Verse 17

this is what the LORD of Armies says: 'I am about to send against them the sword, famine, and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren, Allhærs Gud: Se, jeg sender sverd, sult og pest mot dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem lik råtne fikener som ikke kan spises, de er så dårlige.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg vil sende sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem lik dårlige fikener som ikke kan spises, fordi de er så dårlige.

• Norsk King James

  Slik sier HERREN hærskarene; se, jeg vil sende mot dem sverd, hungersnød og pest, og jeg vil gjøre dem til dårlige fiken, som ikke kan spises, fordi de er så onde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem som dårlige fiken som ikke kan spises, fordi de er så dårlige.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender over dem sverdet, hungeren og pesten, og jeg vil gjøre dem som de dårlige fiken, som ikke kan spises på grunn av deres elendighet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier Herren over hærskarene: Se, jeg vil sende sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og gjøre dem som onde fikener som ikke kan spises, så dårlige er de.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier Herren over himmelens hær: Se, jeg vil sende over dem sverd, hungersnød og pest, og gjøre dem til uspiselige fiken, så onde at de ikke kan spises.

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

  Så sier Herren over hærskarene: Se, jeg vil sende sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og gjøre dem som onde fikener som ikke kan spises, så dårlige er de.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender sverdet, hungersnøden og pest over dem. Jeg gjør dem som råtne fikener som ikke kan spises, så dårlige er de.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem lik råtne fiken, som ikke kan spises fordi de er så dårlige.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (ja) saaledes siger den Herre Zebaoth: See, jeg sender paa dem Sværdet, Hungeren og Pestilentsen, og jeg vil gjøre dem som de slette Figener, som ikke kunne ædes, fordi de ere onde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg vil sende sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og gjøre dem som råtne fikener, som ikke kan spises på grunn av onde.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender sverd, hungersnød og pest mot dem, og vil gjøre dem som ubrukelige fikener, så dårlige at de ikke kan spises.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem som dårlige fikener som ikke kan spises på grunn av sin dårlighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Slik sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg vil la sverdet, hungeren og pesten komme over dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem til verdiløse fikener som ikke kan spises fordi de er så dårlige.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg vil sende sverd, hungersnød og pest over dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem som dårlige fikener som ikke kan spises fordi de er så dårlige.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus (I saye) speaketh the LORDE of hoostes: Beholde, I wil sende a swearde, honger & pestilence vpon them, & wil make them like vntymely fyges, that maye not be eate for bytternes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Euen thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Beholde, I will sende vpon them the sworde, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figges, that cannot bee eaten, they are so naughtie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus I say speaketh the Lorde of hoastes, Beholde I wyll sende a sworde, hunger, and pestilence vpon them, and wyll make them lyke vntymely figges that may not be eaten for bitternesse:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  thus says Yahweh of Hosts; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Lo, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I have given them up as figs that `are' vile, that are not eaten for badness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and disease, and will make them like bad figs, which are of no use for food, they are so bad.

• World English Bible (2000)

  thus says Yahweh of Armies; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 24:8-9 : 8 But like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, says the LORD, so will I treat Zedekiah, king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and those living in the land of Egypt. 9 I will make them a horror and an object of calamity among all the kingdoms of the earth—a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I drive them. 10 I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.
• Jer 29:18 : 18 I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and an object of astonishment, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I have banished them.
• Jer 34:17-22 : 17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming freedom, each one to his brother and to his neighbor. So now, I proclaim freedom for you, declares the Lord—freedom to the sword, to plague, and to famine. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 The men who violated my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and walked between its pieces. 19 The officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf— 20 I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. 21 And I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon that has withdrawn from you. 22 Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.
• Jer 43:11 : 11 He will come and attack the land of Egypt. Those destined for death will go to death, those destined for captivity to captivity, and those destined for the sword to the sword.
• Jer 52:6 : 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day, the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no more food for the people of the land.
• Ezek 5:12-17 : 12 One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you. Another third will fall by the sword around you, and the final third I will scatter to every wind and pursue with a drawn sword. 13 Then My anger will be fully spent, and I will satisfy My fury on them and be appeased. They will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them. 14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. 15 You will be a reproach, a mockery, a warning, and a horror to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and furious rebukes! I, the LORD, have spoken. 16 When I send against you the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you, I will send more of them to destroy you and cut off your supply of bread. 17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will bereave you. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.
• Ezek 14:12-21 : 12 The word of the LORD came to me, saying: 13 Son of man, if a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it, breaking its supply of bread, sending famine upon it, and cutting off from it both man and beast, 14 even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD. 15 If I send wild beasts through the land and they ravage it, leaving it desolate so that no one can pass through because of the beasts, 16 even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save their sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would become desolate. 17 Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I cut off from it both man and beast, 18 even if these three men were there, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save sons or daughters. They alone would be saved. 19 Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath upon it in bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast, 20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save son or daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness. 21 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four dreadful judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—against Jerusalem, to cut off both man and beast from it!
• Luke 21:11 : 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, as well as terrifying events and great signs from heaven.
• Luke 21:23 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.
• Jer 27:8 : 8 But any nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or place its neck under his yoke—I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.
• Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.' 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.
• Jer 24:1-3 : 1 The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. This happened after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metalworkers, from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket contained very good figs, like early-ripened figs, while the other basket contained very bad figs so bad they could not be eaten. 3 Then the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I answered, "Figs. The good figs are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten."