Verse 14

There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er en generasjon med tenner som sverd og kjever som kniver, som fortærer de fattige på jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det finnes en generasjon med tenner lik sverd, og kjever som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk King James

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og deres kjever som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  en generasjon med tenner som sverd og kinntær som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er en slekt hvis tenner er sverd, og hvis kjever er kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de nødlidende blant menneskene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kjevetenner er som kniver, for å sluke de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd og kjevetenner som kniver, for å rive de fattige fra jorden og de nødstedte fra folket.

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

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kjevetenner er som kniver, for å sluke de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  en generasjon hvis tenner er sverd og hvis kjever er kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kinntenner er som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  en Slægt, hvis Tænder ere Sværd, og hvis Kindtænder ere Knive til at fortære de Elendige af Landet og de Fattige iblandt Menneskene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis hjørnetenner er som kniver, for å oppsluke de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kjever er som kniver for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En generasjon -- sverd er deres tenner, og kniver er deres kinntenner, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og deres jeksler som kniver, For å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, deres sterke tenner som kniver, for å ødelegge de fattige fra jorden og de i nød blant menneskene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This peoples tethe are swerdes, and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth, and the poore from amonge me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A generation -- swords `are' their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from `among' men.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
• Ps 3:7 : 7 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.
• Ps 14:4 : 4 Do all the evildoers not understand? They devour my people as if they were eating bread, but they do not call upon the LORD.
• Job 29:17 : 17 I broke the jaws of the wicked and snatched the prey from his teeth.
• Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,
• Eccl 4:1 : 1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that is done under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter. Power was on the side of their oppressors, and they had no comforter.
• Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless. 9 He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net.
• Rev 9:8 : 8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
• Ps 12:5 : 5 Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'
• Ps 52:2 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'
• Ps 58:6 : 6 It does not heed the voice of charmers, however skillful the enchanter may be.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Prov 22:16 : 16 One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.
• Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
• Isa 32:7 : 7 The schemes of the wicked are evil; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
• Dan 7:5-7 : 5 Then I saw a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said to it, 'Arise, devour much flesh!' 6 After this, I looked, and behold, there was another beast, like a leopard. It had four wings of a bird on its back, and the beast had four heads. Dominion was given to it. 7 After this, I saw in the visions of the night a fourth beast, terrifying, dreadful, and exceedingly strong. It had large iron teeth and devoured, crushed, and trampled the remainder with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.
• Amos 2:7 : 7 'They trample on the dust of the earth on the heads of the poor and obstruct the way of the afflicted. A man and his father go to the same girl, so that they profane My holy name.'
• Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your masters, 'Bring us something to drink!'
• Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it. 2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.
• Mic 3:1-5 : 1 Then I said: "Hear now, leaders of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not your responsibility to know justice? 2 You who hate good and love evil; you tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones. 3 You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron. 4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done. 5 This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.
• Hab 3:14 : 14 With his own weapons You pierced the heads of his warriors, who came like a storm to scatter me, gloating as though ready to devour the afflicted in secret.
• Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her officials are roaring lions in her midst; her judges are wolves of the evening, leaving nothing for the morning.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
• Jas 5:1-4 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.