Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Psalms.90.3", "source": "תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃", "text": "You *tāšēḇ* *ʾĕnôš* to *dakkāʾ*, and you *tōʾmer* *šûḇû* *bĕnê*-*ʾāḏām*.", "grammar": { "*tāšēḇ*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you return/cause to return", "*ʾĕnôš*": "masculine singular - mankind/man", "*ʿaḏ-dakkāʾ*": "preposition + masculine singular - to dust/crushing/contrition", "*watōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you say", "*šûḇû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - return", "*bĕnê-ʾāḏām*": "masculine plural construct + proper name - sons of Adam/mankind/humans" }, "variants": { "*tāšēḇ*": "you return/you cause to return/you turn", "*ʾĕnôš*": "mankind/mortals/humanity/frail humans", "*dakkāʾ*": "dust/crushing/contrition/destruction", "*šûḇû*": "return/turn back/repent", "*bĕnê-ʾāḏām*": "sons of Adam/children of mankind/humans" } }

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støvet og sier: Vend tilbake, du menneske!

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du lar mennesket gå tilbake til støvet, og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• Norsk King James

  Du vender mennesket til støv; og sier: Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: Kom tilbake, dere menneskebarn!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: 'Vend tilbake, menneskebarn.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du vender mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du fører mennesket mot undergang; og du sier: Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.

