Verse 12

Shall horses run on the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Løper hester på klipper? Eller pløyer man der med okser? Dere har snudd rettferdigheten til gift og det som er rett, til malurt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Skal hester løpe på fjellet? Eller vil noen pløye der med okser? For dere har gjort om retten til gift, og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• Norsk King James

  Skal hester løpe på klippene? Vil noen pløye der med okser? For dere har forvandlet rettferdigheten til bitterhet og frukten av rettferdigheten til giften.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Skal hester løpe på klippen? Skal man pløye der med okser? Dere forvandler rett til gift og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Løper hester på klippen, eller pløyer noen der med okser? For dere har gjort rett til giftig galle og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Kan hester løpe på stein? Kan man pløye der med okser? For dere har forvandlet rett til gift og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Skal hester løpe over klippen? Skal man pløye der med okser? For dere har gjort om dom til galde og utbyttet av rettferdighet til gift.

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

  Kan hester løpe på stein? Kan man pløye der med okser? For dere har forvandlet rett til gift og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Løper hester på klipper? Eller pløyer man der med okser? Likevel har dere gjort rett til gift, og rettferds frukt til malurt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do horses run on rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Løper hester på klipper, eller pløyer en med okser der? Likevel har dere forvandlet retten til gift og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mon Heste skulle løbe paa Klippen? mon man skal pløie der med Øxnene? thi I omvende Ret til Galde, og Retfærdigheds Frugt til Malurt,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Skal hester løpe på klipper, eller vil noen pløye der med okser? For dere har gjort rettferd til gift, og frukten av rettferdighet til malurt:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Løper hester på klippefjell? Pløyer man der med okser? Men dere har gjort rettferd til gift, og frukten av rettferdighet til bitterhet;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Løper hester på fjellet? Pløyer man det med okser? For dere har forvandlet rett til gift, Og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kan hester løpe på klippen? Vil noen pløye der med okser? Dere har gjort rettferdighet til galle, og rettferdighetens frukt til malurt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Kan hester løpe over klippen? kan havet pløyes med okser? for rett er blitt til gift av dere, og rettferdighetens frukt til en bitter plante.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Who can runne with horses, or plowe wt oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone? For why, ye haue turned true iudgment in to bytternesse, and the frute of rightuousnesse in to wormwod:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for yee haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewood.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Shal horses run vpo the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, & the fruite of righteousnesse into wormewood.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, And the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough `it' with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow [there] with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.

Referenced Verses

• Amos 5:7 : 7 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
• Amos 5:11-12 : 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. 12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
• Hos 10:4 : 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up as poison in the furrows of the field.
• 1 Kgs 21:7-9 : 7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
• 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.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Jer 6:29-30 : 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.
• Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
• Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow as bronze;
• Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
• Hab 1:3-4 : 3 Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to behold trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; there are those who raise up strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
• Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts sent in His Spirit by the former prophets: therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.
• Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,
• Hos 10:13 : 13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men.