Verse 1

Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ve til deg som raserer uten å bli rammet, og deg som sviker uten å ha blitt sviktet! Når du har fullført din ransaking, vil du selv bli ranet; når du avslutter ditt svik, vil du selv bli sviktet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ve deg som plyndrer uten å være plyndret; og som bedrar uten å ha blitt bedratt! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret; og når du slutter å bedra, skal de bedra deg.

• Norsk King James

  Ve deg som stjeler, men ikke blir stjålet; og som handler svikfullt, men de svikter deg ikke! Når du slutter å stjele, vil du bli stjålet; og når du stopper svikene, vil de svike deg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ve deg, ødelegger, du som ennå ikke er blitt ødelagt! Troløse, selv om ingen har vært troløs mot deg! Når du har fullført din ødeleggelse, skal du selv bli ødelagt. Når du er ferdig med din troløshet, skal man handle troløst mot deg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ve deg, du som plyndrer, uten at du selv er blitt plyndret, du som forråder, uten at noen har forrådt deg! Når du er ferdig med å plyndre, skal du selv bli plyndret, og når du er slutt med å forråde, skal de forråde deg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ve deg som plyndrer, uten selv å ha blitt plyndret; som handler svikefullt, uten at noen har handlet svikefullt mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret. Når du slutter med svik, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ve deg, du som plyndrer, men som selv ikke har blitt plyndret; du som handler uredelig, mens de ikke handlet uredelig mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du selv bli plyndret; når du slutter med å handle svikfullt, skal de gjøre det samme mot deg.

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

  Ve deg som plyndrer, uten selv å ha blitt plyndret; som handler svikefullt, uten at noen har handlet svikefullt mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret. Når du slutter med svik, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ve deg som ødelegger uten at du selv er ødelagt, og som bedrar uten å ha blitt bedratt. Når du er ferdig med å ødelegge, skal du selv bli ødelagt, og når du slutter å bedra, skal du bli bedratt.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ve deg som herjer, men selv ikke er blitt herjet! Ve deg som sviker, men selv ikke er blitt sveket! Når du har avsluttet ditt herjetokt, skal du bli herjet. Når du har sluttet å svike, skal du bli sveket.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vee (dig, du) Ødelægger, du, som dog ikke er bleven ødelagt! og du Troløse, dog man ikke haver handlet troløst imod dig! naar du haver fuldendt at ødelægge, skal du ødelægges, naar du haver gjort Ende paa at handle troløst, skal man handle troløst imod dig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ve deg som plyndrer, men ikke selv er blitt plyndret; og som handler svikefullt, men ingen har handlet svikefullt mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret; når du avslutter din svikefullhet, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ve dere som ødelegger uten selv å ha blitt ødelagt; som handler forrædersk uten at noen har handlet forrædersk mot dere! Når dere slutter å ødelegge, skal dere bli ødelagt; og når dere opphører å handle forrædersk, skal de handle forrædersk mot dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ve, du ødelegger, og selv ikke er blitt ødelagt, og sviker, og selv ikke er blitt sveket. Når du er ferdig med å ødelegge, blir du ødelagt. Når du er ferdig med å svike, blir du sviktet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ve deg som ødelegger, men ikke selv er blitt ødelagt; som handler svikefullt, uten at de har vært svikefulle mot deg! Når du slutter å ødelegge, skal du bli ødelagt; og når du opphører med svik, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Å, dere som ødelegger uten å selv bli ødelagt; som svikter dem som ikke har sviktet dere. Når dere er ferdige med å ødelegge, skal dere selv bli ødelagt, og etter deres falske gjerninger, skal det bli gjort det samme mot dere.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore wo vnto the (o robber) shalt not thou be robbed also? and vnto the that laiest wait, as who saye there shulde no waite be layde for the? Wo vnto the which doest hurte, euen so shalt thou be hurt also. And as thou layest waite, so shal wait be layde for the also.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Woe to thee that spoylest, and wast not spoyled: and doest wickedly, and they did not wickedly against thee: when thou shalt cease to spoyle, thou shalt be spoyled: when thou shalt make an ende of doing wickedly, they shall doe wickedly against thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wo to thee that destroyest when thou wast not destroyed, thou breakest ye league where as none hath broken it with thee: for when thou shalt leaue destroying, thou thy selfe shalt be destroyed: and when thou ceassest from breakyng the league, then shall they breake it to thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Woe to you who destroy, and you weren't destroyed; and deal treacherously, and they didn't deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you shall be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Will Restore Zion The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision has been shown to me: The betrayer betrays, and the destroyer devastates. Go up, Elam! Surround, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.
• Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
• Jer 25:12-14 : 12 'But when the seventy years are completed,' declares the LORD, 'I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it desolate forever.' 13 I will bring upon that land everything I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings will make them serve, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.
• Isa 24:16 : 16 From the ends of the earth, we hear songs: 'Glory to the Righteous One.' But I said, 'I perish, I perish, woe to me! The treacherous betray, with treachery the treacherous betray.'
• Isa 10:12 : 12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes.
• Isa 17:14 : 14 In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.
• Isa 37:36-38 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp, departed, returned home, and stayed in Nineveh. 38 While he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.
• Judg 1:7 : 7 Then Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• 2 Kgs 18:13-17 : 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand." So the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah a tribute of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house. 16 At that time, Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a large army. They came to Jerusalem, stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the Launderer's Field, and delivered their message.
• 2 Chr 28:16-21 : 16 At that time, King Ahaz sent for help from the kings of Assyria. 17 The Edomites had come again and attacked Judah, taking captives. 18 The Philistines also raided towns in the foothills and the Negev of Judah. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages. 19 The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been unfaithful to the LORD. 20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. 21 Ahaz took some of the treasures from the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.
• Isa 10:5-6 : 5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger, in whose hands is the staff of My indignation! 6 I send him against a godless nation; I dispatch him against a people at My wrath, to seize plunder, to take spoil, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Obad 1:10-16 : 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever. 11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. 12 But do not gloat over your brother on the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah on the day of their destruction; and do not boastfully speak on the day of distress. 13 Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their disaster; do not gloat over their calamity on the day of their disaster; and do not reach out your hand to their wealth on the day of their disaster. 14 Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, and do not hand over their survivors on the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head. 16 Just as you drank on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and gulp down and be as though they had never been.
• Hab 2:5-8 : 5 Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own. 6 Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?" 7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder. 8 Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of peoples will plunder you—because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the cities, and everyone who lives in them.
• Zech 14:1-3 : 1 Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when your plunder will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as He fights in a day of battle.
• Rev 13:10 : 10 If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed. This calls for the endurance and faith of the saints.
• Rev 16:6 : 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.
• Rev 17:12-14 : 12 The ten horns you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings for one hour along with the beast. 13 These kings have one purpose, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
• Rev 17:17 : 17 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by agreeing to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.