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

  Du vender mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støvet og sier: «Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You turn humankind back to dust, saying, 'Return, O children of man.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du vender mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: 'Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du forvandler et Menneske, at han bliver knust, og du siger: Kommer igjen, I Menneskens Børn!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv; og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du fører mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: «Vend tilbake, menneskebarn.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du lar mennesker bli til støv igjen, og sier: Vend tilbake, menneskebarn.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du sender mennesket tilbake til støvet, og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye children of men.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust: thou sayest also, O ye children of men returne you into dust.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You make mankind return to the dust, and say,“Return, O people!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Genesis.3.19", "source": "בְּזֵעַ֤ת אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ תֹּ֣אכַל לֶ֔חֶם עַ֤ד שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ כִּֽי־עָפָ֣ר אַ֔תָּה וְאֶל־עָפָ֖ר תָּשֽׁוּב׃", "text": "In *zēʿat* *ʾappêkā* *tōʾkal* *leḥem* until *šûbĕkā* to the *ʾădāmāh*, for from it *luqqāḥtā*; for *ʿāp̄ār* *ʾattāh*, and to *ʿāp̄ār* *tāšûb*.", "grammar": { "*zēʿat*": "noun, feminine, construct - sweat of", "*ʾappêkā*": "noun, masculine, dual + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your face/nostrils", "*tōʾkal*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will eat", "*leḥem*": "noun, masculine, singular - bread/food", "*šûbĕkā*": "verb, qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your return", "*ʾădāmāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - ground/earth", "*luqqāḥtā*": "verb, pual perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you were taken", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine, singular - dust", "*ʾattāh*": "pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you", "*tāšûb*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will return" }, "variants": { "*ʾappayim*": "face/nostrils/nose", "*leḥem*": "bread/food/sustenance" } }
• Job 34:14-15 : 14 { "verseID": "Job.34.14", "source": "אִם־יָשִׂ֣ים אֵלָ֣יו לִבּ֑וֹ רוּח֥וֹ וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹ אֵלָ֥יו יֶאֱסֹֽף׃", "text": "*ʾim-yāśîm* *ʾēlāyw* *libbô* *rûḥô* *wə-nišmātô* *ʾēlāyw* *yeʾĕsōp*", "grammar": { "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if", "*yāśîm*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he sets", "*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him", "*libbô*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his heart", "*rûḥô*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his spirit", "*wə-nišmātô*": "waw conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his breath", "*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to himself", "*yeʾĕsōp*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gathers" }, "variants": { "*yāśîm*": "sets/places/directs", "*libbô*": "his heart/his mind/his attention", "*rûḥô*": "his spirit/his breath/his wind", "*nišmātô*": "his breath/his life-breath/his spirit", "*yeʾĕsōp*": "gathers/withdraws/takes back" } } 15 { "verseID": "Job.34.15", "source": "יִגְוַ֣ע כָּל־בָּשָׂ֣ר יָ֑חַד וְ֝אָדָ֗ם עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָשֽׁוּב׃", "text": "*yigwaʿ* *kol-bāśār* *yāḥad* *wə-ʾādām* *ʿal-ʿāpār* *yāšûb*", "grammar": { "*yigwaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would expire", "*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of", "*bāśār*": "masculine singular noun - flesh", "*yāḥad*": "adverb - together", "*wə-ʾādām*": "waw conjunction + masculine singular noun - and mankind", "*ʿal*": "preposition - to/upon", "*ʿāpār*": "masculine singular noun - dust", "*yāšûb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would return" }, "variants": { "*yigwaʿ*": "would expire/would perish/would die", "*kol-bāśār*": "all flesh/every living thing/all creatures", "*yāḥad*": "together/at once/simultaneously", "*ʾādām*": "mankind/humanity/humankind", "*ʿāpār*": "dust/earth/soil", "*yāšûb*": "would return/would go back/would revert" } }
• Ps 104:29 : 29 { "verseID": "Psalms.104.29", "source": "תַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנֶיךָ֮ יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן תֹּסֵ֣ף ר֭וּחָם יִגְוָע֑וּן וְֽאֶל־עֲפָרָ֥ם יְשׁוּֽבוּ֥ן׃", "text": "You *tastîr* your *pānîm*, they *yibbāhēlûn*; you *tōsēp* their *rûḥām*, they *yigwā'ûn*, *wə'el*-their *'ăpārām* they *yəšûbûn*.", "grammar": { "*tastîr*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hide", "*pānîm*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face", "*yibbāhēlûn*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they are terrified/dismayed", "*tōsēp*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you gather/take away", "*rûḥām*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their breath/spirit", "*yigwā'ûn*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they expire/die/perish", "*wə'el*": "conjunction with preposition - and to", "*'ăpārām*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their dust", "*yəšûbûn*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they return" }, "variants": { "*tastîr*": "hide/conceal/withdraw", "*pānîm*": "face/presence/favor", "*yibbāhēlûn*": "be terrified/dismayed/troubled/alarmed", "*tōsēp*": "gather/take away/remove/add", "*rûḥām*": "breath/spirit/wind", "*yigwā'ûn*": "expire/die/perish", "*'ăpārām*": "dust/soil/earth/ground", "*yəšûbûn*": "return/go back/revert" } }
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.12.7", "source": "וְיָשֹׁ֧ב הֶעָפָ֛ר עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה וְהָר֣וּחַ תָּשׁ֔וּב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְתָנָֽהּ׃", "text": "Wə-*yāšōḇ* he-*ʿāpār* *ʿal*-hā-*ʾāreṣ* kə-še-*hāyāh* wə-hā-*rûaḥ* *tāšûḇ* *ʾel*-hā-*ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾăšer* *nətānāh*", "grammar": { "*yāšōḇ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will return", "*ʿāpār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust/soil", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/to", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it was", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - spirit/breath/wind", "*tāšûḇ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will return", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who/which", "*nətānāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he gave it" }, "variants": { "*ʿāpār*": "dust/soil/earth (reference to Genesis 3:19)", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/life-force", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God (plural form used as singular)" } }
