Verse 3

Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, which has said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Tal og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, kongen av Egypt, den store krokodillen som ligger i elvene sine og sier: 'Elvene er mine; jeg har skapt dem.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Tal og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, Farao, kongen av Egypt, den store dragen som ligger midt i sine elver, som har sagt: Min elv er min egen, og jeg har laget den for meg selv.

• Norsk King James

  Se, jeg er imot deg, Farao, kongen av Egypt, den store dragen som ligger midt i elvene dine og som sier: 'Min elv tilhører meg, jeg har skapt den for meg selv.'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Tal, og du skal si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg kommer over deg, Farao, konge av Egypt! Du store drage som ligger midt i elvene dine, du som sier: Min elv er min, jeg har skapt den for meg selv.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, Egypts konge, den store dragen som ligger i sine elver. Du har sagt: 'Elven er min, og jeg har laget den.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Tal og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er mot deg, farao, kongen av Egypt, den store dragen som ligger midt i sine elver, som har sagt: Elven er min, og jeg har laget den for meg selv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Tal og si: Slik sier Herren, Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, Farao, kongen av Egypt, den mektige dragen som ligger midt i hans elver, og som har sagt: 'Min elv er min egen, og jeg har skapt den for meg selv.'

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

  Tal og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er mot deg, farao, kongen av Egypt, den store dragen som ligger midt i sine elver, som har sagt: Elven er min, og jeg har laget den for meg selv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Tal og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, kongen av Egypt, den store drage som ligger midt i sine elver, du som sier: 'Mine elver er mine, og jeg har skapt dem selv.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Speak and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.’

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Ezekiel.29.3", "source": "דַּבֵּ֨ר וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם הַתַּנִּים֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל הָרֹבֵ֖ץ בְּת֣וֹךְ יְאֹרָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֛ר לִ֥י יְאֹרִ֖י וַאֲנִ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽנִי", "text": "*dabbēr wə-ʾāmartā* thus-*ʾāmar* *ʾăḏōnāy* *YHWH* *hinənî* against you *parʿōh* *meleḵ-miṣrayim* the *tannîm* the *gāḏôl* the *rōḇēṣ* in *tôḵ* *yəʾōrāyw* which *ʾāmar* to me my *yəʾōrî* *wa-ʾănî* *ʿăśîtînî*", "grammar": { "*dabbēr*": "verb, piel imperative, masculine singular - speak", "*wə-ʾāmartā*": "conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall say", "*ʾāmar*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said/declared", "*ʾăḏōnāy*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*hinənî*": "interjection + 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am", "*parʿōh*": "proper noun - Pharaoh", "*meleḵ-miṣrayim*": "construct phrase - king of Egypt", "*tannîm*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - sea monster/dragon/crocodile", "*gāḏôl*": "adjective, masculine singular with definite article - great/large", "*rōḇēṣ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - lying/crouching", "*tôḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - midst of", "*yəʾōrāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his rivers/canals", "*ʾāmar*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said", "*yəʾōrî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my river/Nile", "*wa-ʾănî*": "conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular - and I", "*ʿăśîtînî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular with reflexive suffix - I made myself" }, "variants": { "*tannîm*": "sea monster/dragon/crocodile/great serpent", "*rōḇēṣ*": "lying/crouching/resting/lurking", "*yəʾōrāyw*": "his rivers/his Nile canals/his waterways", "*ʿăśîtînî*": "I made myself/I created myself/I brought myself into being" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Tal og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, konge av Egypt, den store draken som ligger midt i elvene sine, som sier: 'Elvene tilhører meg, og jeg har laget dem for meg selv.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Tal, og du skal sige: Saa sagde den Herre Herre: See, jeg (kommer) over dig, Pharao, Konge i Ægypten! du, som er den store Drage, der ligger midt i sine Strømme, som sagde: Min Strøm er min, og jeg, jeg haver gjort mig den.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Tal, og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, Egypts konge, den store dragen som ligger midt i elvene sine, som har sagt: Min elv tilhører meg, og jeg har laget den for meg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  tal og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, konge av Egypt, det store monsteret som ligger i sine elver, som har sagt: Min elv er min egen, og jeg har gjort den for meg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Tal, og si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, kongen av Egypt! Den store draken som ligger i midten av elvene sine, som sier: Min elv er min egen, og jeg har skapt den for meg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  si: Så sier Herren Gud: Se, jeg er imot deg, farao, kongen av Egypt, det store uhyret som ligger i elvene sine, som har sagt: Min elv er min, og jeg har laget den for meg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Si til dem: Dette er ordene fra Herren: Se, jeg er mot deg, farao, kongen av Egypt, det store elvedyret som ligger blant sine Nilen-strømmer, som har sagt: Nilen er min, og jeg har laget den for meg selv.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Speake, and tell him, thus saieth the LORDE God: beholde, o Pharao thou kinge of Egipte, I wil vpo the, thou greate whall fysh, yt lyest in yi waters: Thou yt sayest: the water is myne, I haue made it myself.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Speake, and say, Thus sayth the Lord God, Beholde, I come against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon, that lieth in the middes of his riuers, which hath saide, The riuer is mine, and I haue made it for my selfe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Speake & tell him, thus sayth the Lord God: Beholde O Pharao thou king of Egypt, I will vpon thee thou great dragon that lyeth in the mids of his riuers, thou that sayst, The riuer is mine, I haue made it for my selfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  speak, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Speak, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I `am' against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who hath said, My flood `is' my own, And I -- I have made it `for' myself.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said,“My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 32:2 : 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, You are like a young lion of the nations, and you are like a whale in the seas; and you came forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not the one who cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• Jer 44:30 : 30 Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and who sought his life.
• Ps 74:13-14 : 13 You divided the sea by Your strength: You broke the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 You broke the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
• Ps 76:7 : 7 You, even You, are to be feared; and who may stand in Your sight when once You are angry?
• Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand, I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have brought down the inhabitants like a valiant man; 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
• Deut 8:17 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
• 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 28:22 : 22 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
• Ezek 29:9-9 : 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even to the border of Ethiopia.
• 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.
• Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Rev 12:3-4 : 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads. 4 His tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.
• Rev 12:16-17 : 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. 17 So the dragon became enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
• Rev 13:2 : 2 And the beast I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like a bear's feet, and his mouth like a lion's mouth; and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
• Rev 13:4 : 4 And they worshiped the dragon who gave power to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
• Rev 13:11 : 11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
• Rev 16:13 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
• Rev 20:2 : 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,