Verse 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?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Se, Herre, og se til hvem du har handlet slik. Skal kvinner spise sin egen frukt, barna de har båret? Skal prest og profet bli drept i Herrens helligdom? Sela.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Se, Herre, og tenk på hvem du har gjort slik mot. Skal kvinner spise sitt eget avkom, små barn? Skal prest og profet bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

• Norsk King James

  Se, O HERRE, og vurder hvem du har gjort dette mot. Skal kvinnene spise sine barn, barna som er små? Skal presten og profeten bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herre, se og legg merke til hvem du handler slik med; skulle kvinner spise sin frukt, barna de bærer i armene? Skulle prest og profet drepes i Herrens helligdom?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Se, Herre, og betrakt til hvem du har gjort slik. Skal kvinner spise sin frukt, sine duggvåte spedbarn? Skal prest og profet drepes i Herrens helligdom?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Se, Herre, og vurder hvem du har gjort dette mot. Skal mødrene spise sine avkom, de beskyttede barna? Skal presten og profeten bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, o Herre, og vurder dem du har berørt – skal kvinnene få nyte sin avling, og små barn leve? Skal presten og profeten bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

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

  Se, Herre, og vurder hvem du har gjort dette mot. Skal mødrene spise sine avkom, de beskyttede barna? Skal presten og profeten bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herre, se og betrakt hvem du har behandlet slik. Skal kvinner spise sine fruktbare barn, de små de bar på sine armer? Skal prest og profet bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Se, Herre, og betrakt hvem du har gjort dette mot! Skal kvinner spise sitt avkom, sine friske babyer? Skal prest og profet bli drept i Herrens helligdom? Sela.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herre! see og sku, hvem du haver saa handlet med; mon Qvinder skulde æde deres Frugt, de spæde Børn, (som man bærer) paa Hænderne? mon Præst og Prophet skulde ihjelslaaes i Herrens Helligdom?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be sin in the sanctuary of the Lord?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se, Herre, og betrakt til hvem du har gjort dette. Skal kvinner spise sitt eget avkom, barn de har båret i fanget? Skal prest og profet bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom You have done this. Shall the women eat their offspring, the children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se, Herre, og se hvem du har gjort dette mot! Skal kvinnene spise sin frukt, barna de bærer på armene? Skal presten og profeten bli drept i Herrens helligdom?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, o Jehovah, og se oppmerksomt, til hvem du har handlet slik, kan kvinner spise deres frukt, spedbarn en håndbredd store? Prest og profet er slått i hjel i Herrens helligdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se, o Herre, og se til hvem du har gjort dette! Skal kvinnene spise sitt eget avkom, barna de har båret? Skal presten og profeten drepes i Herrens helligdom?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Se! Herre, se hvem du har gjort dette mot! Skal kvinnene ta som sin mat kroppens frukt, barna de holder i armene? skal presten og profeten bli drept på Herrens hellige sted?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beholde (O LORDE) & considre, why hast thou gathered me vp so clene? Shal the women then eate their owne frute, euen children of a spanne longe? Shal the prestes and prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of the LORDE?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde, O Lord, and consider to whome thou hast done thus: shall the women eate their fruite, and children of a spanne long? shall the Priest and the Prophet be slaine in the Sanctuarie of the Lord?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beholde O Lorde, and consider to whom thou hast done thus: Shall the women then eate their owne fruite, euen chyldren of a spanne long? shall the priestes and prophetes be slayne in the sanctuarie of the Lorde?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, [and] children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  See, O Jehovah, and look attentively, To whom Thou hast acted thus, Do women eat their fruit, infants of a handbreadth? Slain in the sanctuary of the Lord are priest and prophet?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ר(Resh)Jerusalem Speaks: Look, O LORD! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?

Referenced Verses

• Lam 4:10 : 10 The compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Jer 19:9 : 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh because of the siege and distress that their enemies and those who seek their lives will impose on them.
• Ps 78:64 : 64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
• Exod 32:11 : 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?"
• Deut 9:26 : 26 I prayed to the LORD and said, 'O Lord GOD, do not destroy your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.
• Lam 4:13 : 13 It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
• Lam 4:16 : 16 The LORD Himself has scattered them; He will no longer watch over them. The priests are not honored, and the elders receive no favor.
• Ezek 5:10 : 10 Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your survivors to every wind.
• Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.' 6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
• Jer 23:11-15 : 11 For both prophet and priest have become corrupt. Even in My house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD. 12 Therefore, their path will become for them like slippery places in the darkness. They will be pushed and fall there, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD. 13 Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgraceful: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. 14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from their wickedness. They have all become to Me like Sodom, and the inhabitants like Gomorrah. 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.
• Lam 1:19 : 19 I called to my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city while searching for food to revive their strength.
• Deut 28:53-57 : 53 Because of the suffering your enemy inflicts upon you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of your womb—the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you. 54 Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive. 55 He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities. 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.
• 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."
• Lev 26:29 : 29 You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.
• Isa 9:14-17 : 14 The elders and dignitaries are the head; the prophets who teach lies are the tail. 15 Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up. 16 Therefore, the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, nor will he have compassion on their orphans and widows, for everyone is ungodly and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still stretched out. 17 For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.
• Isa 63:16-19 : 16 But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. 17 Why, LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance. 18 For a little while your holy people possessed your sanctuary; our adversaries have trampled it underfoot. 19 We are yours from of old, but you have not ruled over them; they have not been called by your name. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
• Isa 64:8-9 : 8 Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people. 9 Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation. 10 Our holy and glorious house, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins. 11 For these things, will you restrain yourself, LORD? Will you remain silent and afflict us so severely?
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. And My people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
• Jer 14:15-18 : 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who declare, 'No sword or famine will touch this land': By sword and famine, those prophets will meet their end. 16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I will pour out their wickedness upon them. 17 You are to speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day without ceasing, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a great shattering—a crushing blow, a grievous wound.' 18 If I go out into the field, I see those slain by the sword. If I enter the city, I see the agonies of famine. Even the prophet and the priest wander aimlessly in the land and have no understanding.
• Jer 14:20-21 : 20 We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You. 21 For the sake of Your name, do not despise us; do not dishonor Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.