• Ps 146:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.146.4", "source": "תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃", "text": "*tetseʾ* *ruḥo* *yashub* *le-ʾadmato* *ba-yom* *ha-huʾ* *ʾabdu* *ʿeshtonotav*", "grammar": { "*tetseʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - goes out/departs", "*ruḥo*": "noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his breath/spirit", "*yashub*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he returns", "*le-ʾadmato*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his ground/earth/soil", "*ba-yom*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - in the day", "*ha-huʾ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine, singular - that", "*ʾabdu*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they perish", "*ʿeshtonotav*": "noun, feminine, plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his thoughts/plans" }, "variants": { "*ruḥo*": "his breath/his spirit", "*ʾadmato*": "his ground/his earth/his soil/his dust", "*ʿeshtonotav*": "his thoughts/his plans/his schemes/his intentions" } }
• Gen 6:6-7 : 6 { "verseID": "Genesis.6.6", "source": "וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת־הֽ͏ָאָדָ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wa-yinnāḥem* *YHWH* that *ʿāśâ* *ʾet*-*hā-ʾādām* in *ʾāreṣ* and *wa-yitʿaṣṣēb* unto *libbô*", "grammar": { "*wa-yinnāḥem*": "conjunction + niphal imperfect 3ms - and he repented/was sorry/regretted", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ʿāśâ*": "qal perfect 3ms - he made/had made", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*hā-ʾādām*": "noun masculine singular with definite article - man/mankind/humanity", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular with prefix preposition - in the earth/land", "*wa-yitʿaṣṣēb*": "conjunction + hithpael imperfect 3ms - and he was grieved/pained", "*libbô*": "noun masculine singular + 3ms suffix with prefix preposition - to his heart" }, "variants": { "*wa-yinnāḥem*": "repented/was sorry/regretted/changed his mind/was grieved", "*wa-yitʿaṣṣēb*": "was grieved/was pained/was distressed", "*ʾel-libbô*": "in his heart/to his heart/within himself" } } 7 { "verseID": "Genesis.6.7", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶמְחֶ֨ה אֶת־הָאָדָ֤ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֙אתִי֙ מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הֽ͏ָאֲדָמָ֔ה מֽ͏ֵאָדָם֙ עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַד־רֶ֖מֶשׂ וְעַד־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כִּ֥י נִחַ֖מְתִּי כִּ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽם׃", "text": "*wa-yōʾmer* *YHWH* *ʾemḥeh* *ʾet*-*hā-ʾādām* which *bārāʾtî* from upon *pĕnê* *hā-ʾădāmâ* from *ʾādām* unto *bĕhēmâ* unto *remeś* and unto *ʿôp̄* *ha-šāmayim* because *niḥamtî* that *ʿăśîtîm*", "grammar": { "*wa-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ʾemḥeh*": "qal imperfect 1cs - I will destroy/wipe out/blot out", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*hā-ʾādām*": "noun masculine singular with definite article - man/mankind/humanity", "*bārāʾtî*": "qal perfect 1cs - I created/I have created", "*pĕnê*": "noun masculine plural construct - face of", "*hā-ʾădāmâ*": "noun feminine singular with definite article - the ground/earth/land", "*ʾādām*": "noun masculine singular with prefix preposition - from man", "*bĕhēmâ*": "noun feminine singular with prefix preposition - to beast/cattle", "*remeś*": "noun masculine singular with prefix preposition - to creeping thing", "*ʿôp̄*": "noun masculine singular construct with prefix conjunction and preposition - and to fowl/birds of", "*ha-šāmayim*": "noun masculine dual with definite article - the heavens/sky", "*niḥamtî*": "niphal perfect 1cs - I am sorry/I repent/I regret", "*ʿăśîtîm*": "qal perfect 1cs + 3mp suffix - I made them" }, "variants": { "*ʾemḥeh*": "blot out/wipe away/destroy/erase", "*pĕnê*": "face/surface", "*niḥamtî*": "I am sorry/I repent/I regret/I am grieved" } }
• Num 14:35 : 35 { "verseID": "Numbers.14.35", "source": "אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ אִם־לֹ֣א ׀ זֹ֣את אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂ֗ה לְכָל־הָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים עָלָ֑י בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ", "text": "I *YHWH* *dibbartī* if-not this *ʾeʿĕśeh* to-all-the-*ʿēdāh* the-*rāʿāh* the-this, the-*nôʿādîm* against-me; in-the-*midbār* the-this *yittammû* and-there *yāmutû*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton", "*dibbartī*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I have spoken", "*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "imperfect, 1st person singular - I will do", "*ʿēdāh*": "feminine singular construct - congregation/assembly", "*rāʿāh*": "feminine singular adjective - evil/wicked", "*nôʿādîm*": "niphal participle, masculine plural - those who gather/assemble", "*midbār*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - wilderness/desert", "*yittammû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will be consumed/perish", "*yāmutû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will die" }, "variants": { "*YHWH*": "LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah - divine name", "*dibbartī*": "spoken/declared/promised", "*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "do/execute/perform/fulfill", "*ʿēdāh*": "congregation/assembly/community", "*rāʿāh*": "evil/wicked/harmful", "*nôʿādîm*": "assembled against/gathered together against", "*midbār*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land", "*yittammû*": "be consumed/perish/come to an end", "*yāmutû*": "die/perish" } }
• Job 12:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Job.12.10", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל־חָ֑י וְ֝ר֗וּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃", "text": "*ʾăšer* *bə-yādô* *nepeš* *kāl-ḥāy* *wə-rûaḥ* *kāl-bəśar-ʾîš*", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*bə-yādô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand", "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular construct - soul/life of", "*kāl-ḥāy*": "noun, masculine singular construct + adjective, masculine singular - every living thing", "*wə-rûaḥ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and spirit/breath of", "*kāl-bəśar-ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - all flesh of man" }, "variants": { "*yādô*": "his hand/power/control", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/being", "*ḥāy*": "living/alive", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/wind", "*bəśar*": "flesh/body/meat", "*ʾîš*": "man/person/human" } }