Verse 13

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folk sliter seg ut for ingenting, og folkeslag strever for noe meningsløst?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren over hærskarene at folkene skal arbeide for ilden, og nasjonene slite seg selv ut for ingenting?

• Norsk King James

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren over hærer at folkeslagene skal arbeide i ærend som er forgjeves, og folkene slite seg ned for tomme mål?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kommer ikke dette fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folkene sliter for ilden og alle sliter seg ut forgjeves?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folk strever for ilden, og folk sliter seg ut for ingenting?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folk skal arbeide for ilden, og nasjonene skal slite seg ut for tomhet?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Se, er det ikke fra HERRENS hær at folket skal streve midt i ilden, og at de skal utmatte seg for ingenting?

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

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folk skal arbeide for ilden, og nasjonene skal slite seg ut for tomhet?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Er det ikke av Herren over hærskarer at folkene arbeider for ild og slit for tomhet?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, Allhærs Gud, at folkene strever for ilden og nasjonene sliter seg ut for intet?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  See, mon det ikke (komme) fra den Herre Zebaoth, at Folkene skulle have bemøiet sig for Ilden, og (alleslags) Folk skulle være blevne trætte forgjæves?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folket arbeider for ilden og folkene sliter seg ut for tomhet?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folkene strever for ilden, at nasjonene sliter til ingen nytte?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Se, er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folk sliter seg ut for ilden, og nasjoner utmatter seg forgjeves?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Er det ikke fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud, at folkeslagene arbeider for ilden, og nasjonene møye seg for det som er forgjeves?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Se, er det ikke Herrens glede at folkene arbeider for ilden og sliter seg ut for ingenting?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Shal not the LORDE of hoostes bringe this to passe, that the laboures of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre, and that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues, shall be lost?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde, is it not of the Lorde of hostes that the people shal labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Behold, is it not of the Lord of hoastes that the people shall labour in the very fire? the people shall euen weery them selues for very vanitie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Be sure of this! The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 50:11 : 11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who encompass yourselves with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This you shall have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
• Jer 51:58 : 58 Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; the people shall labor in vain, and the folk shall be weary.
• Mal 1:4 : 4 Though Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation forever.
• Isa 55:2 : 2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
• Ps 127:1-2 : 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for He gives His beloved sleep.
• Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
• Isa 41:5-8 : 5 The islands saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6 They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
• Gen 11:6-9 : 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing will be withheld from them which they have planned to do. 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because the LORD confused the language of all the earth there, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
• Job 5:13-14 : 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end. 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were night.
• Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
• 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
• Jer 51:64 : 64 And you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.