Verse 16

For before the boy knows to reject what is wrong and choose what is right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For før gutten vet å avvise det onde og velge det gode, skal landet bli forlatt, de to kongene du frykter.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For før barnet vet å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal landet som du avskyr bli forlatt av begge sine konger.

• Norsk King James

  For før barnet kan vite å avvise det onde og velge det gode, vil landet som du avskyr, bli forlatt av begge sine konger.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For før gutten forstår å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal det landet du avskyr, bli forlatt av begge sine konger.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For før gutten kan skille mellom det gode og det onde, skal landet, for begge de to kongene du frykter, ligge forlatt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For før barnet vet å vrake det onde og velge det gode, skal det landet du avskyr, bli forlatt av begge sine konger.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For før barnet lærer å avvise det onde og velge det gode, skal landet du hater, bli forlatt av begge sine konger.

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

  For før barnet vet å vrake det onde og velge det gode, skal det landet du avskyr, bli forlatt av begge sine konger.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Før gutten lærer å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal landet du avskyr bli forlatt av sine to konger.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For før gutten vet å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal landet som du er så redd for, bli forlatt av de to kongene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi førend Barnet skal forstaae at forkaste det Onde og udvælge det Gode, skal Landet, hvilket du væmmes ved, forlades af dets tvende Konger.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For før gutten vet å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal det landet du frykter, være forlatt av begge sine konger.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken by both her kings.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For før barnet vet å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal landet, som de to kongene du avskyr, være forlatt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For før gutten lærer å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal det landet som du frykter på grunn av de to kongene, bli forlatt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For før barnet vet å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal landet som dere avskyrs to konger være forlatt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For før barnet er gammelt nok til å velge mellom godt og ondt, skal landet som du frykter de to kongene fra, bli lagt øde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But or euer that childe come to knowlege, to eschue the euel and chose the good: The londe (that thou art so afrayde for) shalbe desolate of both hir kynges.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For afore the childe shall haue knowledge to eschew the euill, and to chuse the good, the land, that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her Kings.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For or euer the chylde come to knowledge to eschewe the euil and choose the good, the lande that thou so abhorrest shalbe desolate of both her kynges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:4 : 4 For before the boy knows how to say 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.
• Deut 1:39 : 39 And the little ones you said would be taken as plunder—your children who do not yet know good from evil—they will enter the land. I will give it to them, and they will take possession of it.
• 2 Kgs 15:29-30 : 29 In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people into exile to Assyria. 30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and became king in his place during the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
• 2 Kgs 16:9 : 9 The king of Assyria complied with him, marched up to Damascus, seized it, exiled its people to Kir, and killed Rezin.
• Isa 9:11 : 11 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away; his hand is still upraised.
• Isa 17:1-3 : 1 This is an oracle concerning Damascus: Behold, Damascus will no longer be a city; it will become a heap of ruins. 2 The cities of Aroer are abandoned; they will be places for flocks, where they will lie down, and no one will disturb them. 3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites, declares the LORD of Hosts.
• Hos 5:9 : 9 Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known what is certain.
• Amos 1:3-5 : 3 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they threshed Gilead with sharp implements of iron.' 4 So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad. 5 I will break the bars of Damascus, cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-Eden; the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,' says the LORD.
• Jonah 4:11 : 11 So should I not care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 people who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?'