Verse 17

{ "verseID": "Jeremiah.20.17", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־מוֹתְתַ֖נִי מֵרָ֑חֶם וַתְּהִי־לִ֤י אִמִּי֙ קִבְרִ֔י וְרַחְמָ֖הֿ הֲרַ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃", "text": "Who not-*môtətanî* from *rāḥem*, and *wattəhî*-to me *ʾimmî* *qibrî*, and *raḥmāh* *hărat* *ʿôlām*.", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/because", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*môtətanî*": "polel perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - he killed me", "*rāḥem*": "noun, masculine singular with preposition - from the womb", "*wattəhî*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she would be", "*lî*": "preposition with 1st common singular suffix - to me", "*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st common singular suffix - my mother", "*qibrî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st common singular suffix - my grave", "*raḥmāh*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her womb", "*hărat*": "adjective, feminine singular construct - pregnant with", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity" }, "variants": { "*môtətanî*": "he killed me/put me to death", "*rāḥem*": "womb/uterus", "*qibrî*": "my grave/tomb", "*hărat ʿôlām*": "eternally pregnant/perpetually with child/always pregnant" } }

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For fordi han ikke drepte meg i mors liv, ble min mor et gravsted, og hennes livmor er alltid fylt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Fordi han ikke drepte meg fra mors liv, eller at min mor kunne ha vært min grav, og hennes liv alltid vært stor med meg.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi han ikke drepte meg før jeg ble født; eller at min mor kunne ha vært min grav, og hun alltid vært fylt med meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  at jeg ikke ble drept fra min mors liv, og at min mor ikke ble min grav, og hennes liv ikke var evig fruktbart!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For hvorfor ble jeg ikke drept i mors liv, så min mor ble min grav og hennes liv et evig foster?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fordi han ikke drepte meg i mors liv, så min mor kunne ha vært min grav, og hennes livmor alltid være svanger med meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han tok ikke mitt liv fra livmoren, for at min mor skulle hatt meg som sin grav, og at hennes liv skulle vært fri for meg.

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

  Fordi han ikke drepte meg i mors liv, så min mor kunne ha vært min grav, og hennes livmor alltid være svanger med meg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Fordi jeg ikke ble drept i mors liv, så min mors liv ble min grav, og hennes livmor for alltid grav.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For he did not kill me in the womb, so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever pregnant.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  fordi han ikke drepte meg før jeg ble født, så min mor kunne ha blitt min grav, og hennes skjød alltid vært svanger.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at man ikke dræbte mig fra (Moders) Liv, eller at min Moder (ikke) blev min Grav, og hendes Liv (ikke) frugtsommeligt evindeligen!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fordi han ikke drepte meg i mors liv, eller at min mors liv kunne ha vært min grav, og livmoren alltid være stor med meg.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Because he did not slay me from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb always great with me.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  fordi han ikke drepte meg fra morslivet, slik at min mor kunne blitt min grav, og hennes livmor alltid stor.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  fordi han ikke drepte meg i mors liv, så moren min ble min grav og hennes skjød var evig svanger.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  fordi han ikke drepte meg fra mors liv; så ville min mor vært min grav, og hennes liv alltid vært stor.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Fordi han ikke drepte meg før jeg ble født: så min mors liv ville vært min grav, og hun ville vært med barn for alltid.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  because he slewe me not, as soone as I came out off my mothers wombe, and because my mother was not my graue hirselff, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because he hath not slaine me, euen from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wobe a perpetual conception.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Why sluest thou not me assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe? or that my mother had ben my graue her selfe, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb [to be] always great [with me].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.

• World English Bible (2000)

  because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.

