Verse 27

Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Fyrstene i landet er som ulver; de utøser blod og ødelegger sjeler for sin egen vinning.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Hennes fyrster i midten av henne er som ulver som river sitt bytte i stykker for å utøse blod, for å ødelegge sjeler, for å oppnå uærlig vinning.

  • Norsk King James

    Hennes prinser midt i henne er som ulver som ransaker byttet, for å utgyte blod og ødelegge sjeler for å få uærlige penger.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hennes fyrster i henne er som ulver som røver bytte, de utøser blod og ødelegger sjeler for å drive grådighet.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Hennes fyrster er som ulver som river bytte for å utøse blod, ødelegge sjeler for egen vinning.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Hennes fyrster midt i henne er som ulver som river i stykker byttet for å utøse blod, for å ødelegge sjeler, for å oppnå uredelig vinning.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Hennes ledere midt i henne er som ulver som hylster etter byttet, for å utgyte blod, ødelegge sjeler og skaffe seg uærlig vinning.

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

    Hennes fyrster midt i henne er som ulver som river i stykker byttet for å utøse blod, for å ødelegge sjeler, for å oppnå uredelig vinning.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hennes ledere i byen er som ulver som river sitt bytte, for å utøse blod, ødelegge sjeler, for å vinne urett fortjeneste.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and destroy lives to make unjust gain.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Ezekiel.22.27", "source": "שָׂרֶ֣יהָ בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ כִּזְאֵבִ֖ים טֹ֣רְפֵי טָ֑רֶף לִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּם֙ לְאַבֵּ֣ד נְפָשׁ֔וֹת לְמַ֖עַן בְּצֹ֥עַ בָּֽצַע׃", "text": "Her *śāreyhā* in *qirbāh* like *zəʾēḇîm* *ṭōrəp̄ê* *ṭārep̄*; to *lišpāḵ*-*dām*, to *ʾabbēḏ* *nəp̄āšôṯ*, for *ləmaʿan* *bəṣōaʿ* *bāṣaʿ*", "grammar": { "*śāreyhā*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'her princes'", "*qirbāh*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'her midst'", "*zəʾēḇîm*": "masculine plural noun - 'wolves'", "*ṭōrəp̄ê*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct - 'tearing of'", "*ṭārep̄*": "masculine singular noun - 'prey'", "*lišpāḵ*": "qal infinitive construct - 'to shed'", "*dām*": "masculine singular noun - 'blood'", "*ʾabbēḏ*": "piel infinitive construct - 'to destroy'", "*nəp̄āšôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - 'souls/lives'", "*ləmaʿan*": "preposition + conjunction - 'for the purpose of'", "*bəṣōaʿ*": "qal infinitive construct - 'to gain'", "*bāṣaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - 'profit/gain'" }, "variants": { "*śāreyhā*": "her princes/her officials/her rulers", "*ṭōrəp̄ê*": "tearing of/rending of/ravening", "*ṭārep̄*": "prey/torn flesh", "*ʾabbēḏ*": "to destroy/to cause to perish", "*nəp̄āšôṯ*": "souls/lives/persons", "*bəṣōaʿ* *bāṣaʿ*": "to gain unjust gain/to make dishonest profit" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Fyrstene i din midte er som ulver som glefser sitt bytte for å utøse blod og ødelegge sjeler for urettmessig gevinst.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Dens Fyrster midt derudi ere som Ulve, der røve Rov, til at udøse Blod, at omkomme Sjæle, for at drive Gjerrighed.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Fyrstene hennes midt iblant henne er som ulver som river sitt bytte i stykker, for å utøse blod, og for å ødelegge sjeler, for å oppnå uærlig vinning.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Fyrstene hennes i midten av den er som ulver som river byttet, for å utgyte blod, og for å ødelegge sjeler, for å skaffe seg uærlig vinning.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Fyrstene i dens midte er som ulver som river byttet, for å utøse blod, ødelegge sjeler, for å oppnå urettmessig gevinst.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hennes fyrster i hennes midte er som ulver som river byttet, for å utgyte blod, og å ødelegge sjeler, for å skaffe uredelig vinning.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Hennes herskere i henne er som ulver som voldsomt tar sitt bytte; de setter menn til døden og forårsaker sjelers ødeleggelse for å få sitt utbytte.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge wolues, to shed bloude, and to destroye soules, for their owne covetous lucre.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Her princes in the mids thereof are like wolues, rauening the praye to shed blood, and to destroy soules for their owne couetous lucre.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thy rulers in thee are lyke woolues rauenyng the pray, to shed blood, and destroy soules, for their owne couetous lucre.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Its princes in its midst `are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey– shedding blood and destroying lives– so they can get dishonest profit.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 22:13 : 13 Behold, therefore I have struck My hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in your midst.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
  • Ezek 22:6 : 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in you using their power to shed blood.
  • Ezek 19:3-6 : 3 And she brought up one of her cubs; it became a young lion, and it learned to catch prey; it devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch prey, and devoured men.
  • Matt 21:13 : 13 And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
  • Jas 2:6-7 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called?
  • Jas 5:1-4 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  • Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst.
  • Ezek 45:9 : 9 Thus says the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, says the Lord GOD.
  • Hos 7:1-7 : 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was exposed, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the gang of robbers plunders outside. 2 And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own actions have surrounded them; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from stirring after he has kneaded the dough, until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners. 6 For they prepare their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me.
  • Mic 3:2-3 : 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.
  • Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.