Verse 3

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a sheltering canopy, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Se, Assur var som en ceder fra Libanon, med vakre greiner som skygget for skogen, høy og majestetisk; blant de tette greiner rakte toppen dens opp mot skyene.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Se, assyreren var en seder på Libanon med vakre greiner og en beskyttende skygge, og av høy vekst; og hans topp var blant de tette grenene.

  • Norsk King James

    Se, assyreren var som et sedertre fra Libanon, vakkert og med dyp skygge; han var høy av vekst, og toppen strakte seg høyt blant de tykkeste greinene.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Se, Assur var som en seder på Libanon, vakker med grener, lik en skog som gir skygge, høy av vekst, og toppen nådde de tette kvistene.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Se, Assur var som en sypress på Libanon, vakker av grener, en skyggefull lystskog og høy i sin vekst, med toppen blant tett løvverk.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Se, assyreren var en seder i Libanon med vakre grener og et skyggefullt løvverk, og med en høy vekst; og hans topp var blant de tette grenene.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Se, assyreren var som en seder i Libanon med praktfulle grener og en beskyttende skygge, og av høy statur; hans tinde var blant de tette greinene.

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

    Se, assyreren var en seder i Libanon med vakre grener og et skyggefullt løvverk, og med en høy vekst; og hans topp var blant de tette grenene.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Se, Assur er som en sedertid på Libanon, vakker med grener som gir skygge, høy og med imponerende krone blant de tette grenene.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, dense shade, and towering height, its top reaching among the thick clouds.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Ezekiel.31.3", "source": "הִנֵּ֨ה אַשּׁ֜וּר אֶ֣רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן יְפֵ֥ה עָנָ֛ף וְחֹ֥רֶשׁ מֵצַ֖ל וּגְבַ֣הּ קוֹמָ֑ה וּבֵ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים הָיְתָ֖ה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ", "text": "*hinnēh* *ʾaššûr* *ʾerez* in the *ləḇānôn* *yəp̄ēh* *ʿānāp̄* and *ḥōreš* *mēṣal* and *ḡəḇah* *qômāh* and between *ʿăḇōtîm* *hāyətāh* *ṣamartô*", "grammar": { "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold/look", "*ʾaššûr*": "proper noun - Assyria/Ashur", "*ʾerez*": "noun, masculine singular - cedar", "*ləḇānôn*": "proper noun with definite article - the Lebanon", "*yəp̄ēh*": "adjective, masculine singular - beautiful/fair", "*ʿānāp̄*": "noun, masculine singular - branch/bough", "*ḥōreš*": "noun, masculine singular - thicket/wood/forest", "*mēṣal*": "Hiphil participle - giving shade/shadowing", "*ḡəḇah*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - high/tall", "*qômāh*": "noun, feminine singular - height/stature", "*ʿăḇōtîm*": "noun, masculine plural - leafy branches/thickets/cloud", "*hāyətāh*": "qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - was/became/happened", "*ṣamartô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its top/crown" }, "variants": { "*ʾaššûr*": "Assyria/Asshur/an Assyrian", "*ḥōreš*": "thicket/wood/forest", "*mēṣal*": "giving shade/providing shelter/shadowing", "*ʿăḇōtîm*": "thick branches/leafy boughs/clouds/thickets", "*ṣamartô*": "its top/its crown/its highest branch" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Se, Assur var som en sypress på Libanon, vakker av greiner, med en tett krone som gir skygge, høy av vekst, og toppen nådde opp blant skyene.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    See, Assur var (som) en Ceder paa Libanon, deilig med Grene, og (som) en, Skov, der giver Skygge, og høi af Væxt, og hans Top var iblandt tykke (Qviste).

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Se, assyreren var som en sedertre i Libanon med vakre grener, en beskyttende skygge og av høy vekst; og toppen nådde opp blant de tette grenene.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Se, assyreren var en sedertre i Libanon med vakre greiner, og med en skoglignende skygge, og med høy vekst; og toppen nådde opp blant de tette greinene.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Se, Assur, et sypress i Libanon, vakker med grener, som gir skygge, høy og mektig, og med løv blant tette kvister.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Se, assyreren var som en seder i Libanon med vakre greiner, en skog av skygge og høy i vekst, og toppen nådde blant de tette grenene.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Se, et furutre med vakre grener og tett vekst, som gir skygge og er svært høyt; toppen var blant skyene.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Beholde, Assur was like a Cedre tre vpo the mount of Libanus, with fayre brauches: so thicke, that he gaue shadowes, and shot out very hye. His toppe reached vnto the cloudes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Beholde, Asshur was like a cedar in Lebanon with faire branches, & with thicke shadowing boughes, and shot vp very hye, and his toppe was among the thicke boughes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Behold, Assur is a Cedar in Libanon, with faire braunches, and with thycke shadowing bowes, of a hygh stature, & his top was among the thicke bowes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into the clouds.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 10:33-34 : 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be cut down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by the Mighty One.
  • Dan 4:10 : 10 These were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
  • Ezek 17:3-4 : 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: 4 He cropped off the top of its young twigs and carried it into a land of trade; he set it in a city of merchants.
  • Ezek 17:22 : 22 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon a high and prominent mountain:
  • Dan 4:20-23 : 20 The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto heaven, and its sight to all the earth, 21 whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heaven had their habitation, 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, for your greatness has grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth. 23 And as the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Cut the tree down and destroy it; yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the bramble said to the trees, If you truly anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Nah 3:1-9 : 1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery; the prey does not depart; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and of galloping horses, and of bounding chariots. 3 The horseman raises both the bright sword and the glittering spear: there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of corpses; and there is no end to their bodies; they stumble upon their corpses: 4 Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of sorceries, who sells nations through her harlotries, and families through her sorceries. 5 Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts; and I will lift your skirts over your face, and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon you, and make you vile, and will set you as a spectacle. 7 And it shall come to pass, that all who look upon you will flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will mourn for her? From where shall I seek comforters for you? 8 Are you better than populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters around it, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers. 10 Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 You also shall be drunk: you shall be hidden, you also shall seek strength because of the enemy. 12 All your strongholds shall be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, your people in your midst are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars. 14 Draw water for the siege, fortify your strongholds: go into clay and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln. 15 There the fire shall devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the locust: make yourself many like the locust, make yourself many like the swarming locusts. 16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven: the locust spoils, and flies away. 17 Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18 Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people are scattered upon the mountains, and no one gathers them. 19 There is no healing for your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the report of you shall clap their hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
  • Zeph 2:13 : 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
  • Zech 11:2 : 2 Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty are destroyed. Howl, O oaks of Bashan, for the forest of the vintage has come down.
  • Ezek 31:6 : 6 All the birds of heaven made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and under its shadow all great nations dwelt.
  • Ezek 31:16 : 16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to hell with those who descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
  • Dan 4:12 : 12 Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the heaven dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
  • Isa 37:24 : 24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees: and I will enter the height of its border, the forest of its Carmel.