Verse 1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, 'Bring, and let us drink.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hør dette ordet, dere rike kvinner i Samaria, dere som utnytter de fattige og tramper på de nødlidende, og som sier til mennene deres: 'Kom og gi meg noe å drikke!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hør dette ordet, dere Basans kyr, som er på Samarias fjell, dere som undertrykker de fattige, som knuser de nødstilte, som sier til deres herrer: Kom med, så vi kan drikke.

• Norsk King James

  Hør dette budskapet, dere okser fra Bashan som bor på Samarias høyder, som undertrykker de fattige og knuser de trengende, og sier til deres herrer: Kom, la oss drikke.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hør dette ord, dere Basans kuer, som er på Samarias fjell, som undertrykker de fattige, som knuser de trengende, som sier til deres herrer: Kom hit med mer, så vi kan drikke!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hør dette ordet, dere velnærte kyr på Basans fjell i Samaria, dere som undertrykker de fattige og knuser de trengende, og sier til deres herrer: 'Bring, så vi kan drikke!'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hør dette ordet, dere kyr fra Basan, som er på Samarias fjell, dere som undertrykker de fattige, knuser de trengende og sier til deres herrer: Kom med, så vi kan drikke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hør dette ord, dere okser i Basan, som holder til i fjellene i Samaria, dere som undertrykker de fattige, knuser de trengende, og sier til deres herrer: ‘Bring, så vi kan drikke.’

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

  Hør dette ordet, dere kyr fra Basan, som er på Samarias fjell, dere som undertrykker de fattige, knuser de trengende og sier til deres herrer: Kom med, så vi kan drikke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hør dette ordet, dere velstående kvinner på Samarias fjell, dere som undertrykker de fattige og knuser de nødstilte, og sier til deres herrer: 'Kom med vin, la oss drikke!'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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!'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hør dette ordet, dere kyr fra Basan, som er på fjellet i Samaria, dere som undertrykker de fattige og knuser de trengende, som sier til deres herrer: 'Bring, så vi kan drikke!'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hører dette Ord, I Basans Køer! som ere paa Samarias Bjerg, som undertrykke de Ringe, som knuse de Fattige, som sige til deres Herrer: Bær hid, at vi kunne drikke!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Saria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hør dette ordet, dere kyr av Basan, som er på Samarias fjell, dere som undertrykker de fattige og knuser de trengende, dere som sier til deres herrer: «Kom med, og la oss drikke.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hør dette ordet, dere Basans kyr, som er på Samarias fjell, som undertrykker de fattige, som knuser de trengende, som sier til sine herrer: "Kom med, så vi kan drikke."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hør dette ordet, dere kuer av Basan, som er på Samarias fjell, dere som undertrykker de fattige, og knuser de trengende, og som sier til deres herrer: 'Kom med, la oss drikke.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hør dette ordet, dere storfe fra Basan, som er på Samarias fjell, som undertrykker de fattige, knuser de nødtrengende, og sier til sine herrer: Bring, så vi kan drikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Lytt til dette ordet, dere kyr fra Basan, som er på Samarias høyder, dere som undertrykker de fattige og knuser de trengende; dere som sier til deres herrer: «Bring vin og gi oss noe å drikke.»

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Heare this worde, o ye fat kyne, that be vpon the hill of Samaria: ye that do poore me wronge, and oppresse the nedy: ye that saye to youre lordes: brynge hyther, let vs drynke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Heare this worde, ye kine of Bashan that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, & destroy the needie, and they say to their masters, Bring, and let vs drinke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Heare this worde ye kyne of Basan, that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, & destroy the needy, which say to their maisters, Bring and let vs drinke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their lords, "Bring, and let us drink."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who `are' in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: `Bring in, and we do drink.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, "Bring us drinks!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands,“Bring us more to drink!”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:12 : 12 Many bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
• Amos 6:1 : 1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
• Amos 5:11 : 11 Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.
• Ezek 39:18 : 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
• Joel 3:3 : 3 And they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy in exchange for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
• Amos 2:6-8 : 6 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes: 7 They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go in to the same maid, to profane My holy name: 8 They lie down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
• Amos 3:9-9 : 9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in its midst, and the oppressed within it. 10 For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
• Exod 22:21-25 : 21 You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. 25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
• Deut 15:9-9 : 9 Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you. 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.
• Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always:
• Deut 32:14-15 : 14 Butter of cattle, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you drank the pure blood of the grape. 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, he built on the hill, and he called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
• Job 20:19 : 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build;
• Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.
• Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
• Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family I devise an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily, for this time is evil.
• Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron.
• Zech 7:10-11 : 10 And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you plot evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
• Jas 5:1-6 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been indulgent; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and killed the righteous; and he does not resist you.
• Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
• Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
• Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not remove the ancient landmark, and do not enter the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.
• Eccl 4:1 : 1 So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.
• Isa 1:17-24 : 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. 21 How the faithful city has become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water: 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them. 24 Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:
• Isa 5:8 : 8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
• Jer 5:26-29 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich. 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
• Jer 6:6 : 6 For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Cut down trees, and build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited; she is full of oppression in her midst.
• Jer 7:6 : 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;
• Jer 50:11 : 11 Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of my heritage, because you have grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow like bulls;
• Jer 50:27 : 27 Slay all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
• Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me up like a monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has thrown me out.
• Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
• Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
• Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.