Verse 18

Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva ønsker dere av den? Den dagen skal bringe mørke og ikke lys.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva betyr den for dere? Herrens dag er mørke, ikke lys.

• Norsk King James

  Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva vil den føre med seg for dere? Herrens dag er mørke, ikke lys.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ve dem som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva skal den tjene dere til? Herrens dag er mørke og ikke lys,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ve dem som lenges etter Herrens dag! Hva er Herrens dag for dere? Det er mørke, ikke lys.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ve dem som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva skal den være for dere? Herrens dag er mørke, ikke lys.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva gagn har det for dere? For Herrens dag er mørke, ikke lys.

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

  Ve dem som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva skal den være for dere? Herrens dag er mørke, ikke lys.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ve dem som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva er Herrens dag for dere? Det er mørke, ikke lys.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you desire it? The day of the Lord will be darkness and not light.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Amos.5.18", "source": "ה֥וֹי הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖ים אֶת־י֣וֹם יְהוָ֑ה לָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם י֥וֹם יְהוָ֖ה הוּא־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃", "text": "Woe *ha-mitʾawwîm* *ʾet*-*yôm* *YHWH*; why-this to-you *yôm* *YHWH*? It-is-*ḥōshekh* and-not-*ʾôr*", "grammar": { "*ha-mitʾawwîm*": "definite article + participle, hithpael, masculine plural - the ones desiring/longing", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular construct - day of", "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*ḥōshekh*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light" }, "variants": { "*mitʾawwîm*": "ones desiring/longing for/craving", "*yôm* *YHWH*": "day of YHWH/LORD (eschatological concept)", "*ḥōshekh*": "darkness/obscurity" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ve dem som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hvorfor ønsker dere Herrens dag? Den er mørke og ikke lys.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vee dem, som begjære Herrens Dag! hvortil (tjener) den eder? Herrens Dag, den er Mørkhed og ikke Lys,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva skal den dagen bli for dere? Herrens dag er mørke og ikke lys.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  «Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hvorfor lengter dere etter Herrens dag? Den er mørke og ikke lys.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ve dere som lengter etter Jehovas dag! Hva betyr Jehovas dag for dere? Den er mørke og ikke lys,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hvorfor ønsker dere Herrens dag? Det er mørke, ikke lys.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ve dere som lengter etter Herrens dag! Hva er Herrens dag for dere? Det er mørke og ikke lys.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wo be vnto them that desyre the daye off ye LORDE: Wherfore wolde ye haue it? As for that daye of the LORDE, it shalbe darcke ad not cleare:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Woe vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord is darkenes and not light.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lorde, what haue ye to do with it? the day of the Lorde is darkenes, and not light.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, And not light.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why `is' this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come.
• Joel 2:1-2 : 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near at hand; 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
• Jer 30:7 : 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
• Isa 5:19 : 19 Who say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
• Isa 5:30 : 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.
• Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
• Zeph 1:14-15 : 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
• Mal 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap:
• Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
• Isa 9:19 : 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is burned and the people will be as fuel for the fire; no man will spare his brother.
• Isa 24:11-12 : 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
• Isa 28:15-22 : 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves: 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it. 19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning it shall pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his unusual act. 22 Now therefore do not be mockers, lest your bonds be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
• Jer 17:15 : 15 Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now.
• Ezek 12:22 : 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
• Ezek 12:27 : 27 Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.
• Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.