Verse 31

One courier runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Budbringere løper hverandre i møte, budskap bringes etter budskap til Babylons konge om at hele byen er erobret fra ende til annen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En løper skal møte en annen, og en budbringer skal møte en annen, for å kunngjøre kongen av Babylon at hans by er tatt på ett hjørne,

• Norsk King James

  En budbringer skal løpe for å møte en annen, og en annen for å møte en annen, for å fortelle Babylons konge at byen hans er erobret fra den ene enden,

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den som løper, møter den som løper, og budbringer møter budbringer, for å fortelle Babels konge at hans by er tatt fra ende til annen,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Budbringere løper annethvert til den som melder det videre, for å fortelle kongen av Babylon at byen er inntatt fra ende til annen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En løper skal møte en annen, og en budbringer skal møte en annen, for å fortelle kongen av Babylon at hans by er erobret på hver side,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Et stolpe skal løpe for å møte en annen, og en budbringer for en annen, for å vise Babylons konge at byen hans er erobret fra enden av den,

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

  En løper skal møte en annen, og en budbringer skal møte en annen, for å fortelle kongen av Babylon at hans by er erobret på hver side,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den ene løper bringer bud til den andre, og én budbringer følger en annen, for å melde kongen av Babel at hans by er inntatt på alle kanter.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Løperen tar imot løperen og budbringer møter budbringer for å melde til kongen av Babel at byen er tatt fra alle kanter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den, som løber, skal løbe imod den, som løber, og den, som forkynder, imod den, som forkynder, til at forkynde Kongen i Babel, at hans Stad er vunden fra Enden,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

• KJV 1769 norsk

  En løper skal løpe for å møte en annen, og en budbringer for å møte en annen, for å vise Babylon-kongen at hans by er tatt på den ene enden.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  One runner shall meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken wholly,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En postløper skal møte en annen, og en budbærer en annen, for å vise Babylons konge at hans by er tatt fra alle kanter:

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Løperen løper for å møte løperen, budbringeren for å møte budbringeren, for å kunngjøre for Babylons konge at hans by er overtatt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Rytterne løper for å møte hverandre, budbringere møter hverandre, for å fortelle Babels konge at hans by er tatt fra alle retninger:

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  En som løper, vil gi melding til en annen, og en som bringer nyheter vil gi dem videre til en annen, for å gi melding til Babylons konge at hans by er tatt fra alle kanter:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  One purseuaunt shal mete another, yee one poste shal come by another, to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges: that his cite is taken in on euery syde,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A post shall runne to meete the post, and a messenger to meete the messenger, to shew the King of Babel, that his citie is taken on a side thereof,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  One purseuaunt shall meete another, yea one poste shall come by another, to bryng the kyng of Babylon tidinges that his citie is taken on euery syde,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at [one] end,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city -- at the extremity.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:

• World English Bible (2000)

  One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 18:19-31 : 19 Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, 'Let me run and bring the king news that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.' 20 But Joab said to him, 'You are not the one to take the news today. You may take the news another day, but not today, because the king’s son is dead.' 21 Then Joab said to a Cushite, 'Go, tell the king what you have seen.' The Cushite bowed to Joab and ran off. 22 But Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, 'Come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.' Joab replied, 'Why do you want to run, my son? You will not gain any reward for delivering this news.' 23 But Ahimaaz insisted, 'Let me run, no matter what!' So Joab said, 'Run!' Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite. 24 Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall. As he looked, he saw a man running alone. 25 The watchman called out and told the king. The king said, 'If he is alone, he is bringing news.' And the runner continued approaching. 26 Then the watchman saw another man running, and he called to the gatekeeper, 'Look, another man is running alone!' The king said, 'He too brings news.' 27 The watchman said, 'It seems to me the running of the first man is like that of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.' 'He is a good man,' the king said, 'and he comes with good news.' 28 Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, 'All is well!' He bowed down with his face to the ground before the king and said, 'Praise be to the Lord your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.' 29 The king asked, 'Is the young man Absalom safe?' Ahimaaz answered, 'I saw a great commotion when Joab sent the king’s servant and me, but I do not know what it was.' 30 The king said, 'Stand aside and wait here.' So he stepped aside and stood there. 31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, 'My lord the king, hear the good news! Today the Lord has vindicated you by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you.'
• 2 Chr 30:6 : 6 Couriers went with the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah, proclaiming the king’s command: 'Return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.'
• Esth 3:13-15 : 13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, ordering the destruction, killing, and annihilation of all the Jews—young and old, children and women—in a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions. 14 A copy of the edict was to be issued as a law in every province and made known to all the peoples, so that they would be ready for that day. 15 The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in the citadel of Susa. And while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion.
• Esth 8:10 : 10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent the letters by mounted couriers riding fast horses bred from royal mares.
• Esth 8:14 : 14 The couriers riding the royal horses raced out in haste, pressed on by the king's command. The decree was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
• Job 9:25 : 25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away and do not see any good.
• Isa 21:3-9 : 3 Therefore my body is filled with trembling; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over by what I heard; I am dismayed by what I saw. 4 My heart staggers; terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me. 5 Prepare the table, set a watchman in the watchtower, eat and drink. Rise up, you princes, and anoint the shield! 6 For this is what the Lord said to me: 'Go, station a watchman, and let him report what he sees.' 7 When he sees chariots with pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him carefully listen, paying close attention. 8 Then he called out, 'Lion! My Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day, and I stay at my guard post through all the nights.' 9 And behold, here comes a chariot of men, with pairs of horsemen. And he answered, saying, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the carved images of her gods are shattered to the ground.'
• Isa 47:11-13 : 11 But disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to charm it away; calamity will fall upon you that you cannot ward off; and devastation will come upon you suddenly, without warning. 12 Persist then with your spells and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth—perhaps you might succeed, perhaps you might cause terror. 13 You are wearied with your many counsels; let those who divide the heavens, those who gaze at the stars, those who announce the months, stand now and save you from what is coming upon you.
• Jer 4:20 : 20 Disaster upon disaster is announced, for the whole land is devastated. Suddenly, my tents are ruined, my curtains in a moment.
• Jer 50:24 : 24 I set a trap for you, Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
• Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish grips him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
• Dan 5:2-5 : 2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that the gold and silver vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem be brought in, so that the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink from them. 3 So the gold vessels taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem were brought in, and the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. 5 At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.
• Dan 5:30 : 30 That very night, Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.
• 1 Sam 4:12-18 : 12 A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. 13 When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the side of the road, watching, for his heart trembled for the Ark of God. When the man entered the city to report the news, the entire city cried out. 14 Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, 'What is the meaning of this uproar?' Then the man hurried over to Eli and told him the news. 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, so he could not see. 16 The man said to Eli, 'I have come from the battle; I fled from the battlefield today.' Eli asked, 'What happened, my son?' 17 The messenger answered, 'Israel has fled before the Philistines, there has been a great slaughter among the people, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the Ark of God has been captured.' 18 When he mentioned the Ark of God, Eli fell backward off his seat by the gate. His neck was broken, and he died, for he was an old and heavy man. He had judged Israel for forty years.