Verse 7

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg er som en pelikan i ørkenen, som en ugle blant ruinene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg våker og er som en enslig spurv på hustaket.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg ser ut, og er som en ensom spurv på taket av huset.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg er blitt lik en ensom fugl i ørkenen, som en ugle på de øde steder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg ligner en pelikan i ørkenen, jeg er som en ugle på avsides steder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg våker, og er som en ensom spurv på taket.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg holder vakt, som en ensom spurv på hustaket.

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

  Jeg våker, og er som en ensom spurv på taket.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg er lik en pelikan i ørkenen, jeg har blitt som en ugle blant ruiner.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg er lik en pelikan i ørkenen; jeg er som en ugle på øde steder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg er bleven lig en Rørdrum i Ørken, jeg er som en Natugle i de øde (Steder).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg våker og er som en ensom spurv på hustaket.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg våker og er som en ensom spurv på taket.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg våker, og jeg er som en ensom fugl på taket.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg våker og er blitt som en spurv som er alene på taket.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg våker som en enslig fugl på taket.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wake, and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I watch, and am as it were a sparrowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 77:4 : 4 I remember God and moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah.
• Ps 38:11 : 11 My heart throbs, my strength has left me; even the light of my eyes—it has also gone from me.
• Deut 28:66-67 : 66 Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be filled with fear night and day, and you will not be sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights your eyes will see.
• Job 7:13-16 : 13 When I think my bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint, 14 then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions. 15 I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine. 16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
• Ps 22:2 : 2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Far from saving me, from the words of my groaning.
• Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
• Lam 3:28-30 : 28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him. 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope. 30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled with disgrace.
• Mark 14:33-37 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch." 35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." 37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour?