Verse 5

Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Se på nasjonene og bli overveldet, for jeg vil handle på en måte dere ikke ville trodd, selv om det blir fortalt.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Se blant folkene og merk, bli forskrekket og forbauset; for jeg skal gjøre en gjerning i deres dager som dere ikke vil tro, selv om det blir fortalt dere.

  • Norsk King James

    Se blant folkene, og bli forundret; for jeg vil utføre et verk i deres dager som dere ikke vil tro, selv om dere får høre det.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Se blant folkene og skue dere, bli forskrekket og forbløffet! For jeg gjør en gjerning i deres dager, som dere ikke ville tro om den ble fortalt.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Se blant folkene, se og bli forundret, for jeg vil gjøre en gjerning i deres dager som dere ikke vil tro, selv om det blir fortalt.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Se blant folkene og merk dere; vær forbløffet og undrer dere. For jeg vil gjøre en gjerning i deres dager, som dere ikke ville tro, selv om det ble fortalt dere.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Se blant hedningene, og undre dere: for jeg skal utføre en gjerning i deres dager, som dere ikke vil tro, selv om den blir fortalt dere.

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

    Se blant folkene og merk dere; vær forbløffet og undrer dere. For jeg vil gjøre en gjerning i deres dager, som dere ikke ville tro, selv om det ble fortalt dere.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Se blant folkene og stirr, og bli forundret, slått av skrekk! For en gjerning utfører jeg i deres dager, som dere ikke ville tro om det ble fortalt.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Look among the nations and observe—be utterly amazed! For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe even if you were told.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Habakkuk.1.5", "source": "רְא֤וּ בַגּוֹיִם֙ וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּ וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ תְּמָ֑הוּ כִּי־פֹ֙עַל֙ פֹּעֵ֣ל בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ כִּ֥י יְסֻפָּֽר׃", "text": "*Rəʾû* among-the-*gôyim* and-*habbîṭû* and-*hittamməhû* *təmāhû* for-*p̄ōʿal* *pōʿēl* in-days-of-you not *taʾămînû* when *yəsuppār*", "grammar": { "*rəʾû*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine plural - look/see", "*ḇaggôyim*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - among the nations", "*wə-habbîṭû*": "conjunction + verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - and observe/behold", "*wə-hittamməhû*": "conjunction + verb, Hithpael imperative, masculine plural - and be astounded", "*təmāhû*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine plural - be amazed", "*kî-p̄ōʿal*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - for a work", "*pōʿēl*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - working/doing", "*bîmêḵem*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - in your days", "*lōʾ taʾămînû*": "negative particle + verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will not believe", "*kî yəsuppār*": "conjunction + verb, Pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - when it is told" }, "variants": { "*gôyim*": "nations/gentiles/peoples", "*hittamməhû*": "be astounded/be amazed/be astonished", "*təmāhû*": "be amazed/be astonished/marvel", "*p̄ōʿal*": "work/deed/action", "*pōʿēl*": "working/doing/performing", "*taʾămînû*": "believe/trust/have faith", "*yəsuppār*": "is told/is recounted/is declared" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Se blant nasjonene, se og bli forbauset; for jeg gjør en gjerning i dine dager som dere ikke ville tro om noen fortalte dere.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Seer iblandt Hedningerne og skuer, og forundrer eder, (ja) forundrer eder; thi jeg gjør en Gjerning i eders Dage, I skulle ikke troe den, naar den fortælles.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Se, blant nasjonene, og bli forbløffet. For jeg skal gjøre en gjerning i deres dager som dere ikke vil tro, selv om det blir fortalt dere.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    "Se blant nasjonene, og betrakt, forundre dere; for jeg virker en gjerning i deres dager, som dere ikke vil tro, selv om det blir fortalt dere.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Se blant folkene, og se og undre dere storlig. For en gjerning gjør han i deres dager, dere vil ikke tro selv om det ble fortalt.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Se blant nasjonene og betrakt, og undre deg storlig; for jeg gjør en gjerning i deres dager som dere ikke vil tro selv om det blir fortalt.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Se blant folkene, og merk deg dette, forundre dere; for jeg gjør en gjerning i disse dager som dere ikke ville tro, selv om det ble fortalt.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Beholde amonge the Heithen, and loke wel: wondre at it, and be aba?shed: for I wil do a thinge in youre tyme, which though it be tolde you, ye shal not beleue.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Beholde among the heathen, and regarde, and wonder, and maruaile: for I will worke a worke in your dayes: yee will not beleeue it, though it be tolde you.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Behold among the heathen, and regarde, and wonder, and marueyll: for I will worke a worke in your dayes, ye will not beleue it though it be tolde you.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] ye will not believe, though it be told [you].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Lord Reveals Some Startling News“Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.
  • Jer 9:25-26 : 25 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will punish all those who are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
  • Ezek 12:22-28 : 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb cease, and they shall no longer use it as a proverb in Israel; but say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any empty vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no longer be postponed: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, says the Lord GOD. 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27 Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off. 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; None of my words shall be postponed any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, says the Lord GOD.
  • Dan 9:12 : 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great calamity: for under the whole heaven, such as has been done upon Jerusalem has not been done.
  • Zeph 1:2 : 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, says the LORD.
  • Acts 6:13-14 : 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law. 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses handed down to us.
  • Acts 13:40-41 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though a man declare it to you.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Jer 25:14-29 : 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 27 Therefore you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink, and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink. 29 For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Lam 4:12 : 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
  • Jer 5:12-13 : 12 They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you.
  • Isa 28:21-22 : 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his unusual act. 22 Now therefore do not be mockers, lest your bonds be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
  • Isa 29:9 : 9 Pause and wonder; cry out and cry: they are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.