Verse 9

You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that is in ruins, while each of you runs to his own house.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere ventet mye, men se, det ble lite. Når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg det bort. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens dere alle skynder dere til deres egne hus.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere ventet på mye, men se, det ble lite. Og når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg det bort. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens dere alle haster til deres egne hus.

• Norsk King James

  Dere så etter mye, men det ble lite; og når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg på det. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarers Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger øde, mens dere hver især løper til deres egne hus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere ventet dere mye, men se, det ble lite. Og da dere førte det i hus, blåste jeg det bort. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner mens dere løper hver til sitt eget hus.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere forventet mye, men se, det ble lite. Når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg på det. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens hver av dere er opptatt med sitt eget hus.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere ventet mye, men se, det ble lite; når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg på det. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. På grunn av mitt hus som ligger i ruiner, mens hver av dere skynder seg til sitt eget hus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dere søkte etter mye, men se, det ble lite; og da dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg over det. Hvorfor? sier Herren Sebeters, fordi mitt hus ligger øde, mens hver enkelt av dere løper hjem til deres egne hus.

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

  Dere ventet mye, men se, det ble lite; når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg på det. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. På grunn av mitt hus som ligger i ruiner, mens hver av dere skynder seg til sitt eget hus.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere venter mye, men se, det blir så lite. Når dere bringer det hjem, blåser jeg det bort. Hvorfor? Sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens dere haster hver til sitt eget hus.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere ventet mye, men se, det ble lite. Og da dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg på det. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger øde, mens hver av dere løper til sitt eget hus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I see tilbage efter Meget, og see, (I bekomme) Lidet, og (naar) I have ført det i Huset, da blæser jeg derpaa; hvorfor (det)? siger den Herre Zebaoth; for mit Huses Skyld, som er øde, og fordi I løbe, hver for sit eget Huus.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere ventet på mye, men se, det ble lite; og da dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg det bort. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens hver og en av dere har det travelt med sitt eget hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere ventet på mye, men se, det ble lite; og når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg det bort. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens hver av dere er opptatt med sitt eget hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere har ventet på mye, men se, det ble lite, og da dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg på det. Hvorfor? sier Herren, Allhærs Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger øde, mens dere alle haster til deres egne hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere har ventet på mye, men se, det ble lite; og når dere brakte det hjem, blåste jeg på det. Hvorfor? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens dere alle løper til deres egne hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere ventet mye, men se, det ble lite; og når dere tok det inn i huset, blåste jeg det bort. Hvorfor? sier Herren over hærskarene. Fordi mitt hus ligger i ruiner, mens hver og en av dere tar vare på sitt eget hus.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye loked for moch, and lo it is come to litle: & though ye brynge it home, yet do I blowe it awaye. And why so, saieth the LORDE of hoostes? Eue because that my house lyeth so waist, and ye renne euery man vnto his owne house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to litle: and when ye brought it home, I did blowe vpon it; why, sayth the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye runne euery man vnto his owne house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye loked for much, and lo it came to litle, and when ye brought it home, I dyd blowe vpon it: and why, sayth the Lord of hoastes? because of my house that is waste, and you run euery man into his his owne house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little; and when ye brought [it] home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of Hosts, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought `it' home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running -- each to his house,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of Armies, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ‘You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little. And when you would bring it home, I would blow it right away. Why?’ asks the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

Referenced Verses

• Hag 1:4 : 4 Is it time for you, yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins?
• Hag 1:6 : 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.
• Isa 40:7 : 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass.
• Josh 7:10-15 : 10 And the LORD said to Joshua, Get up; why are you lying thus upon your face? 11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and deceived also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you anymore, except you destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: you cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to the families; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done foolishness in Israel.
• 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 In the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year, and David sought the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites.
• 2 Sam 22:16 : 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
• 2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
• Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
• Ps 77:5-9 : 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit diligently searches. 7 Will the Lord cast off forever? and will He be favorable no more? 8 Is His mercy completely gone forever? Does His promise fail forevermore? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah. 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.
• