Verse 6

He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain showers, 'Be strong.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For han befaler snøen: 'Falle på jorden!' og til regnet: 'Kom med styrke!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For han sier til snøen: Vær på jorden; likeledes til den lille regn og til den sterke regn av sin kraft.

• Norsk King James

  For han sier til snøen: 'Fall ned på jorden'; og til regnet, både det lille og det store, gir han sin kraft.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For han sier til snøen: «Fall på jorden,» og lar kraftig regn strømme ned.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For til snøen sier han: 'Kom til jorden,' og likeså til regnet, den kraftige regnværet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han sier til snøen: Fall på jorden; det samme til det lette regnet og til det kraftige regnet i hans styrke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han sier til snøen: «Bli på jorden», og tilsvarende til den lette regnen og den kraftige regnen, et uttrykk for hans styrke.

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

  For han sier til snøen: Fall på jorden; det samme til det lette regnet og til det kraftige regnet i hans styrke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For til snøen sier han: 'Fall på jorden,' og til regnet, og styrtregnet, er hans kraft.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For til snøen sier han: 'Fall på jorden'; også til regnet, det kraftige regnet av hans styrke.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi han taler til Snee, (sigende:) Vær paa Jorden, og til Pladskregn, (saa kommer) hans stærke (og) megen Pladskregn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For han sier til snøen, Vær på jorden; likeså til det lille regnet og det store regnet av hans styrke.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For he says to the snow, 'Be on the earth;' likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For han sier til snøen: 'Fall ned på jorden'; likeså til regnet og til sine mektige regnskurer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Til snøen sier Han: 'Vær på jorden.' Og det lille regnet og det store regnet av Hans kraft.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For han sier til snøen: Fall på jorden; likeså til regnskyllet og til skurene av hans kraftige regn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For han sier til snøen: Gjør jorden våt; og til regnværet: Kom ned.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  When he commaundeth the snowe, it falleth vpon the earth: As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge, Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For to snow He saith, `Be `on' the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For to the snow he says,‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains,‘Pour down.’

Referenced Verses

• Job 36:27 : 27 For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist.
• Job 38:22 : 22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,
• Ps 147:16-18 : 16 He gives snow like wool; He scatters frost like ashes. 17 He hurls down His hail like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? 18 He sends out His word and melts them; He makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.
• Ps 148:8 : 8 fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy winds obeying His word,
• Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
• Ezek 13:11 : 11 say to those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be a flooding rain, hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will break it.
• Ezek 13:13 : 13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: In my wrath, I will unleash a stormy wind. In my anger, there will be flooding rain, and hailstones in fury will bring about destruction.
• Amos 9:6 : 6 He builds His chambers in the heavens and establishes His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth—the Lord is His name.
• Matt 7:25-27 : 25 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.
• Gen 7:10-12 : 10 And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
• Ezra 10:9 : 9 So, within three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the square before the house of God, trembling because of the matter and because of the heavy rain.
• Ezra 10:13 : 13 But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season, so we cannot stand outside. This matter cannot be resolved in a day or two because we have sinned greatly in this matter.