Verse 6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Løft blikket mot himmelen og se på jorden nedenfor. For himlene skal fordampe som røyk, og jorden skal slites ut som et klesplagg. De som bor der skal dø på samme måte, men min frelse skal vare for alltid, og min rettferdighet skal aldri svikte.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Løft deres øyne opp mot himmelen, og se på jorden under; for himlene skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal eldes som en klesdrakt, og de som bor der skal dø på samme måte; men min frelse skal være evig, og min rettferdighet skal aldri opphøre.

• Norsk King James

  Løft blikket deres til himmelen, og se ned mot jorden: for himmelen skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal bli gammel som et klesplagg, og de som bor der skal dø på samme måte; men min frelse skal vare evig, og min rettferdighet skal ikke bli utslettet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Løft deres øyne til himlene, og se på jorden nedenfor; for himlene skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal eldes som en kledning, og dens innbyggere skal dø på samme måte; men min frelse skal være evig, og min rettferdighet skal aldri brytes.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Løft blikket mot himmelen og se på jorden nedenfor. For himmelen skal forsvinne som røk og jorden skal slites ut som et klesplagg, og de som bor der skal dø som mennesker, men min frelse skal være evig, og min rettferdighet skal aldri falle.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Løft blikket mot himmelen, og se på jorden nedenfor: for himmelen skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal eldes som et klesplagg, og de som bor der skal dø på samme måte: men min frelse skal være for evig, og min rettferdighet skal ikke avskaffes.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hev blikket mot himmelen og se på jorden under; for himmelen vil forsvinne som røyk, og jorden vil eldes som et klesplagg, og de som bor der, skal dø på samme vis. Men min frelse varer evig, og min rettferdighet skal ikke borttryddes.

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

  Løft blikket mot himmelen, og se på jorden nedenfor: for himmelen skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal eldes som et klesplagg, og de som bor der skal dø på samme måte: men min frelse skal være for evig, og min rettferdighet skal ikke avskaffes.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Løft øynene mot himmelen og se på jorden nedenfra. For himmelen skal svinne som røyk, og jorden skal slites ut som en klesplagg, og dens innbyggere skal dø som mygg. Men min frelse skal være evig, og min rettferdighet skal aldri brytes.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Løft deres øyne mot himmelen, og se på jorden nedenfor. For himlene skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal slites ut som et klesplagg, og de som bor på den skal dø på samme måte. Men min frelse skal vare til evig tid, og min rettferdighet skal ikke svikte. Selah.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Opløfter eders Øine til Himlene, og seer ned til Jorden nedentil; thi Himlene skulle forsvinde som en Røg, og Jorden ældes som et Klædebon, og dens Indbyggere døe som det; men min Salighed skal blive evindelig, og min Retfærdighed skal ikke brydes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Løft blikket mot himmelen og se på jorden nedenunder: for himlene skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal eldes som et klesplagg, og de som bor der skal dø på samme måte: men min frelse skal være for evig, og min rettferdighet skal ikke bli avskaffet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it will die in like manner: but my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Løft deres øyne mot himmelen, og se på jorden under; for himmelen skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal eldes som et plagg; og de som bor i den skal dø på samme måte. Men min frelse skal være for evig, og min rettferdighet skal ikke avskaffes.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Løft blikket mot himmelen og se ned på jorden. For himmelen skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal slites ut som et plagg, og de som bor der skal dø som mygg. Men min frelse varer evig, og min rettferdighet skal aldri brytes.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Løft blikket mot himmelen, og se på jorden nedenfor; for himmelen skal forsvinne som røyk, og jorden skal bli gammel som et klesplagg; og de som bor der skal dø på samme måte: men min frelse skal vare evig, og min rettferdighet skal ikke slettes ut.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Løft blikket mot himmelen, og se på jorden under dem: for himlene vil forsvinne som røyk, og jorden bli gammel som en frakk, og dens folk vil bli tilintetgjort som insekter: men min frelse vil være for alltid, og min rettferdighet vil ikke nå en slutt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Lift vp youre eyes toward heaue, and loke vpon the earth beneth. For the heauens shal vanish awaye like smoke, and the earth shall teare like a clothe, & they that dwel therin, shal perish in like maner. But my health endureth for euer, and my rightuousnes shall not ceasse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Lift vp your eyes to the heauens, and looke vpon the earth beneath: for the heauens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall waxe olde like a garment, and they that dwell therein, shall perish in like maner: but my saluation shall be for euer, and my righteousnesse shall not bee abolished.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Lyft vp your eyes towarde heauen, and loke vpon the earth beneath: for the heauens shall vanishe away lyke smoke, and the earth shal waxe olde like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall perishe in lyke maner: But my saluation shall endure for euer, and my ryghteousnesse shall not ceasse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 34:4 : 4 All the stars of the heavens will rot away, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All their armies will wither, as a leaf withers on the vine or a fig shrivels and falls from the fig tree.
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
• Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
• 2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 Looking forward to and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with intense heat.
• Rev 6:12-14 : 12 And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood. 13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
• Ps 102:25-26 : 25 I say, 'My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, your years endure through all generations.' 26 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
• Isa 51:8 : 8 For the moth will eat them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, and My salvation through all generations.
• John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
• Heb 1:10-12 : 10 'In the beginning, Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.' 11 'They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.' 12 'You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.'
• Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation. You will never be put to shame or humiliated, to all eternity.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
• Isa 50:9 : 9 Behold, the Sovereign LORD helps me. Who will condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will devour them.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's steadfast love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness is with their children's children.
• Isa 13:13 : 13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, on the day of His fierce anger.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And be careful not to lift your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the host of heaven—and be led astray to bow down to them and worship them, things the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• Ps 8:3-4 : 3 Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies, You have established strength because of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and the avenger. 4 When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon, and the stars that You have set in place—
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
• John 3:15-16 : 15 so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
• John 5:24 : 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
• Heb 9:12 : 12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by His grace,