Verse 11

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg omstyrtet dere, som Gud omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra; dere ble som et stykke som ble rykket fra flammene; men dere omvendte dere ikke til meg,' sier HERREN.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg har omveltet noen av dere, som Gud omveltet Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som et ildmerke raket ut av brannen: men dere har ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg har omstyrtet noen av dere som Gud omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra; dere var som et glødende brennstoff, trukket ut av flammen; likevel har dere ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg omstyrtet noen blant dere, slik Gud omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som en forbrent vedkubbe reddet fra brannen. Likevel vendte dere dere ikke til meg, sier Herren.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg veltet dere som Gud veltet Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere ble som en rusk berget ut av ilden, men likevel har dere ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg har styrtet noen av dere, slik Gud styrtet Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som en branntomt revet ut av brannen; likevel har dere ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg har ødelagt noen av dere, slik Gud ødela Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som et bålstykke trukket ut av ilden; likevel har dere ikke vendt om til meg, sier HERREN.

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

  Jeg har styrtet noen av dere, slik Gud styrtet Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som en branntomt revet ut av brannen; likevel har dere ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg har vendt om blant dere som da Gud ødela Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere ble som en brannbrand revet fra ilden. Likevel vendte dere ikke tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I overthrew some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a firebrand snatched from the burning, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg omstyrtet noen av dere, slik Gud omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra. Dere ble som en brannslått ved brann, men dere vendte ikke tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg omkastede (Nogle) iblandt eder, som Gud omkastede Sodom og Gomorra, og I vare som en rygende Brand, der reddes af en Ild; dog omvendte I eder ikke til mig, siger Herren.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg har ødelagt noen av dere, slik Gud ødela Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som en brannbrand revet ut av ilden. Likevel har dere ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Jeg har kastet om noen av dere, som da Gud kastet om Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som en brennende pinne rykket ut fra ilden; likevel har dere ikke vendt tilbake til meg," sier Yahweh.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg har omstyrtet blant dere, som Gud omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere er som en vedkubbe reddet fra en brann, men dere har ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Jehova.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg har omstyrtet byer blant dere, som da Gud omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som en brannfakkel plukket ut av brannen: likevel har dere ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Jehova.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og jeg har sendt ødeleggelse blant dere, som da Gud ødela Sodoma og Gomorra, og dere var som en brennende pinne trukket ut av ilden: men dere har fortsatt ikke vendt tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Some off you haue I ouerthrowen? as I ouerthrewe Sodome & Gomorre: so that ye were as a brande plucte out of the fyre. Yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I haue ouerthrowe you, as God ouerthrew Sodom & Gomorah: and ye were as a firebrand pluckt out of the burning: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I haue ouerthrowen you, as God ouerthrewe Sodoma and Gomorra: and ye were as a fire brande pluckt out of the burning: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, sayth the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "I have overthrown some of you, As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; Yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have overturned among you, Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, And ye are as a brand delivered from a burning, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me.” The LORD is speaking!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 13:19 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Zech 3:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is this not a brand plucked from the fire?
• Gen 19:24-25 : 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
• Amos 4:6 : 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.
• Jude 1:23 : 23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
• Rev 9:20 : 20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
• 1 Cor 3:15 : 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss: but he himself will be saved; yet so as through fire.
• 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
• Jude 1:7 : 7 As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
• Jer 6:28-30 : 28 They are all grievous rebels, walking with slanders; they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. 29 The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the refiner melts in vain, for the wicked are not removed. 30 Rejected silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.
• Jer 23:14 : 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
• Jer 49:18 : 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, nor shall a son of man reside in it.
• Ezek 22:17-22 : 17 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me like dross: all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. 21 Yes, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; and you shall know that I the LORD have poured out My fury upon you.
• Ezek 24:13 : 13 In your filthiness is depravity: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged of your filthiness anymore, until I have caused my fury to rest upon you.
• Hos 11:8 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I deliver you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is kindled together.