Verse 21

Then you will say in your heart, 'Who bore me these children? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and rejected. Who raised these? I was left all alone—where have these come from?'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født meg disse, siden jeg var barnløs og ufruktbar? Hvem har oppdratt disse? Se, jeg var etterlatt alene, hvor har de blitt fra?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg har jo vært barnløs, forlatt, en fanget kvinne som er drevet hit og dit. Hvem har fostret disse opp? Se, jeg var alene; hvor har disse kommet fra?'

• Norsk King James

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse, da jeg har mistet mine barn, og er øde, som en fange, og ferdes frem og tilbake? Og hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var forlatt alene; disse, hvor hadde de vært?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var barnløs og alene, vandret bort og ble bortført, men hvem har oppfostret disse? Jeg var igjen alene, hvor kom så disse fra?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var barnløs og alene, landsforvist og bortdrevet. Hvem har oppdratt disse for meg? Jeg var alene igjen, hvor var de?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg har mistet mine barn og er forlatt, en fange og hjemløs. Hvem har fostret opp disse? Se, jeg var alene; hvor har de vært?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse, siden jeg har mistet mine barn, blitt forlatt, tatt til fange og drevet hit og dit? Og hvem har oppdratt dem? Se, jeg var alene – men hvor var de da?

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

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg har mistet mine barn og er forlatt, en fange og hjemløs. Hvem har fostret opp disse? Se, jeg var alene; hvor har de vært?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da vil du si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var barnløs og ensom, en landflyktig og drevet omkring. Hvem har oppdratt disse? Jeg var alene igjen, hvor var de da?'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da vil du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var jo barnløs og ufruktbar, bortført og forvist. Hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var alene igjen, hvor var disse da?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal sige i dit Hjerte: Hvo haver avlet mig disse? eftersom jeg var barnløs og eenlig; jeg var henflyttet og henvegen, og hvo haver opdraget disse? see, jeg, jeg var overbleven alene, hvor (vare da) disse?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har gitt meg disse? Jeg har jo mistet mine barn, er forlatt, fanget og drevet bort — men hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var alene, hvor har disse vært?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Then you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and moving to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født disse for meg, siden jeg var bereøvd mine barn, og jeg er ensom, en flyktning, vandrende frem og tilbake? Og hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var igjen alene; disse, hvor var de?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du skal si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født disse for meg, siden jeg var barnløs og trist? Jeg var fanget og drevet bort, hvem har fostret disse? Jeg var alene; hvor har de kommet fra?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født disse for meg, siden jeg har vært barnløs og alene, en bortvist, og vandret til og fra? Og hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg ble igjen alene; hvor var disse?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da vil du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har gitt meg alle disse barna? Da mine barn hadde blitt tatt fra meg, og jeg ikke lenger kunne få flere, hvem tok vare på disse? Da jeg var alene, hvor var disse?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shalt thou thinke by thy self: Who hath begotte me these? seinge I am bare & aloe, a captyue & an outcast? And who hath norished the vp for me? I am desolate & alone, but fro whece come these?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten mee these, seeing I am baren and desolate, a captiue and a wanderer to and fro? And who hath nourished them? Beholde, I was left alone: whence are these?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then shalt thou thinke by thy selfe, who hath begotten me these, seeyng I am barren and alone, a captiue and an outcast? and who hath norished them vp for me? I am desolate and alone, but from whence come these?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then shall you say in your heart, Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou hast said in thy heart: `Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence `are' they?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then you will think to yourself,‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:8 : 8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
• Isa 3:26 : 26 The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
• Isa 5:13 : 13 Therefore, my people have gone into exile because of lack of knowledge; their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
• Isa 51:17-20 : 17 Wake yourself, wake yourself! Arise, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl of staggering. 18 There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne, and no one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised. 19 These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you? 20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like antelopes caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God.
• 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.
• Isa 54:3-8 : 3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit nations and resettle desolate cities. 4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. Instead, you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the reproach of your widowhood. 5 For your Maker is your husband—the Lord of Hosts is His name. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of all the earth. 6 For the Lord has called you, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like the wife of one’s youth who is rejected, says your God. 7 For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.
• Isa 60:15 : 15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy of all generations.
• Isa 62:4 : 4 You will no longer be called 'Abandoned,' and your land will no longer be called 'Desolate;' instead, you will be called 'My Delight is in Her,' and your land 'Married.' For the LORD delights in you, and your land will be married.
• Isa 64:10 : 10 Our holy and glorious house, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
• Jer 31:15-17 : 15 This is what the LORD says: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping—Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more. 16 This is what the LORD says: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded, declares the LORD. They will return from the land of the enemy. 17 There is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
• Lam 1:1-3 : 1 How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She has become like a widow, great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, now a slave. 2 Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. 3 Judah has gone into exile, suffering and hard service. She lives among the nations but finds no rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places.
• Matt 24:29-30 : 29 Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
• Luke 21:24 : 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Rom 11:11-17 : 11 Again I ask, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. 12 Now if their transgression means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will come from their full inclusion! 13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry. 14 In the hope that I may somehow provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 If the first portion of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the olive tree,
• Rom 11:24 : 24 For if you were cut off from a wild olive tree and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more easily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
• Rom 11:26-31 : 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will turn godlessness away from Jacob. 27 And this will be My covenant with them when I take away their sins." 28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29 for God’s gifts and His calling are irrevocable. 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.
• Gal 3:29 : 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Gal 4:26-29 : 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.' 28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But just as the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born through the Spirit, so it is also now.