Verse 1

Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Stig ned og sett deg i støvet, du jomfru, datter av Babylon! Sitt på bakken uten trone, du datter av kasdeerne! For du vil ikke lenger bli kalt delikat og elskverdig, men bli kalt skammens forakt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Kom ned og sitt i støvet, du jomfruelige datter av Babylon, sett deg på bakken. Det finnes ingen trone for deg, datter av kaldeerne, for du skal ikke lenger bli kalt delikat og øm.

• Norsk King James

  Kom ned og sett deg i støvet, du jomfru av Babylon, sett deg på bakken: det er ingen trone lenger, du datter av kaldeerne; for du skal ikke lenger bli kalt skjør og delikat.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Stig ned og sett deg i støvet, du datter av Babylon, som en jomfru! Sett deg på bakken, for du har ingen trone, du kaldeeres datter! Du skal ikke lenger bli kalt øm og kresen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gå ned og sett deg i støvet, du jomfru datter av Babylon. Sett deg på bakken uten trone, datter av Kaldea. For du skal ikke lenger kalles myk og delikat.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Kom ned og sitt i støvet, du jomfrudatter av Babylon, sitt på bakken: det er ingen trone for deg, datter av kaldeerne, for du skal ikke lenger kalles beskjeden og fin.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Kom ned og sitt i støvet, jomfru, datter av Babylon, sitt på bakken: det finnes ingen trone, datter av kaldeerne, for du skal ikke lenger kalles øm og sart.

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

  Kom ned og sitt i støvet, du jomfrudatter av Babylon, sitt på bakken: det er ingen trone for deg, datter av kaldeerne, for du skal ikke lenger kalles beskjeden og fin.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Stig ned og sett deg i støvet, jomfru, datter av Babel; sitt på jorden uten trone, datter av Kaldea! Du skal ikke mer kalles fin og bortskjemt.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Stig ned og sitt i støvet, jomfru, datter av Babel. Sitt på bakken uten trone, datter av kaldeerne, for du skal ikke lenger kalles skjør og delikat.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nedstig og sæt dig i Støv, o Jomfru, Babels Datter! sæt dig paa Jorden, her er ingen Throne, du Chaldæers Datter! thi du skal ikke komme dem mere til, at de skulle kalde dig en Øm og Kræsen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kom ned, og sett deg i støvet, du jomfrudatter av Babylon, sett deg på bakken; det er ingen trone for deg, du datter av Kaldeerne, for du skal ikke lenger kalles øm og delikat.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground. There is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Stig ned og sitt i støvet, Babylons jomfrudatter; sitt på bakken uten trone, Kaldeas datter: for du skal ikke lenger kalles for fin og delikat.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Kom ned og sett deg i støvet, du jomfrudatter av Babylon. Sitt på jorden, det er ingen trone for deg, datter av Kaldea, for de roper ikke lenger til deg, 'Å du milde og delikate.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kom ned og sett deg i støvet, du Babylons jomfrudatter; sitt på bakken uten trone, du kaldeerdatter, for du skal ikke lenger bli kalt øm og delikat.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Kom og sitt i støvet, du jomfrudatter av Babylon; stig ned fra tronen, du datter av Kaldeaerne, for aldri mer skal du kalles myk og delikat.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But as for the (O doughter, thou virgin Babilon) thou shalt syt in the dust. Thou shalt syt vpon the groude, and not in a trone (o thou mayden of Chaldea). Thou shalt nomore be called tender, and pleasaut.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Come downe and sit in the dust: O virgine, daughter Babel, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, Tender and delicate.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But as for thee O daughter, thou virgin Babylon, sit thou downe in the dust, sit vpo the ground, there is no throne O thou daughter of Caldea, for thou shalt no more be called tender and pleasaunt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Babylon Will Fall“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
• Zech 2:7 : 7 Then behold, the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came to meet him.
• Jer 51:33 : 33 This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; in a little while her harvest time will come.'
• Isa 3:26 : 26 The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
• Jer 46:11 : 11 Go up to Gilead and get balm, Virgin Daughter Egypt. But you multiply remedies in vain; there is no healing for you.
• Jer 50:42 : 42 They hold bows and spears; they are cruel and show no mercy. Their roar is like the roaring sea, and they ride on horses, arrayed like men ready for battle against you, Daughter of Babylon.
• Jer 48:18 : 18 Come down from your place of glory and sit in thirst, inhabitant daughter of Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab has attacked you, ruining your fortresses.
• Isa 37:22 : 22 this is the word the LORD has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head as you flee.
• Isa 14:13-14 : 13 You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the north.' 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
• Ps 18:27 : 27 To the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
• Ps 89:44 : 44 You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
• Deut 28:56-57 : 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter. 57 She will secretly eat her afterbirth and the children she bears during the siege and suffering that your enemy inflicts upon your cities, because she is in dire need of food.
• Job 2:8 : 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
• Job 2:13 : 13 Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him because they saw how very great his suffering was.
• Isa 23:12 : 12 He has said, 'You will no longer rejoice, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Rise, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.'
• Isa 26:5 : 5 For He has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city; He lays it low, to the ground, to the dust.
• Isa 32:9-9 : 9 Rise up, you women who are at ease; listen to my voice! You daughters who feel secure, pay attention to what I say! 10 In little more than a year, you who feel secure will tremble, for the grape harvest will fail, and the gathering will not come. 11 Tremble, you who are at ease; shudder, you who feel secure! Strip yourselves bare and put on sackcloth around your waists.
• Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and dressed themselves in sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground in despair.
• Lam 2:21 : 21 Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.
• Lam 4:5 : 5 Those who once feasted on delicacies now lie desolate in the streets; those who were brought up in fine crimson embrace ash heaps.
• Ezek 26:16 : 16 Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed in trembling, they will sit on the ground, shuddering continually, appalled at you.
• Ezek 28:17 : 17 Your heart became proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
• Isa 47:7-9 : 7 You said, 'I will be a mistress forever,' but you did not take these things to heart or remember their outcome. 8 Now hear this, you pleasure-loving one, sitting securely, who says in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me; I will not sit as a widow, or know the loss of children.' 9 But these two things will come upon you in a moment, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, despite your many sorceries and the great power of your spells.
• Isa 52:2 : 2 Shake off the dust, rise up; sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains around your neck, captive Daughter of Zion.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’
• Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, because in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and I will never see grief.'
• Obad 1:3-4 : 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?" 4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.
• Jonah 3:6 : 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• Hag 2:22 : 22 I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.