Verse 20

Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a stinging gadfly from the north is coming against her.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Egypt er en vakker kalv, men ødeleggelsen kommer fra nord.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Egypt ligner en meget vakker kvige, men en destruktør kommer fra nord.

• Norsk King James

  Egypt er som en vakker kvige, men ødeleggelsen kommer; den kommer fra nord.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Egypt er en vakker kvige, men en slakter kommer fra nord.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  En vakker kvige er Egypt, men en skremmelse fra nord nærmer seg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Egypt er som en meget vakker kvige, men ødeleggelsen kommer; den kommer fra nord.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Egypt er som en meget skjønn kalv, men ødeleggelsen kommer; den kommer fra nord.

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

  Egypt er som en meget vakker kvige, men ødeleggelsen kommer; den kommer fra nord.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Egypt er en vakker kvige, men en klegg fra nord kommer, kommer det.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Egypt er en vakker kvige, men et stikk kommer fra nord, det kommer virkelig.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ægypten er en meget deilig Kalv; Slagteren kommer, han kommer af Norden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Egypt er som en vakker kvige, men ødeleggelse kommer; den kommer fra nord.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Egypt er en meget vakker kvige; men ødeleggelse fra nord er kommet, den er kommet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Egypt er som en vakker kvige, men fra nord kommer ødeleggende krefter.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Egypt er en meget vakker kvige; men ødeleggelse fra nord kommer, det har kommet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Egypt er en vakker ung ku; men en bitende insekt har kommet over henne fra nord.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The londe of Egipte is like a goodly fayre calfe, but one shall come out of the north to dryue her forwarde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Egypt is like a faire calfe, but destruction commeth: out of the North it commeth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The lande of Egypt is lyke a goodly faire calfe: but destruction shall come out of the north I say it commeth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A heifer very fair `is' Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Egypt is a very fair heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 47:2 : 2 This is what the LORD says: 'Look, waters are rising from the north and will become an overflowing torrent. They will flood the land and everything in it, including the towns and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and everyone living in the land will wail.'
• Hos 10:11 : 11 Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, but I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim; Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.
• Jer 1:14 : 14 Then the LORD said to me, 'From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land.'
• 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 46:10 : 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.
• Jer 46:24 : 24 The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be handed over to people from the north.
• 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 50:11 : 11 'Because you rejoice and celebrate, you who plunder my inheritance; because you frolic like a threshing heifer and neigh like stallions,'