Verse 6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Skal ikke alle disse lage en hånende sang om ham, en spottende vise og si: Ve den som tar det som ikke tilhører ham - hvor lenge? - og som påfører seg lån etter lån!

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Skal ikke alle disse lage en ordspråk mot ham, en hånlatterens gåte, og si: Ve ham som øker det som ikke er hans! Hvor lenge? Og ve han som lader seg ned med tykt leire!‏

  • Norsk King James

    Skal ikke alle disse komme med en lignelse mot ham og si: Ve den som tar det som ikke tilhører ham! Hvor lenge? Og den som er lastet med urett?

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Skal ikke alle disse ta opp et ordspråk mot ham og en gåtefull tale om ham? Og hver skal si: Ve den som øker det som ikke tilhører ham — hvor lenge skal det vare? — og som tynger seg med masse skyld.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Skal ikke alle disse lage ordsprog over ham, spotte ham med gåter, og si: Ve den som hoper opp det som ikke tilhører ham! Hvor lenge? Og tynger seg ned med pant!

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Skal ikke alle disse ta opp en lignelse om ham, og en hånlig ordtak mot ham, og si: Ve ham som øker på det som ikke er hans! Hvor lenge? Og til ham som legger på seg selv med tung jord!

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Skal ikke alle disse reise en lignelse mot ham og et hånende ordspråk, og si: Ve den som øker det som ikke tilhører ham! Hvor lenge skal det fortsette? Ve den som belaster seg med tykk leire!

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

    Skal ikke alle disse ta opp en lignelse om ham, og en hånlig ordtak mot ham, og si: Ve ham som øker på det som ikke er hans! Hvor lenge? Og til ham som legger på seg selv med tung jord!

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Skal ikke alle disse lage et ordtak mot ham, en satire og gåter om ham? De skal si: 'Ve den som øker sin rikdom ved det som ikke tilhører ham! Hvor lenge skal det vare? Og den som tynger seg ned med løftet gods.'

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?"

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Habakkuk.2.6", "source": "הֲלוֹא־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗ם עָלָיו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּמְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑וֹ וְיֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּמַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖יו עַבְטִֽיט׃", "text": "Will not these all of them against him *māšāl yiśśāʾû* and *mĕlîṣâ ḥîdôt* for him? And it will say, '*hôy hammarbe* not to him! Until when? And *makbîd* upon him *ʿabṭîṭ*.'", "grammar": { "*māšāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - proverb/taunt/parable", "*yiśśāʾû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will lift up/take up", "*mĕlîṣâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - mocking poem/satire", "*ḥîdôt*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - riddles of", "*hôy*": "interjection - woe/alas", "*hammarbe*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one increasing", "*makbîd*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - loading/making heavy", "*ʿabṭîṭ*": "noun, masculine, singular - pledge/debt/thick clay" }, "variants": { "*māšāl*": "taunt/proverb/parable/riddle", "*mĕlîṣâ*": "mocking poem/satire/taunting riddle", "*ḥîdôt*": "riddles/enigmas/dark sayings", "*makbîd*": "making heavy/loading/burdening", "*ʿabṭîṭ*": "pledges/thick clay/debt" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Alle disse skal løfte en hånesang mot ham med spottord og gåter, og si: Ve ham som hoper opp det som ikke tilhører ham! Hvor lenge? Og han som tynger seg ned med pantegods!

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Mon ikke disse allesammen skulle optage et Ordsprog over ham, og mørke Talers Udlæggelse om ham? og (hver) skal sige: Vee den, som formerer (det, som hører) ham ikke til — hvor længe (skal det vare)? — og den, som besværer sig med tykt Dynd.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Skal ikke alle disse lage en lignelse mot ham og et spotsord mot ham og si: Ve ham som øker det som ikke er hans! Hvor lenge? Og den som tynger seg ned med tykt leire!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Vil ikke alle disse ta opp en vise mot ham, et hånende ordtak mot ham, og si: 'Ve ham som øker det som ikke er hans, som beriker seg ved utpressing! Hvor lenge skal det vare?'

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Vil ikke disse alle gjøre opp et ordspråk mot ham og en gåtefull lignelse om ham og si: Ve ham som samler det som ikke tilhører ham! Hvor lenge skal han stable opp tunge pantbelastninger?

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Skal ikke alle disse lage en lignelse mot ham, en hånende ordspråk mot ham, og si: Ve ham som øker det som ikke er hans! Hvor lenge? Og som lader seg selv med pant!

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Vil ikke alle disse heve en hånlatter mot ham og en bitter tale om ham, og si: Forbannet er han som stadig tar hva som ikke er hans og tynger seg ned med lånt gods!

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him, and mocke him with a byworde, and saye: Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes? How longe wil he lade himself with thicke claye?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Shall not all these take vp a parable against him? and a taunting prouerbe against him, and say: Wo he that increaseth that which is not his? how long? and he that ladeth him selfe with thicke clay?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! [

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Proud Babylonians Are as Good as Dead“But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings:‘Woe to the one who accumulates what does not belong to him(How long will this go on?)– he who gets rich by extortion!’

Referenced Verses

  • Job 20:15-29 : 15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not see the rivers, the streams, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it. 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired. 21 None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him. 26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent. 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of God's wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage assigned to him by God.
  • Mic 2:4 : 4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he has changed the portion of my people; how has he removed it from me! Turning away, he has divided our fields.
  • Num 23:7 : 7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
  • Jer 50:13 : 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be utterly desolate: everyone who passes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
  • Jer 51:34-35 : 34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me up like a monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has thrown me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
  • Ezek 32:21 : 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with those who help him: they have gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
  • Num 23:18 : 18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor:
  • Hab 1:9-9 : 9 They all come for violence; their faces are set like the east wind, and they gather captives like sand. 10 They scoff at kings, and the princes are scorned by them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up dust and take it.
  • Hab 1:15 : 15 They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet; therefore they rejoice and are glad.
  • Hab 2:13 : 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?
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none, 30 those who weep, as though they did not weep; those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; those who buy, as though they did not possess, 31 and those who use this world, as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.
  • Jas 5:1-4 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • Job 22:6-9 : 6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he possessed the land; and the honorable man lived in it. 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you;
  • Ps 94:3 : 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
  • Isa 14:4-9 : 4 That you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers. 6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yes, the pine trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no woodcutter comes up against us. 9 Hell from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 All they will speak and say to you, Have you also become weak as we? Have you become like us? 11 Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you. 12 How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, who did weaken the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will also sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. 15 Yet you will be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 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; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house. 19 But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; like a carcass trodden under foot.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • 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.
  • Jer 29:22 : 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'