Verse 4

For this is what the LORD says: 'I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies while you watch, and I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, who will take them captive to Babylon or kill them by the sword.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For så sier Herren: «Jeg vil gjøre deg til et objekt for frykt, både for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for sverdet til sine fiender mens du ser på. Hele Juda vil jeg overgi til kongen av Babylon. Han skal føre dem bort til Babylon og drepe dem med sverd.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Hele Juda vil jeg gi i kongen av Babels hånd, og han skal føre dem bort til Babel og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Norsk King James

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en fryktinngytende person for deg selv og for alle vennene dine; de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene på babylonerkongen, som skal føre dem til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for deg selv og for alle dine venner, og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Jeg vil overgi hele Juda i kongen av Babylons hånd, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og slå dem med sverdet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For så sier Herren: «Se, jeg gjør deg til en skrekk for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, mens du ser på. Jeg skal gi hele Juda i Babels konges hånd. Han skal føre dem bort til Babel og slå dem med sverd.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en redselsfigur for deg selv og alle vennene dine. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i babylonerkongens hånd, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For dette sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for både deg selv og dine venner. De skal falle for fiendens sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil overgi hele Juda i hendene på Babylons konge, som skal føre dem i fangenskap til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

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

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en redselsfigur for deg selv og alle vennene dine. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i babylonerkongens hånd, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For så sier Herren: «Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for deg selv og alle dine venner. De skal falle for fiendenes sverd mens du ser på, og hele Juda vil jeg overgi i kongen av Babylons hånd. Han skal føre dem til Babylon og slå dem med sverd.»

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg skal gjøre deg til en kilde til frykt for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for fiendens sverd mens du ser på, og hele Juda skal jeg gi i babylonskongen Nebukadnesars hånd. Han skal føre dem bort til Babylon, og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi saa sagde Herren: See, jeg vil gjøre dig til Rædsel for dig og for alle dine Elskere, og de skulle falde ved deres Fjenders Sværd, og dine Øine skulle see det; og jeg vil give al Juda i Kongen af Babels Haand, og han skal bortføre dem til Babel og slaae dem med Sværdet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg skal gjøre deg til en skrekk for deg selv og for alle dine venner, og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Og jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene til Babylons konge, og han skal føre dem bort til Babylon som fanger og drepe dem med sverdet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en skrekk for deg selv og alle dine venner. Og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det; jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem bort til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg skal gjøre deg til frykt for deg selv og for alle som elsker deg. De skal falle for fiendens sverd mens dine øyne ser det. Hele Juda skal jeg gi i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og slå dem med sverdet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en skrekk for deg selv og for alle dine venner; og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det; og jeg vil gi hele Juda i hånden på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem bort til Babylon som fanger, og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Herren har sagt: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en årsak til frykt for deg selv og alle dine venner: De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem bort som fanger til Babylon og slå dem med sverd.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus saieth the LORDE: beholde, I will make the afrayed, the thy self, and all that fauoure ye: which shal perish with the swearde off their enemies, euen before yi face. And I wil geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kinge of Babilon, which shall carie some vnto Babilon presoners, and slaye some with the swearde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee to be a terrour to thy self, & to al thy friends, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall beholde it, and I will giue all Iudah into the hande of the King of Babel, and he shall cary them captiue into Babel, and shall slay them with the sworde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I wil make thee afraide, euen thy selfe, and all that fauour thee, which shall perishe with the sworde of their enemies, euen before thy face, and I wyll geue whole Iuda into the hands of the king of Babylon, whiche shall cary some vnto Babylon prisoners, and slay some with the sworde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold [it]: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take them away prisoners into Babylon and put them to the sword.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the LORD says,‘I will make both you and your friends terrified of what will happen to you. You will see all of them die by the swords of their enemies. I will hand all the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will carry some of them away into exile in Babylon and he will kill others of them with the sword.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 29:21 : 21 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: 'I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.'
• Jer 21:4-9 : 4 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I am turning back the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. I will gather them into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, a strong arm, in anger, in fury, and with great wrath. 6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city—both man and beast—with a great plague, and they will die. 7 Afterward, declares the LORD, I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, the people, and those remaining in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their lives. He will strike them down with the edge of the sword without pity, without sparing, and without mercy. 8 Now you shall also say to this people: "Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 Whoever remains in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live; they shall save their life as a prize. 10 For I have set my face against this city for disaster and not for good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire.
• Jer 25:9 : 9 I am about to send for all the clans of the north,' declares the LORD, 'and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, its inhabitants, and all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them, making them an object of horror, scorn, and perpetual ruins.
• Jer 39:6-7 : 6 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah, before his very eyes, and also killed all the nobles of Judah. 7 He then blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
• Job 18:11-21 : 11 Terrors frighten him on every side and chase him at his heels. 12 Hunger consumes his strength, and calamity is ready at his side. 13 It devours parts of his skin; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. 14 He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15 What does not belong to him will dwell in his tent; burning sulfur will be scattered over his dwelling. 16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square. 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world. 19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived. 20 Those who come after are appalled at his fate, and those before are seized with horror. 21 Surely these are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of one who does not know God.
• Job 20:23-26 : 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats. 24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him. 25 It is drawn out and comes forth from his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come over him. 26 Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.
• Ps 73:19 : 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
• Jer 6:25 : 25 Do not go out into the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword; there is terror on every side.
• Jer 19:15 : 15 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring upon this city and all its surrounding towns all the disaster I pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks and refused to listen to My words.
• Deut 28:32-34 : 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch with longing eyes all day, but you will be powerless to act. 33 A people you don’t know will eat the fruit of your land and the result of your labor. You will be oppressed and crushed continually. 34 You will go mad because of the things you see with your own eyes.
• Deut 28:65-67 : 65 Among those nations, you will find no peace, and no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul. 66 Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be filled with fear night and day, and you will not be sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights your eyes will see.
• 1 Sam 2:33 : 33 Any man of yours that I do not cut off from My altar will only remain to weep his eyes out and to grieve his heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.
• 2 Kgs 25:7 : 7 The sons of Zedekiah were slaughtered before his eyes, and then his eyes were blinded. They bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
• Jer 52:27 : 27 The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was taken into exile from its land.
• Ezek 26:17-21 : 17 They will take up a lament over you and say to you: 'How you have perished, you who were inhabited by people of the seas, the renowned city, strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread terror among all who lived there.' 18 Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise. 19 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are no longer inhabited, and when I bring the deep over you and the mighty waters cover you,' 20 'then I will bring you down with those who descend to the pit, to the people of old. I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, among the ruins of antiquity, along with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be lived in again. And I will display my glory in the land of the living.' 21 'I will bring you to a horrible end and you will no longer exist. Though you are sought, you will never be found again,' declares the Lord GOD.
• Matt 27:4-5 : 4 He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.' 5 Then, throwing the silver pieces into the temple, he left. He went and hanged himself.
• Jer 32:27-31 : 27 'Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too difficult for Me?' 28 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to give this city into the hands of the Chaldeans, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will capture it.' 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against the city will enter it, set it on fire, and burn it along with the houses where incense was offered to Baal on their rooftops and drink offerings were poured out to other gods, provoking Me to anger. 30 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have only done what is evil in My eyes since their youth. Indeed, the sons of Israel have only provoked Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD. 31 From the day it was built until now, this city has caused My anger and My wrath so great that I must remove it from My presence.