Verse 16

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; decay entered my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, he will invade them with his troops.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg hørte, og mitt indre skalv; med stemmen skjelvde mine lepper; frykten grep mine bein, og jeg skalv i min stilling, for jeg må hvile i de dager med nød, når de stormer inn mot folket.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da jeg hørte det, skalv min mage; mine lepper skalv ved lyden. Råttenhet kom inn i mine ben, og jeg skalv i meg selv, så jeg kan hvile på trengselens dag. Når han stiger opp mot folket, vil han invadere dem med sine styrker.

• Norsk King James

  Da jeg hørte dette, skalv kroppen min; leppene mine dirret ved stemmen; en dyp frykt fylte meg, og jeg skalv innvendig, for jeg kunne ikke finne ro på trengselens dag: når han kommer til folket, vil han overmanne dem med sin hær.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg hørte det, og mitt indre skalv, mine lepper dirret av lyden. Råten kom i mine bein, og det rystet meg der jeg sto. Jeg vil vente i ro på nødens dag, når han kommer opp mot folkene som angriper oss.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg hørte det, og mitt indre skalv, ved lyden bevet mine lepper. Forråtnelse kom inn i mine ben, og under meg skalv jeg. Men jeg skal hvile på trengselens dag, når han kommer opp mot folket som angriper oss.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da jeg hørte det, skalv mitt indre; leppene skalv ved stemmen: råttenhet kom inn i mine bein, og jeg skalv i meg selv, slik at jeg kan finne ro på trengselens dag: når han kommer opp mot folket, vil han invadere dem med sine tropper.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da jeg hørte dette, skalv min kjerne; mine lepper dirret ved lyden – råte fylte mine ben, og jeg skalv innerst i meg, for å finne ro på trengselens dag; når han nærmer seg folket, vil han overfalle dem med sine hærer.

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

  Da jeg hørte det, skalv mitt indre; leppene skalv ved stemmen: råttenhet kom inn i mine bein, og jeg skalv i meg selv, slik at jeg kan finne ro på trengselens dag: når han kommer opp mot folket, vil han invadere dem med sine tropper.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg hørte det, og mitt indre skalv; ved lyden skalv mine lepper, forråtnelse kom inn i mine ben, og jeg skalv hvor jeg stod. Jeg vil roe meg i nødens dag, til han går opp mot folket som angriper oss.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I heard, and my heart pounded; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay crept into my bones, and I trembled where I stood. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come upon the nation invading us.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg hørte, og mitt indre skalv, ved lyden dirret mine lepper. Sykdom gikk inn i mine ben, og under meg skalv jeg, jeg vil vente rolig på trengselens dag, når den kommer opp imot folket som angriper oss.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg hørte det, og min Bug foruroligedes, mine Læber bævede for Lyden, der kom Raaddenhed i mine Been, og jeg foruroligedes paa mit Sted, paa det jeg maa hvile paa Nødens Dag, naar han drager op imod Folket, han, som skal føre Krigsmagt over det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da jeg hørte det, skalv magen min; leppene mine beveget seg ved stemmen; råte kom inn i beina mine, og jeg skalv i meg selv, så jeg kunne hvile på trengselens dag, når han kommer opp mot folket, vil han invadere dem med sine hærer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg hørte, og kroppen min skalv. Leppene mine bævet ved stemmen. Råttenskap kom inn i mine ben, og jeg skjelver der jeg står, for jeg må vente stille på trengselens dag, for folkets angrep som kommer mot oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg har hørt, og magen rister, Ved lyden skjelver leppene mine, råte kommer inn i knoklene mine, Og på plassen min skjelver jeg, Så jeg kan ha ro på nødens dag, Ved folkets komme opp, han overvinner det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg hørte, og min kropp skalv, mine lepper dirret ved lyden; råttenhet trengte inn i mine ben, og jeg skalv der jeg sto; for jeg må vente i stillhet på trengselens dag, for oppkomsten av folket som angriper oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da jeg hørte det, skalv mitt indre, og leppene dirret ved lyden; mine knokler ble svake, og mine skritt ble usikre under meg: jeg uttrykte sorgens lyd på trengselens dag, når hans styrker kom opp mot folket i bands.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whe I heare this, my body is vexed, my lippes tremble at ye voyce therof, my bones corruppe, I am afrayed where I stonde. O that I might rest in the daye of trouble, that I might go vp vnto oure people, which are alredy prepared.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When I heard, my bellie trembled: my lippes shooke at the voyce: rottennesse entred into my bones, and I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: for whe he commeth vp vnto the people, he shall destroy them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When I hearde, my belly trembled, my lippes shoke at the voice, rottennesse entred into my bones, & I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: for when he commeth vp vnto the people, he shall destroy them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people who invade us.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have heard, and my belly trembleth, At the noise have my lips quivered, Rottenness doth come into my bones, And in my place I do tremble, That I rest for a day of distress, At the coming up of the people, he overcometh it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Habakkuk Declares His Confidence I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.

Referenced Verses

• Dan 10:8 : 8 Therefore I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength.
• Hab 3:2 : 2 O LORD, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
• Hab 1:5-9 : 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. 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwellingplaces that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. 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. 11 Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; he commits offense, ascribing this power to his god.
• Jer 15:10-11 : 10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on interest, nor men have lent to me on interest; yet every one of them curses me. 11 The LORD said, Truly it shall be well with your remnant; truly I will cause the enemy to treat you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
• Jer 23:9 : 9 My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
• Jer 25:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Jer 45:3-5 : 3 You said, Woe is me now! for the LORD has added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 4 Thus you shall say to him, The LORD says this; Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, even this whole land. 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not: for behold, I will bring disaster upon all flesh, says the LORD: but I will give you your life as a prize wherever you go.
• Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
• Ezek 9:4-6 : 4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it. 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity: 6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.
• Dan 8:27 : 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick for several days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
• Deut 28:49-52 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed: which also shall not leave you either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of your kine, or flocks of your sheep, until he has destroyed you. 52 And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land: and he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.
• 2 Kgs 24:1-2 : 1 In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servants the prophets.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
• Ps 94:12-13 : 12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law; 13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.
• Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
• Isa 26:20-21 : 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past. 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose her blood and will no more cover her slain.
• 2 Thess 1:6-9 : 6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;