Verse 10

They scoff at kings, and the princes are scorned by them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up dust and take it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De håner konger og gjør narr av herskere; de ler av hver festning, bygger murer og inntar dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De spotter konger, og fyrster er latter for dem; de gjør narr av hver festning, for de samler opp støv og tar dem.

• Norsk King James

  De håner kongene, og prinsene bli til latter; de håner hver sterk borg, de samler støv og tar over.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De spotter konger og ler av fyrster. De ler av alle festninger, for de samler jord og inntar dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De spotter konger og herskere er en latter for dem. De ler av hver festning, de samler opp jordhauger og inntar dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De gjør narr av konger, og fyrster er en latter for dem. De ler av hver festning, for de samler opp jordhaug og tar den.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De skal le av kongene, og fyrster skal bli gjenstand for deres spott; de vil håne enhver festning, for de samler opp støv og tar det.

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

  De gjør narr av konger, og fyrster er en latter for dem. De ler av hver festning, for de samler opp jordhaug og tar den.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De gjør narr av konger, og herskere er til latter for dem. De ler av hver befestning, for de samler opp jord og inntar den.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to capture it.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De spotter konger og ler av herskere. De ler av hver festning og samler opp jord og tar den.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og det skal bespotte Kongerne og lee ad Fyrsterne; det skal lee ad Befæstning, og sanke Jord tilhobe og indtage den.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De spotter konger, og fyrster er til latter for dem; de håner alle festninger, for de hoper opp jord, og inntar dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ja, han gjør narr av konger, og fyrster er til latter for ham. Han ler av hver festning, for han bygger opp en jordvoll og inntar den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De spotter konger, og fyrster er en latter for dem, de ler av hver befestet by, hoper jord og inntar den.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ja, han spotter konger, og fyrster er en latter for ham; han gjør narr av alle festninger, for han samler støv og tar dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han regner konger som ingenting, herskere er bare en lek for ham; alle festninger ler han av, for han bygger voller og inntar dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They shall mocke the kinges, and laugh the prynces to scorne. They shal not set by eny stronge holde, for they shal laye ordinaunce agaynst it, and take it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they shall mocke the Kings, and the princes shalbe a skorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde: for they shall gather dust, and take it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they shall mocke the kinges, and the princes shalbe a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery stronghold, for they shall gather dust, and take it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And at kings it doth scoff, And princes `are' a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 36:6 : 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in chains, to carry him to Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:10 : 10 And when the year was expired, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Isa 14:16 : 16 They that see you will look narrowly upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;
• Jer 32:24 : 24 Behold the siege ramps, they have come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you see it.
• Jer 33:4 : 4 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are torn down by the battering rams and by the sword:
• Jer 52:4-7 : 4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it, and built forts against it all around. 5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 And in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 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.
• 2 Kgs 24:12 : 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers, and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
• 2 Kgs 25:6-7 : 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.