Verse 10

Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Israels vakter er blinde; de forstår ikke. De er som stumme hunder som ikke kan bjeffe. De sover, ligger ned og følger sine egne begjær uten å bry seg om veiledningen de skulle gi. De er uoppmerksomme, overlater sine oppgaver, og glemmer flokken de er ment å lede.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hans vaktmenn er blinde, de er alle uten kunnskap; de er alle stumme hunder, som ikke kan bjeffe; de ligger og drømmer, elsker å sove.

• Norsk King James

  Hans vaktmenn er blinde; de er uvitende, som stumme hunder; de kan ikke bjeffe; de sover, ligger ned og elsker å sove.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hans vakter er blinde, de vet ingenting, de er alle stumme hunder som ikke kan gjø, de er drømmende, de ligger og elsker å slumre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vaktene er blinde, de er alle uvitende. De er alle stumme hunder som ikke kan gjø, drømmere som ligger og elsker å sove.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hans vektere er blinde, alle er de uvitende, de er alle tause hunder, de kan ikke bjeffe; sovende, liggende, elsker å slumre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hans vakter er blinde; de er alle uvitende, som stumme hunder som ikke kan bjeffe, for de sover, ligger stille og elsker å døs.

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

  Hans vektere er blinde, alle er de uvitende, de er alle tause hunder, de kan ikke bjeffe; sovende, liggende, elsker å slumre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hans vaktmenn er alle blinde, de vet ingenting. Alle er de stumme hunder, som ikke kan bjeffe; drømmere, liggende, som elsker å sove.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hans vektere er blinde, de vet ingenting. De er alle stumme hunder som ikke kan bjeffe, døsige, liggende, elskere av å sove.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hans Vægtere ere blinde, de vide allesammen Intet, de ere alle stumme Hunde, som ikke kunne gjøe, som ere søvnagtige, som ligge, som elske at slumre.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hans vektere er blinde, de er alle uvitende, de er stumme hunder som ikke kan bjeffe; de ligger og sover, elsker å drømme.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hans voktere er blinde, de mangler alle kunnskap. De er alle stumme hunder, de kan ikke bjeffe; drømmer, ligger, elsker å slumre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vaktmennene hans er blinde, alle sammen; de mangler innsikt. Alle er de stumme hunder, som ikke kan bjeffe, søvnige, liggende, elskende å døs.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hans vakter er blinde, de mangler alle kunnskap; de er tause hunder som ikke kan bjeffe; de drømmer, ligger ned, elsker å sove.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hans vektere er blinde, de er alle uten kunnskap; de er alle hunder uten tunge, ute av stand til å lage lyd; de ligger strukket ut, drømmer, elsker søvn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For his watchmen are all blinde, they haue alltogether no vnderstondinge, they are all domme dogges, not beinge able to barcke, they are slepery: slogish are they, & lie snortinge:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Their watchmen are all blinde: they haue no knowledge: they are all dumme dogs: they can not barke: they lie and sleepe and delite in sleeping.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Blind `are' his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them `are' dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

Referenced Verses

• Phil 3:2 : 2 Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.
• Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers.
• Nah 3:18 : 18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles lie down in slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
• Jer 14:13-14 : 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'" 14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.
• Jer 23:13-14 : 13 Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgraceful: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. 14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from their wickedness. They have all become to Me like Sodom, and the inhabitants like Gomorrah.
• Ezek 3:15-18 : 15 I came to the exiles at Tel Aviv who were living by the Kebar River, and I sat among them for seven days, stunned and overwhelmed by their presence. 16 At the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them warning from Me. 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood.
• Ezek 3:26-27 : 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says.' Whoever will listen, let them listen, and whoever will refuse, let them refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
• Ezek 13:16 : 16 along with the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and claimed visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 33:6 : 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person will die for their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.
• Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
• Hos 9:7-8 : 7 The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have arrived—let Israel know it! The prophet is called foolish, the inspired man is viewed as insane, because of the magnitude of your sin and great hostility. 8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God, yet the prophet is ensnared on all his paths, and hostility is in the house of his God.
• Jonah 1:2-6 : 2 Arise, go to the great city of Nineveh, and proclaim against it, because their wickedness has come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord. 4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to break apart. 5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down to the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. 6 The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing, sound asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will consider us, so that we will not perish."
• Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
• Matt 23:16-26 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' 17 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is obligated.' 19 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar swears by it and everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others. 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.
• Mark 13:34-37 : 34 It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert. 35 Therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: Stay alert!
• Luke 6:39-40 : 39 He also told them a parable: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?" 40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
• Isa 52:8 : 8 Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices; together they shout for joy. When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 6:13-14 : 13 For from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for unjust gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. 14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
• Prov 6:4-9 : 4 Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise. 7 She has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense. 31 Thorns had grown all over it, the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 I observed and took it to heart; I saw it and received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.