Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Derfor, fordi dere tråkker den fattige ned og krever skatter fra ham for korn, bygger dere hus av hugget stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere planter vakre vingårder, men dere skal ikke få drikke vin fra dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor, siden dere tråkker ned de fattige, og tar kornavgift fra dem, har dere bygd steinhus, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet vakre vingårder, men dere skal ikke drikke vin av dem.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi dere tramper på de fattige, og tar bort hvete fra dem: dere har bygd hus med hugget stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet behagelige vingårder, men dere skal ikke drikke vin fra dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor, siden dere undertrykker den fattige og tar kornavgift av ham, har dere bygget hus av hugget stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem. Dere har plantet ønskelige vinmarker, men dere skal ikke drikke vin fra dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Derfor, fordi dere knuser den fattige og krever kornavgift fra ham, har dere bygd hus av huggen stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet kostbare vingårder, men dere skal ikke drikke vinen fra dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor, siden dere tråkker på den fattige, og tar fra ham hveteavgifter, har dere bygd hus av hugget stein, men skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet behagelige vinmarker, men skal ikke drikke vin fra dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Fordi dere tramper på de fattige og tar deres hvete, har dere bygget hus av hugget stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har anlagt vakre vingårder, men dere skal ikke få drikke deres vin.

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

  Derfor, siden dere tråkker på den fattige, og tar fra ham hveteavgifter, har dere bygd hus av hugget stein, men skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet behagelige vinmarker, men skal ikke drikke vin fra dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Fordi dere trår den fattige ned og krever korngave av ham: Byggede hus av hugget stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; plantede herlige vingårder, men dere skal ikke drikke deres vin.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Fordi dere undertrykker de fattige og tar fra dem kornavgift, har dere bygget hus av huggen stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet prektige vingårder, men dere skal ikke drikke vinen fra dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor, fordi I traadte paa den Fattige, og I toge Korns tunge (Rente) af ham, (saa) have I (vel) bygget Huse af hugne Stene, men I skulle ikke boe i dem, I have plantet ønskelige Viingaarde, men I skulle ikke drikke Viin af dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fordi dere tråkker på de fattige og krever kornavgift fra dem, har dere bygget hus av hugget stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet vakre vingårder, men skal ikke drikke vinen fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fordi dere undertrykker de fattige, Og tar kornavgift fra dem: Dere har bygd hus av hugget stein, Men dere skal ikke bo i dem. Dere har plantet deilige vinmarker, Men dere skal ikke drikke vinen fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Derfor, fordi dere undertrykker de fattige, og tar kornavgifter fra dem, har dere bygd hus av hugget sten, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet ønskelige vingårder, men dere skal ikke drikke deres vin.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor, siden dere tramper på de fattige og tar skatter av deres korn: dere har bygd hus av hugget stein, men dere skal ikke bo i dem; dere har plantet vakre vingårder, men dere skal ikke drikke vinen av dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så fordi den fattige blir knust under føttene deres, og dere tar kornskatt fra ham: dere har bygget hus av hugget stein til dere selv, men dere vil ikke hvile i dem; de vakre vingårdene dere plantet vil ikke gi dere vin.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For so moch the as ye oppresse ye poore, and robbe him of his best sustenaunce: therfore, where as ye haue buylded houses off square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Maruelos pleasaunt vynyardes shall ye plante, but the wyne of the shal ye not drynke: and why?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 6:15 : 15 You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; and crush grapes, but not drink the wine.
• Deut 28:30 : 30 You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.
• Zeph 1:13 : 13 Therefore their goods shall become plunder, and their houses a desolation: they shall build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine from them.
• Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?
• Rev 11:8-9 : 8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9 And those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be put in graves. 10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwelt on the earth.
• Hag 1:6 : 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.
• Deut 28:38-39 : 38 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
• Isa 5:7-8 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry. 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 59:13-14 : 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is turned backward, and justice stands far off: for truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
• Isa 65:21-22 : 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
• Amos 3:15-4:1 : 15 And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end, says the LORD. 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.'
• Mic 2:2 : 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.
• 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.