Verse 16

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; her labor is in vain because she has no fear.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hun viser lite omsorg for barna sine og behandler dem som om de ikke er hennes egne; hun bryr seg ikke om sitt slit.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hun er hard mot sine unger som om de ikke var hennes; hennes arbeid er forgjeves uten frykt;

• Norsk King James

  Hun er hard mot ungene sine, som om de ikke var hennes egne: hennes slit er forgjeves foruten frykt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Er du som strutsens vinge, der den fryder seg, eller storkens vinge og fjær?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den behandler sine unger hardt som om de ikke var dens egne, uten frykt for at dens arbeid er forgjeves.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hun er likegyldig mot ungene sine, som om de ikke var hennes: hennes anstrengelse er forgjeves uten frykt;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hun er likegyldig mot sine unger, som om de ikke var hennes; hennes strev er forgjeves, uten frykt.

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

  Hun er likegyldig mot ungene sine, som om de ikke var hennes: hennes anstrengelse er forgjeves uten frykt;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den er hard mot sine unger som om de ikke var dens egne, og dens arbeid er forgjeves uten frykt.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Den behandler ungene sine hardt som om de ikke tilhørte den; dens arbeid er forgjeves uten frykt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Haver du gjort) Strudsens Vinge, (hvorover) den fryder sig, eller Storkens Vinge og Fjædre?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hun er hard mot sine unger, som om de ikke var hennes: hennes møye er forgjeves uten frykt;

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not hers; her labor is in vain, without fear;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hun behandler sine unger hardt, som om de ikke var hennes. Selv om hennes slit er forgjeves, frykter hun ikke,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hennes unger har blitt hardføre uten hennes pleie, forgjeves er hennes strev, uten frykt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hun behandler sine unger hardt, som om de ikke var hennes; selv om hennes arbeid er forgjeves, frykter hun ikke;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Er vingene til strutsen svake, eller er det fordi hun har ingen fjær,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So harde is he vnto his yong ones, as though they were not his, and laboureth in vayne without eny feare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (39:19) He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So harde is she vnto her young ones as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vaine without any feare.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain `is' her labour without fear.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

• World English Bible (2000)

  She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

Referenced Verses

• Lam 4:3 : 3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness.
• Hab 2:13 : 13 Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?
• Rom 1:31 : 31 they are senseless, faithless, unloving, unforgiving, and unmerciful.
• Deut 28:56-57 : 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter. 57 She will secretly eat her afterbirth and the children she bears during the siege and suffering that your enemy inflicts upon your cities, because she is in dire need of food.
• 1 Kgs 3:26-27 : 26 The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, 'Please, my lord, give her the living child! Do not kill him!' But the other said, 'Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!' 27 Then the king gave his ruling: 'Give the living child to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.'
• 2 Kgs 6:28-29 : 28 Then the king asked her, "What is your problem?" She replied, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' 29 So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day, I said to her, 'Give me your son so we may eat him,' but she had hidden her son."
• Eccl 10:15 : 15 The work of fools wearies them because they do not even know how to go to the city.
• Lam 2:20 : 20 Look, LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their own children, the little ones they have cherished? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?