Verse 15

This is the jubilant city that dwelled securely and said in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' How she has become a desolation, a resting place for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dette er den stolte byen som trodde på sin sikkerhet: 'Jeg er, og ingen er lik meg.' Hvordan har den blitt til en ørken, et tilholdssted for ville dyr! Alle som passerer forbi, skal plystre og vifte med hånden i hån.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dette er den strålende byen som levde sorgløst, som sa i sitt hjerte: 'Jeg er, og det er ingen ved siden av meg.' Hvordan er den blitt en ødemark, en hvilested for villdyr! Hver den som går forbi henne skal hvesse, og vifte med hånden.

• Norsk King James

  Dette er den stolte byen som levde i sorgløshet, som sa i sitt hjerte: Jeg er, og det finnes ingen annen enn meg; hvordan kunne hun bli en ødemark, et tilfluktssted for dyr! Alle som går forbi henne, skal hese og vinke med hånden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dette er den gledesfylte byen, som bodde trygt og sa i sitt hjerte: 'Jeg er det, og det er ingen ved siden av meg.' Hvordan er den blitt til en skremmelse, et hvilested for ville dyr? Alle som går forbi den skal hvesse tenner og vifte med hånden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dette er den storprangende byen som satt trygt og sa til seg selv: 'Jeg er det, og det er ingen ved siden av meg.' Hvordan er den nå blitt til et redselssted, et tilfluktsted for villdyr! Alle som går forbi, skal pipe og gjøre hånlige bevegelser med hånden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dette er den jublende byen som levde sorgløst, som sa i sitt hjerte, 'Jeg er, og det er ingen annen ved siden av meg.' Hvordan har hun blitt til en ødemark, et hvilested for dyr! Alle som går forbi henne skal hvesse, og vinke med hånden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dette er den selvsikre byen som levde sorgløst og sa i sitt hjerte: ‘Jeg er, og det finnes ingen som meg.’ Hvordan har den blitt til en ødemark, et sted hvor ville dyr kan hvile! Enhver som passerer, skal forakte den med et hvesende blikk og en viftende hånd.

