Verse 13

Young men toil at the grinding millstones, and boys stumble under heavy loads of wood.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Unge menn måtte male korn, mens gutter snublet under veden.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De unge mennene måtte male korn, og guttene falt under børen av ved.

• Norsk King James

  De tok de unge mennene til å male, og barna falt under vekten av veden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Unge menn må male korn, og gutter snubler under tunge byrder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De unge har måttet bære kvernen, gutter snubler under vedens byrde.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De unge mennene må kverne, og barna segner under vedbjelkene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De tok de unge mennene for å male, og barna falt under veden.

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

  De unge mennene må kverne, og barna segner under vedbjelkene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Unge menn må male korn, gutter snubler under vedbører.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Unge menn må bære kornmøller, og gutter faller under vedbører.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De toge unge Karle til at male, og Drenge snublede under (Byrden af) Ved.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Unge menn må male korn, og barn snubler under tunge bører.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  They took the young men to grind, and the children stumbled under the loads of wood.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De unge mennene bar kvernen; barna snublet under vedbør.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Unge menn bærer møllesteinen, gutter segner under vedbyrden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Unge menn bærer møllesteinen, guttene snubler under veden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De unge mennene knuste kornet, og guttene segnet under vekten av veden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  they haue taken yonge mens lyues from them, and the boyes are hanged vp vpon trees.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They haue taken young men to grinde, and the boyes fainted vnder the burthens of wood.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 16:21 : 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
• Neh 5:1-5 : 1 There arose a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, 'We, along with our sons and daughters, are numerous. Let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.' 3 Others were saying, 'We have had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and houses to get grain during the famine.' 4 Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.' 5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'
• Job 31:10 : 10 then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.
• Isa 47:2 : 2 Take a millstone and grind flour; remove your veil, strip off your train, uncover your legs, and cross the rivers.
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loosen the chains of injustice, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to break every yoke?
• Matt 23:4 : 4 They tie up heavy and unbearable burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.
• Exod 1:11 : 11 So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses.
• Exod 2:11 : 11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.
• Exod 11:5 : 5 Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the millstones, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
• Exod 23:5 : 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you collapsing under its load, and you would refrain from helping, you must surely help with it.