Verse 4

Because the ground is cracked due to the lack of rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jorden er tørr fordi det ikke har vært regn. Bøndene er flau og dekker hodet i skam.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Fordi jorden har sprukket, siden det ikke har vært regn i landet, står jordbrukerne beskjemmet og dekker sine hoder.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det har ikke vært regn i landet; pløyerne var skamfulle og dekket sine hoder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jorden er sprukket fordi det ikke har regnet; bøndene er skamfulle og dekker ansiktet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jorden er forferdet på grunn av at det ikke er regn i landet. Bøndene skammer seg og dekker sine hoder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det var ikke regn på jord, ble plogmennene skamfulle, og dekte hodene sine.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Fordi jorden er uttørket – det har ikke kommet regn – var plogerne skamfulle, og de dekket sine hoder.

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

  Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det var ikke regn på jord, ble plogmennene skamfulle, og dekte hodene sine.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  På grunn av jorden som er sprukket, fordi det ikke har vært regn i landet, ble bøndene til skamme og dekket sine hoder.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jorden er sprukken på grunn av mangel på regn. Bøndene er skamfulle og dekker til ansiktene sine.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Jorden er sprukken, fordi der haver ikke været Regn paa Jorden; Agermændene ere beskjæmmede, de skjule deres Hoveder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fordi jorden er sprukken, for det har ikke vært regn i landet, ble plogmennene skamfulle; de dekket sine hoder.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  På grunn av den sprukne jorden, fordi det ikke har vært regn i landet, er plogmennene skuffet, de dekker hodet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jorden har sprukket opp, for det har ikke regnet i landet. Bøndene er skamfulle og har dekket hodene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det har ikke vært regn i landet, blir bøndene til skamme, de dekker sine hoder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De som arbeider på jorden frykter, for det har ikke regnet, og bøndene er skamfulle og tildekker hodene sine.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the groude shalbe dried vp, because there cometh no rayne vpon it. The plowmen also shalbe ashamed, ad shal couer their heades.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no rayne in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and couered their heads.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the grounde is dryed, because there commeth no rayne vpon it: the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 1:11 : 11 Be ashamed, you farmers; wail, you vinekeepers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
• Joel 1:19-20 : 19 To you, Lord, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have burned all the trees of the field. 20 Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
• Deut 28:23-24 : 23 The heavens over your head will be like bronze, and the earth beneath you like iron. 24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will come down upon you from the sky until you are destroyed.
• Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen face of a prostitute; you refuse to show any shame.
• Lev 26:19-20 : 19 I will break your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze. 20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
• Deut 29:23 : 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'
• Joel 1:17 : 17 The seeds shrivel beneath their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the granaries are broken down, for the grain has dried up.