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

  Dette er den jublende byen som levde sorgløst, som sa i sitt hjerte, 'Jeg er, og det er ingen annen ved siden av meg.' Hvordan har hun blitt til en ødemark, et hvilested for dyr! Alle som går forbi henne skal hvesse, og vinke med hånden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dette er den gledesfylte byen som sitter trygt og sier i sitt hjerte: Jeg er det, og uten like. Å, hvordan er den blitt til en ødemark, hvilested for dyr! Enhver som går forbi henne skal plystre og vifte med hånden.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dette er den byrdefulle byen, som sitter trygt og sier til sitt hjerte: 'Jeg, og ingen annen.' Hvorledes har den blitt til en ødemark, en hvilested for dyr! Alle som passerer forbi skal plystre og riste på hodet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dette er den glædelige Stad, den, som boede tryggeligen, som sagde i sit Hjerte: Jeg (er det), og foruden mig Ingen ydermere; hvorledes er den bleven en Forskrækkelse, (vilde) Dyrs Leie? hver, som gaaer forbi den, maa hvidsle og ryste med sin Haand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette er den byen som levde i sikkerhet og sa i sitt hjerte: Jeg er, og det er ingen ved siden av meg: hvordan har hun ikke blitt en ødemark, en rede for dyr å hvile i! Alle som går forbi henne skal hvisle og vifte hånden.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her shall hiss, and shake his hand.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dette er byen som levde i glede, som sa i sitt hjerte, "Jeg er, og det er ingen ved siden av meg." Hvordan har hun blitt en ødemark, et sted for dyrene å legge seg i! Alle som passerer henne skal fnyse og riste sine never.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dette er den selvgode byen som lever trygt, som sier i sitt hjerte: 'Jeg er, og det er ingen ved siden av meg.' Hvordan har hun blitt til en ødemark, et hvilested for dyr. Alle som går forbi henne, hvisker og vifter med hånden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dette er den glade byen som bodde bekymringsløst, som sa i sitt hjerte, Jeg er, og det er ingen ved siden av meg: hvordan har hun blitt en ødemark, et sted for dyr å ligge i! Alle som passerer henne skal plystre og vifte med hånden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette er byen som var full av glede, som levde uten frykt for fare, og sa i sitt hjerte, Jeg er, og det finnes ingen annen: hvordan er hun blitt gjort til ødemark, et sted for dyr å hvile i! Alle som går forbi henne vil plystre og vifte med hånden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This is the proude and carelesse cite, that sayde in hir herte: I am, and there is els none. O how is she made so waist, yt the beestes lye therin? Who so goeth by, mocketh her, and poynteth at her with his fynger.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  This is the reioycing citie that dwelt carelesse, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she made waste, and the lodging of the beastes! euery one that passeth by her, shall hisse and wagge his hand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  This is the proude and carelesse citie that sayd in her heart, I am, and there is els none besides me: O howe is she made so wast that the beastes lie in her? Who so goeth by, mocketh her, & poynteth at her with his finger.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  This `is' the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, That is saying in her heart, `I `am', and beside me there is none,' How hath she been for a desolation, A crouching-place for beasts, Every one passing by her doth hiss, He doth shake his hand!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is how the once-proud city will end up– the city that was so secure. She thought to herself,“I am unique! No one can compare to me!” What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Because your heart has grown proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas,” but you are a man and not a god, though you have set your heart as if it were the heart of a god—
• Nah 3:19 : 19 There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands over you. For who has not suffered your endless cruelty?
• Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? Yet you are a man and not a god in the hands of those who wound you.
• Isa 22:2 : 2 The city is full of noise and tumult, a city of revelry. Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.
• Isa 47:7-8 : 7 You said, 'I will be a mistress forever,' but you did not take these things to heart or remember their outcome. 8 Now hear this, you pleasure-loving one, sitting securely, who says in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me; I will not sit as a widow, or know the loss of children.'
• Jer 19:8 : 8 I will make this city desolate and an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.
• Lam 1:1 : 1 How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She has become like a widow, great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, now a slave.
• Lam 2:1 : 1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion in his anger with a cloud! He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth and has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
• Lam 2:15 : 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?'
• Ezek 27:36 : 36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a source of terror and will cease to exist forever.
• 1 Kgs 9:7-8 : 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 8 And this temple, now exalted, will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land and this temple?'
• Job 27:23 : 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.
• Ps 52:6-7 : 6 You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue. 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
• Isa 10:12-14 : 12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes. 13 For he says, 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, plundered their treasures, and brought down their mighty ones like a bull.' 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.
• Isa 14:4-5 : 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased! How the arrogance has ended! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
• Isa 32:9 : 9 Rise up, you women who are at ease; listen to my voice! You daughters who feel secure, pay attention to what I say!
• Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.’
• Matt 27:39 : 39 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying,
• Rev 18:7-9 : 7 As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, because in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and I will never see grief.' 8 Because of this, her plagues will come in a single day: death, mourning, and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for the mighty Lord God is the one who judges her. 9 The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality with her and lived in luxury will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 Standing far off because of the fear of her torment, they will say, 'Woe, woe to the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' 11 The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no one buys their cargo anymore— 12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, crimson, all kinds of scented wood, every article of ivory, every article made of the most costly wood, and of bronze, iron, and marble, 13 and cinnamon, spice, incense, ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, and human bodies and souls. 14 The fruit your soul longed for has departed from you. All your luxurious and splendid things are lost to you, never to be found again. 15 The merchants who became rich from her will stand far off, out of fear for her torment, weeping and mourning, 16 saying, 'Woe, woe to the great city, dressed in fine linen, purple, and crimson, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls!' 17 For in one hour such great wealth has been destroyed!' Every ship captain, all who travel by ship, sailors, and those who earn their living from the sea stood far off, 18 And they cried out as they watched the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?' 19 And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe to the great city, in which all who owned ships at sea became rich from her wealth! For in one hour she has been laid waste.'