Verse 26

Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde menn; de lurer som fuglefangernes nett; de setter feller og fanger mennesker.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde menn: de lurer som den som legger feller; de setter en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• Norsk King James

  For blant mitt folk finnes det ugudelige menn; de legger seg i skjul, som en jeger som setter snarer; de setter opp en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For det finnes onde blant mitt folk, de legger feller som fuglefangerne. De setter opp snarer og fanger folk.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For blant mitt folk finnes det onde mennesker. De ligger på lur som fuglefangerens snarer, de setter feller og fanger mennesker.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For blant mitt folk er det funnet onde mennesker: de ligger på lur, som den som setter snarer; de setter en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For blant mitt folk finnes det onde menn; de lurer som de som setter feller, de rigger feller og fanger mennesker.

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

  For blant mitt folk er det funnet onde mennesker: de ligger på lur, som den som setter snarer; de setter en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde mennesker. De lurer som fuglefangerens feller, legger feller for å fange mennesker.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For det finnes ugudelige blant mitt folk; de lurer som fuglefangerens feller, de setter opp snarer for å fange mennesker.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi der findes Ugudelige iblandt mit Folk: (hver) seer til, som Fuglefængere stille sig; de stille en fordærvelig (Snare), de ville fange Folk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde mennesker: de ligger i bakhold som den som setter feller; de setter opp en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde mennesker: de lurer som fowler jagerfugler; de setter opp feller, de fanger mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For onde blant mitt folk er funnet. De speider etter sitt bytte som en felle full av fugler, de har satt opp en felle – mennesker fanger de.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For blant mitt folk er det funnet ugudelige menn: de vokter som fuglefangerne ligger på lur; de setter en felle, de fanger menn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For det er syndere blant mitt folk: de holder vakt, som menn som vokter på fugler; de setter opp nett og fanger mennesker i det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes, that priuely laye snares and waite for men, to take them, and destroye them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For among my people are found wicked persons, that priuily lay snares and wayte for men, to take them and destroy them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'
• Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.
• Ezek 22:2-9 : 2 Son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the city of bloodshed and confront her with all her abominations? 3 Then say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that sheds blood in her midst to bring her time closer, and makes idols to defile herself, 4 You have become guilty because of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you made. You have brought your days near and have come to the end of your years. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. 5 Those near and those far from you will mock you, you who are defiled in name and full of turmoil. 6 See, the princes of Israel, each one by his own might, have been in you to shed blood. 7 Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow. 8 You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths. 9 The men in you who slander for the purpose of shedding blood eat at the high places; they commit lewdness in your midst. 10 In you, they have dishonored their fathers' nakedness; they have violated women during their impurity. 11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter. 12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
• Hab 1:14-15 : 14 You have made mankind like the fish of the sea, like sea creatures who have no ruler. 15 The wicked pull them all up with a hook, drag them out with their net, and gather them in their dragnet; so they rejoice and are glad.
• Luke 5:10 : 10 And so were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on, you will fish for people."
• Prov 1:17-18 : 17 Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird, 18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
• 1 Sam 19:10-11 : 10 Saul attempted to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear struck the wall. David fled and escaped that night. 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, 'If you don’t escape tonight, you will be killed in the morning.'
• Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net. 10 He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.
• Ps 64:5 : 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.