Referenced Verses

• Job 10:18-19 : 18 { "verseID": "Job.10.18", "source": "וְלָ֣מָּה מֵ֭רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע וְעַ֣יִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃", "text": "and why from *mēreḥem* *hōṣēʾtānî* *ʾegwaʿ* and *ʿayin* not *tirʾēnî*", "grammar": { "*mēreḥem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from womb", "*hōṣēʾtānî*": "Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you brought me out", "*ʾegwaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I expire/die", "*ʿayin*": "noun, common singular - eye", "*tirʾēnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 1st person suffix - it sees me" }, "variants": { "*mēreḥem*": "from womb/from birth", "*hōṣēʾtānî*": "you brought me out/you caused me to come out", "*ʾegwaʿ*": "I expire/I die/I perish", "*ʿayin*": "eye/sight" } } 19 { "verseID": "Job.10.19", "source": "כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־הָיִ֣יתִי אֶהְיֶ֑ה מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן לַקֶּ֥בֶר אוּבָֽל׃", "text": "as if not *hāyîtî* *ʾehyeh* from *mibbeṭen* to *laqqeber* *ʾûbāl*", "grammar": { "*hāyîtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st singular - I was", "*ʾehyeh*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I would be", "*mibbeṭen*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from womb", "*laqqeber*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the grave", "*ʾûbāl*": "Hophal imperfect, 1st singular - I would be carried" }, "variants": { "*hāyîtî*": "I was/I existed", "*ʾehyeh*": "I would be/I would exist", "*mibbeṭen*": "from womb/from birth", "*ʾûbāl*": "I would be carried/I would be brought/I would be led" } }
• Job 3:10-11 : 10 { "verseID": "Job.3.10", "source": "כִּ֤י לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי׃", "text": "*kî lōʾ sāgar daltê biṭnî wayyastēr ʿāmāl mēʿênāy*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - because", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*sāgar*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shut up", "*daltê*": "noun, feminine plural construct - doors of", "*biṭnî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st common singular suffix - my womb", "*wayyastēr*": "conjunction + verb, Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and hide", "*ʿāmāl*": "noun, masculine singular - trouble", "*mēʿênāy*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual with 1st common singular suffix - from my eyes" }, "variants": { "*sāgar*": "shut up/closed/bolted", "*daltê*": "doors/gates", "*biṭnî*": "my womb/my belly/my body", "*wayyastēr*": "and hide/and conceal", "*ʿāmāl*": "trouble/misery/toil/sorrow" } } 11 { "verseID": "Job.3.11", "source": "לָ֤מָּה לֹּ֣א מֵרֶ֣חֶם אָמ֑וּת מִבֶּ֖טֶן יָצָ֣אתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃", "text": "*lāmmâ lōʾ mēreḥem ʾāmût mibbeṭen yāṣāʾtî wəʾegwāʿ*", "grammar": { "*lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*mēreḥem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from womb", "*ʾāmût*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I die", "*mibbeṭen*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from belly", "*yāṣāʾtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I came out", "*wəʾegwāʿ*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - and expire" }, "variants": { "*lāmmâ*": "why/for what reason", "*mēreḥem*": "from womb/from birth", "*ʾāmût*": "I die/I would die", "*mibbeṭen*": "from belly/from womb", "*yāṣāʾtî*": "I came out/I emerged/I was delivered", "*wəʾegwāʿ*": "and expire/and perish/and die" } }
• Job 3:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Job.3.16", "source": "א֤וֹ כְנֵ֣פֶל טָ֭מוּן לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־רָ֥אוּ אֽוֹר׃", "text": "*ʾô kənēpel ṭāmûn lōʾ ʾehyeh kəʿōlălîm lōʾ-rāʾû ʾôr*", "grammar": { "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*kənēpel*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a miscarriage", "*ṭāmûn*": "verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - hidden", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾehyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I would be", "*kəʿōlălîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - like infants", "*lōʾ-rāʾû*": "negative particle + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did not see", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light" }, "variants": { "*nēpel*": "miscarriage/stillbirth/untimely birth", "*ṭāmûn*": "hidden/buried/concealed", "*ʾehyeh*": "I would be/I would have been", "*ʿōlălîm*": "infants/babies/children", "*rāʾû*": "they saw/they experienced" } }
• Eccl 6:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.3", "source": "אִם־יוֹלִ֣יד אִ֣ישׁ מֵאָ֡ה וְשָׁנִים֩ רַבּ֨וֹת יִֽחְיֶ֜ה וְרַ֣ב ׀ שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־שָׁנָ֗יו וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ לֹא־תִשְׂבַּ֣ע מִן־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה וְגַם־קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֣יְתָה לּ֑וֹ אָמַ֕רְתִּי ט֥וֹב מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַנָּֽפֶל׃", "text": "If-*yôlîd* *ʾîš* hundred and-*šānîm* *rabbôṯ* *yiḥyeh* and-many *šeyyihyû* *yəmê-šānāyw* and-*nap̄šô* not-*tiśbaʿ* from-the-*haṭṭôḇāh* and-also-*qəḇûrāh* not-*hāyəṯāh* to-him, *ʾāmartî* *ṭôḇ* from-him the-*hannāp̄el*.", "grammar": { "*yôlîd*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he begets", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years", "*rabbôṯ*": "adjective, feminine plural - many/numerous", "*yiḥyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will live", "*šeyyihyû*": "relative conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - that they will be", "*yəmê-šānāyw*": "construct state: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - days of his years", "*nap̄šô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul", "*tiśbaʿ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is satisfied/filled", "*haṭṭôḇāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the good/goodness", "*qəḇûrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - burial/grave", "*hāyəṯāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she was/became", "*ʾāmartî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I say/said", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/better", "*hannāp̄el*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the miscarriage/stillborn" }, "variants": { "*yôlîd*": "begets/fathers/brings forth", "*tiśbaʿ*": "is satisfied/is filled/has enough", "*haṭṭôḇāh*": "the good/the goodness/the prosperity", "*qəḇûrāh*": "burial/grave/tomb", "*ʾāmartî*": "I say/I declare/I pronounce", "*hannāp̄el*": "the miscarriage/the stillborn/the untimely birth" } }