Verse 4

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on its feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    ‘Det første dyret var som en løve, og det hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så hvordan vingene plutselig ble revnet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og stod på to føtter som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskehjerte.’

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så til vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og stående på to føtter som et menneske, og et menneskehjerte ble gitt det.

  • Norsk King James

    Den første var lik en løve og hadde ørns vinger. Jeg så at vingene ble fjernet, og den ble hevet opp fra jorden, og sto på føttene som et menneske, og fikk et menneskes hjerte.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Det første var som en løve, og det hadde vinger som en ørn; jeg så til vingene ble revet av det, og det ble løftet fra jorden og satt på føttene som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskes hjerte.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Det første lignet en løve med ørnevinger. Mens jeg så på, ble vingene revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og stilt på to føtter som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskes hjerte.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så på det til vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og stilt på føttene som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskehjerte.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Det første var lik en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så til at vingene ble revet bort, at den ble løftet opp fra jorden og satt på føttene som et menneske, og et menneskehjerte ble gitt den.

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

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så på det til vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og stilt på føttene som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskehjerte.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Det første var som en løve, og den hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så til vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og satt på to føtter som et menneske, og det ble gitt et menneskehjerte.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The first was like a lion and had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground to stand on two feet like a man, and a human heart was given to it.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så på til vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og satt på to bein som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskehjerte.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Det første var som en Løve, og det havde Vinger (som) en Ørn; jeg saae til, indtil at dets Vinger bleve afplukkede af det, og det blev opløftet fra Jorden, og det blev opreist paa Fødderne som et Menneske, og det blev givet et Menneskes Hjerte.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så på det helt til vingene ble rykket av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og satt til å stå på to føtter som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskehjerte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så til vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og satt på to føtter som et menneske; et menneskehjerte ble gitt til det.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så at vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og satt på føtter som en mann, og det fikk et menneskehjerte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Den første var lik en løve og hadde ørnevinger. Jeg så til vingene ble revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og stilt på to føtter som et menneske; det fikk også et menneskehjerte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Det første var som en løve og hadde ørnevinger; mens jeg så på, ble vingene revet av, og det ble løftet opp fra jorden og stilt på to føtter som et menneske, og det fikk et menneskehjerte.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The first was as a lyon, and yet had he Aegles wynges. I sawe, that his wynges were plucte from him, and he taken awaye from the earth: that he stode vpon his fete as a man, and that there was geuen him a mans herte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The first was as a lyon, & had egles wings: I beheld, til the wings thereof were pluckt of, and it was lifted vp from the earth, and set vpon his feete as a man, and a mans heart was giuen him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The first was as a lion, and had Egles winges: I beheld till his winges were pluckt from him, and he lifted vp from the earth, & set vpon his feete like a man, & there was geuen him a mans heart.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The first `is' like a lion, and it hath an eagle's wings. I was seeing till that its wings have been plucked, and it hath been lifted up from the earth, and on feet as a man it hath been caused to stand, and a heart of man is given to it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “The first one was like a lion with eagles’ wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:7 : 7 The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
  • Ezek 17:3 : 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers of various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
  • Isa 14:13-17 : 13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will also sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. 15 Yet you will be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see you will look narrowly upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house of his prisoners?
  • Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
  • Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you still say before him who slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him who slays you.
  • Dan 4:30-33 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken; The kingdom has departed from you. 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws.
  • Dan 4:36 : 36 At the same time, my reason returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my honor and brightness returned to me; and my counselors and my lords sought me out; and I was reestablished in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added to me.
  • Dan 5:18-23 : 18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, majesty, glory, and honor. 19 And because of the majesty that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this. 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
  • Hab 1:6-8 : 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwellingplaces that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
  • Hab 2:5-9 : 5 Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that will bite you, and awake that will vex you, and you shall be for plunder to them? 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein. 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul.
  • Matt 24:28 : 28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
  • Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up like clouds, and his chariots shall be like a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
  • Jer 25:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
  • Jer 25:38 : 38 He has forsaken His shelter, like a lion; for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of His fierce anger.
  • Jer 48:40 : 40 For thus says the LORD: Behold, he shall fly like an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.
  • Jer 50:30-32 : 30 Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, says the LORD. 31 Behold, I am against you, O most proud, says the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day has come, the time that I will visit you. 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall help him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all around him.
  • Lam 4:19 : 19 Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
  • 2 Sam 1:23 : 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
  • Job 25:6 : 6 How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm?
  • Ps 9:20 : 20 Put them in fear, O LORD, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
  • Isa 5:28-29 : 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and seize the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it.