Verse 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:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: 'Så sier Herren Gud: Siden ditt hjerte har blitt hovmodig og du sier: 'Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter som en gud på tronen i havet', selv om du bare er et menneske, ikke en gud, og har latt ditt hjerte bli som hjertet til en gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er blitt hovmodig, og du har sagt: Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter på et gudesete midt i havene. Men du er et menneske, og ikke Gud, selv om du setter ditt hjerte som Guds hjerte.

• Norsk King James

  Menneskesønn, si til Tyrus' leder: Slik sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er hevet, og du har sagt: "Jeg er Gud, jeg sitter i Guds sete, midt i havet"; er du egentlig bare et menneske, ikke Gud, selv om du har satt ditt hjerte slik som Guds hjerte.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du menneskesønn, si til fyrsten i Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi hjertet ditt er blitt hovmodig, og du har sagt: 'Jeg er Gud, jeg sitter på Guds trone midt i havet'; Men du er et menneske og ikke Gud, selv om du tror at hjertet ditt er som Guds hjerte.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten i Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er blitt hovmodig og du sier: 'Jeg er en gud; jeg sitter på Guds trone midt ute på havet,' enda du er et menneske og ikke en gud, selv om du gjør ditt hjerte som et gudshjerte,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er hovmodig, og du har sagt: 'Jeg er en Gud, jeg sitter på Guds trone midt i havene,' men du er et menneske og ikke Gud, selv om du gjør ditt hjerte som Guds hjerte.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Søn av menneske, si til fyrsten i Tyrus: Slik sier Herren, Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er oppblåst og du har sagt: 'Jeg er en Gud, jeg sitter på Guds sete midt blant havene', mens du bare er et menneske og ikke Gud, selv om du har innstilt ditt hjerte som Guds hjerte:

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

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er hovmodig, og du har sagt: 'Jeg er en Gud, jeg sitter på Guds trone midt i havene,' men du er et menneske og ikke Gud, selv om du gjør ditt hjerte som Guds hjerte.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er blitt hovmodig og du sier: Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter på Guds trone midt i havet, men du er et menneske og ikke en gud, selv om du gjør ditt hjerte som en Guds hjerte,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Because your heart has grown proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas,” but you are a man and not a god, though you have set your heart as if it were the heart of a god—

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi hjertet ditt er blitt hovmodig og du har sagt: Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter på en guds trone midt i havet, enda du er et menneske og ikke en gud, og du gjort ditt hjerte som en guds hjerte—

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du Menneskesøn! siig til Tyri Fyrste: Saa sagde den Herre Herre: Fordi dit Hjerte er ophøiet, og du sagde: Jeg er Gud, jeg sidder paa Guds Sæde midt i Havet; (fordi) du er et Menneske og ikke Gud, (og) dog holdt dit Hjerte som Guds Hjerte;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er blitt hovmodig, og du har sagt: 'Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter på Guds trone midt i havene', men du er et menneske og ikke Gud, selv om du setter ditt hjerte som Guds hjerte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyre: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte har blitt hovmodig, og du har sagt: Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter på Guds trone, midt i havet. Men du er et menneske, ikke en gud, selv om du har satt ditt hjerte som Guds hjerte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Menneskesønn, si til lederen av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er hovmodig, og du sier: Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter i Guds trone midt i havet, men du er et menneske og ikke Gud, likevel gjør du ditt hjerte som Guds hjerte.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi ditt hjerte er hovmodig, og du har sagt: Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter i Guds sted midt ute i havet, selv om du er et menneske, ikke en gud, selv om du har satt ditt hjerte som et gudshjerte;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Menneskesønn, si til fyrsten av Tyrus: Så sier Herren: Fordi ditt hjerte har blitt hovmodig, og du har sagt: Jeg er en gud, jeg sitter på guds trone midt i havet; men du er et menneske, ikke en gud, selv om du gjør hjertet ditt som et gudshjerte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou sonne of man, tell the prynce of Tyre: Thus saieth the LORDE God: because thou hast a proude hert and hast sayde: I am a God, I haue my seate in the myddest off the see like a god: where as thou art but a man & not God, & yet stondest in thine owne coceate, that thou art God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sonne of ma, say vnto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saieth the Lord God, Because thine heart is exalted, & thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God in ye mids of the sea, yet thou art but a man & not God, and though thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equall with God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou sonne of man, tel the prince of Tyre, thus sayth the Lorde God: Because thou hast a proude heart, and hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seate of God, in the mids of the sea: wher as thou art but a man, and not God, though thou set thyne heart as the heart of God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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 man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God;-

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I `am', The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou `art' man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;--

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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 man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God--

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Your heart is proud and you said,“I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”– yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
• Isa 31:3 : 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.
• Ps 9:20 : 20 Put them in fear, O LORD, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
• Isa 14:13-14 : 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.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
• Rev 17:3 : 3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
• 1 Tim 3:6 : 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
• Gen 3:5 : 5 For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.
• Deut 8:14 : 14 Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
• 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. He transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• Ps 72:6-7 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. 7 In his days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace as long as the moon endures.
• Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I have said, 'You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.' 7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
• Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low:
• Ezek 27:3-4 : 3 And say to Tyre, O you who are situated at the entry of the sea, a merchant of the peoples for many islands, Thus says the Lord GOD; O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty. 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.
• Ezek 27:26-27 : 26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas. 27 Your riches, and your markets, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, and in all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin.
• Ezek 28:5-6 : 5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches: 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God;
• Ezek 28:12-14 : 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 You have been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created. 14 You are the anointed cherub who covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
• Ezek 28:17 : 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
• Ezek 31:10 : 10 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have lifted yourself up in height, and it has set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart is lifted up in its height;
• Dan 4:30-31 : 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.
• Dan 5:22-23 : 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 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people shouted, 'It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!' 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.