Verse 10

For that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord of Hosts— a day of vengeance to avenge his foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, till it is drunk with their blood. For the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For den dagen er for Herren, hærskarenes Herre, en dag for hevn for å straffe de som står imot ham. Sverdet skal spise og bli mettet, og det skal drikke seg beruset på blod. For Herren, hærskarenes Gud, holder en offerfest i det nordlige landet ved elven Eufrat.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For dette er dagen for Herren Gud over hærer, en hevnens dag for å gjengjelde hans fiender. Sverdet skal sluke og være mettet og drukne av blod, for Herren Gud over hærer har et offer i landet i nord ved elven Eufrat.

• Norsk King James

  For dette er Herrens dag, Gud over hærskarene, en dag for hevn, slik at han kan hevne seg på sine motstandere; sverdet skal fortære, og det skal mettes og bli beruset av deres blod; for Herren, Gud over hærskarene, har et offer i det nordlige landet ved elven Eufrat.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For denne dagen er Herrens, hærskarenes Guds dag, en hevnens dag for å hevne seg på sine fiender. Sverdet skal fortære dem og bli mettet og drikke seg full av deres blod. For Herren, hærskarenes Gud, har et slaktoffer i nordlandet ved elven Eufrat.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Denne dagen tilhører Herren, hærskarenes Gud, en hevnens dag for å ta hevn på sine fiender. Sverdet skal fortære, bli mettet og drikke deres blod. For Herren, hærskarenes Gud, holder et offer i nordlandet ved Eufrat-elven.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For dette er Herrens, hærskarenes Guds dag, en hevnens dag så han kan hevne seg på sine fiender. Sverdet skal sluke, bli mettet og drukne i deres blod, for Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, offer er i nordlandet ved elven Eufrat.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For dette er Herrens, allmakters, dag, en hevndagens dag, der han skal straffe sine fiender; og sverdet skal sluke, og det skal bli mettet og druknet i deres blod, for Herrens, allmakters, har et offer i nord, ved elven Eufrat.

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

  For dette er Herrens, hærskarenes Guds dag, en hevnens dag så han kan hevne seg på sine fiender. Sverdet skal sluke, bli mettet og drukne i deres blod, for Herrens, hærskarenes Guds, offer er i nordlandet ved elven Eufrat.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For denne dagen tilhører Herren, hærskarenes Gud, en hevnens dag for å ta hevn på sine fiender. Sverdet vil fortære, bli mettet og drukket på deres blod. For Herren, hærskarenes Gud, har et offer i nordlandet ved elven Eufrat.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For dette er en hevnens dag for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, en dag til å hevne seg på sine fiender. Sverdet skal fortære til det er mettet og drukket av deres blod. For Herren, hærskarenes Gud, har et offer i landet i nord ved bredden av Eufratelven.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og den samme Dag er Herrens, den Herre Zebaoths, Hevns Dag, at hevne sig paa sine Modstandere, og Sværdet skal fortære (dem) og blive mæt og drukkent af deres Blod; thi det er Herrens, den Herre Zebaoths, Slagtoffer i Nordenland, ved den Flod Phrat.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For dette er Herrens dag, Herren hærskarenes Gud, en hevnens dag for å hevne seg på sine motstandere. Sverdet skal ete til det er mett og drukne i deres blod. For Herren Gud, hærskarenes Gud, har en offerfest i landet i nord ved elven Eufrat.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For den dagen er en hevnens dag for Herren, Hærskarenes Gud, en dag for hevn over hans motstandere: og sverdet vil sluke og mette seg, og drikke sitt fyll av blodet; for Herren, Hærskarenes Gud, har et offer i nordlandet ved elven Eufrat.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Denne dagen tilhører Herren, hærskarenes Gud. En dag med hevn for å hevne seg på sine fiender, sverdet har fortært, blitt tilfreds, drukket blod. For en offerdag er det for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i landet mot nord, ved elven Eufrat.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For den dagen er en dag med hevn fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, en hevnens dag for å hevne seg på sine fiender: og sverdet skal fortære og bli mettet, og skal drikke seg fullt på deres blod; for Herren, hærskarenes Gud, har et offer i det nordlige landet ved elven Eufrat.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men den dagen er Herrens dag, hærskarenes Herre, en dag for straff der han vil gjengjelde sine hatere: og sverdet vil få oppfylt sitt ønske, drikke blod til fulle: for det er et offer til Herren, hærskarenes Herre, i landet i nord ved elven Eufrat.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So shall this daye be vnto the LORDE God of hoostes, a daye of vegeaunce, that he maye avege him of his enemies. The swearde shal deuoure, it shalbe satisfied and bated in their bloude: For the LORDE God off hoostes shall haue a slayneoffringe towarde the North, by the water of Euphrates.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For this is the day of ye Lord God of hostes, and a day of vengeance, that he may auenge him of his enemies: for the sworde shall deuoure, and it shall be saciate, & made drunke with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the North countrey by the Riuer Perath.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But this day of the Lorde God of hoastes, is a day of vengeaunce, that he may auenge him of his enemies: The sworde shall deuour, it shalbe satisfied and bathed in their blood, for the Lord God of hoastes shall haue a slayne offering towarde the north, by the water of Euphrates.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For this [is] the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And that day `is' to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice `is' to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But that day belongs to the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies. It is a day of reckoning, when he will pay back his adversaries. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink its fill from their blood! Indeed it will be a sacrifice for the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword will devour flesh, the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.
• Jer 46:2 : 2 Concerning Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was at the Euphrates River in Carchemish and was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.
• Jer 46:6 : 6 The swift cannot flee, nor can the strong escape. In the north, by the river Euphrates, they stumble and fall.
• Jer 50:15 : 15 Raise a shout against her on every side! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen, her walls are torn down. This is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others.
• Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee from Babylon! Save your lives! Do not perish in her punishment, for it is the time of the Lord's vengeance; He will repay her what she has done.
• Ezek 39:17-21 : 17 Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Speak to every kind of bird and all the wild animals, 'Assemble and come together from all around to my sacrifice that I am offering for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.' 18 You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan. 19 You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from the sacrifice that I have prepared for you. 20 At my table, you will be filled with horses and riders, mighty men and all warriors,' declares the Lord GOD. 21 I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I execute and the hand I lay on them.
• 2 Kgs 24:7 : 7 The king of Egypt did not march out of his own land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
• Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
• Isa 34:5-8 : 5 For My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. Behold, it will descend upon Edom, upon the people of My judgment, to bring justice. 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood; it is fat with the fat of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7 And wild oxen will fall with them, and young bulls with strong ones. Their land will drink its fill of blood, and their soil will be enriched with fat. 8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
• Isa 61:2 : 2 To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn.
• Isa 63:4 : 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redemption had come.
• Joel 2:1 : 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming—it is near.
• Zeph 1:7-8 : 7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has set apart His invited guests. 8 On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, I will punish the officials, the king’s sons, and all who are dressed in foreign clothing.
• Zeph 1:14-15 : 14 The great day of the Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; there, even the mighty warrior cries out. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
• Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled.
• Rev 19:17-21 : 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high overhead: 'Come, gather for the great supper of God,' 18 'that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.' 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf. By these signs he had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. 21 The rest were killed by the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.