Kjød og ikke Aand; og Herren skal udstrække sin Haand, at Hjælperen skal støde sig, og den, som bliver hjulpen, skal falde, og de alle skulle omkomme tillige.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Nå er egypterne mennesker og ikke Gud, og hestene deres er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, vil både han som hjelper og den som får hjelp, falle, og de vil alle svikte sammen.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Egypterne er mennesker, og ikke Gud; deres hester av kjøtt og ikke ånd: og når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både den som hjelper snuble, og den som får hjelp falle, og de skal alle bli fortært sammen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, vil både hjelperen snuble og den som blir hjulpet falle. Sammen vil de bli tilintetgjort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Egypt er mennesker og ikke Gud; deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både han som hjelper snuble og han som blir hjulpet falle, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For egypterne er mennesker, og ikke Gud; og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd: og når Herrens hånd er utstrakt, vil både hjelperen og den som blir hjulpet falt sammen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now the Egiptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not sprete. And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out his honde, then shal the helper fall, and he that shulde haue bene helped, and shal altogether be destroyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirite: and when the Lorde shall stretch out his hand, the helper shall fall, and hee that is holpen shal fall, and they shall altogether faile.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses fleshe, and not spirite: And assoone as the Lord stretcheth out his hande, then shall the helper fall and he that shoulde haue ben helped, and they shall altogether be destroyed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Yahweh shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the Egyptians `are men', and not God, And their horses `are' flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The LORD will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:17 : 17 For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.
• Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? Yet you are a man and not a god in the hands of those who wound you.
• Jer 15:6 : 6 'You have rejected Me,' declares the LORD. 'You keep going backward. So I have stretched out My hand against you and destroyed you; I am tired of relenting.'
• Ezek 20:33-34 : 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will rule over you with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm, and with outpoured wrath. 34 I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you have been scattered, with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm, and with outpoured wrath.
• Jer 37:7-9 : 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.' 8 'Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city; they will capture it and burn it with fire.' 9 This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves, thinking, 'The Chaldeans will surely leave us,' for they will not leave. 10 Even if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!' 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
• 2 Thess 2:4-8 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what restrains him, so that he will be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only the one now restraining it will do so until he is taken out of the way. 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.
• Isa 30:5 : 5 all will be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, bringing neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.
• Isa 30:7 : 7 Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'
• 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.
• 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?
• Deut 32:30-31 : 30 How could one chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and the LORD had handed them over? 31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede this.
• Ps 9:20 : 20 Arise, LORD! Do not let mere mortals prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence.
• Ps 33:17 : 17 A horse is a false hope for victory, and its great strength does not provide escape.
• Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation. 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.