Verse 9

Say thus says the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it withers? It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by its roots.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Vil det lykkes? Vil ikke røttene det ble plantet med bli rykket opp, og fruktene det bar bli kuttet ned så det tørker bort? All dens fruktbare vekst vil vissne. Ingen mektig hånd eller stor hær vil redde det.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Skal den lykkes? Skal han ikke dra opp dens røtter, og kutte dens frukt så den visner? Den skal visne med alle sine blader. Det skal skje uten stor makt eller mange folk til å dra den opp med røttene.

• Norsk King James

  Si du, Slik sier Herren Gud; Skal den blomstre? Vil han ikke dra opp røttene dens og kutte av frukten dens, så den visner? Den skal visne blant alle bladene sine om våren, uten stor makt eller mange folk til å dra opp røttene dens.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Vil det lykkes? Skal man ikke rykke opp dets røtter og kutte av dets frukt? Og det skal bli tørt, helt uttørket med alle sine skudd, uten at det trengs en stor armé eller mange folk for å dra det opp fra røttene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Skal det lykkes? Skal ikke røttene bli revet opp? Skal ikke frukten bli avskåret så det visner? Alle de friske bladene skal visne uten stor kraft og uten mange folk for å dra det opp med røttene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud; Skal det lykkes? Skal han ikke rive opp røttene derav, og kutte av frukten derav, så det visner? Det skal visne alle løvbladene på våren, selv uten stor makt eller mange mennesker til å plukke det opp med røttene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Si: Slik sier Herren Gud: Skal den lykkes? Eller skal han ikke rive opp dens røtter og fjerne dens frukt, slik at den visner? Den vil visne gjennom alle sine spirende blader, uten den minste kraft eller nok folk til å rive den opp ved roten.

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

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud; Skal det lykkes? Skal han ikke rive opp røttene derav, og kutte av frukten derav, så det visner? Det skal visne alle løvbladene på våren, selv uten stor makt eller mange mennesker til å plukke det opp med røttene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Vil den lykkes? Vil han ikke rive opp dens røtter og klippe av dens frukt, slik at den tørker? Alle de nye skuddene vil tørke. Det vil ikke trenges noen stor styrke eller mange mennesker for å fjerne den.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Skal den trives? Vil den ikke rykke opp sine røtter og avkutte sin frukt, så den visner? Alle de friske bladene vil visne uten mektig styrke eller mange mennesker for å løfte den opp fra røttene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Siig: Saa sagde den Herre Herre: Skulde det lykkes? skal man ikke oprykke dets Rødder og afslaae dets Frugt? og det skal blive tørt, (ja, det skal) blive tørt med alle sine Væxters afbrudte (Blade), dog ikke ved en stor Arm eller ved meget Folk, at optage det fra sine Rødder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Si du: Så sier Herren Gud; Skal den lykkes? Skal ikke han trekke opp røttene og kutte av dens frukt, så den visner? Den skal visne med alle sine blader, selv uten stor makt eller mange folk til å plukke den opp ved dets røtter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Si derfor: Så sier Herren Gud: Skal den blomstre? Vil den ikke bli dratt opp ved røttene, og dens frukt bli kuttet av, slik at den visner; skal ikke alle dens friske blader visne? Og ingen sterk arm eller stort folk kan løfte den fra dens røtter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Vil den blomstre? Skal ikke røttene rives opp, og frukten kuttes av og begynne å visne? Alle bladene vil visne uten stor styrke eller mange mennesker for å løfte den opp med røttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Skal den ha fremgang? Skal han ikke dra opp røttene og kutte av frukten, så den visner; slik at alle dens nye skudd visner? Ikke ved en sterk arm eller mange folk kan den bli hevet opp fra sine røtter.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Si, Dette sier Herren: Vil den klare seg? Vil han ikke trekke opp røttene og kutte av grenene, så alle de unge bladene tørker, og den blir revet opp med røttene?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Speake thou therfore, thus saieth the LORDE God: Shal this vyne prospere? shal not his rotes be pluckte out, his frute broken of, his grene braunches wythereed and fade awaye? yee without ether stronge arme or many people, shal it be plucked vp by the rotes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to drie? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Speake thou therfore, thus saith the Lorde God: Shall this vine prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes therof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to dry? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth -- its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? `In' all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘Say to them: This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.

Referenced Verses

• Num 14:41 : 41 And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
• 2 Kgs 25:4-7 : 4 And the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldeans were against the city all around:) and the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army scattered from him. 6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah; and they pronounced judgment on him. 7 And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 And behold, God himself is with us as our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to sound alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
• 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.
• Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; and listen, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
• Isa 30:1-7 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: through a land of trouble and anguish, from which come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
• Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
• Jer 21:4-7 : 4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their lives, and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy.
• Jer 24:8-9 : 8 And as for the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus says the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the rest of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt: 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
• Jer 29:4-7 : 4 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. 6 Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may have sons and daughters; that you may increase there and not diminish. 7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it: for in its peace you will have peace.
• Jer 32:5 : 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.
• Jer 37:10 : 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remain only wounded men among them, yet they shall rise up, every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Jer 52:7-9 : 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night, by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were all around the city:) and they went by the way of the plain. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment upon him. 10 And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
• Ezek 17:10 : 10 Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
• Ezek 17:15-17 : 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered? 16 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, by casting up mounds and building forts to cut off many persons: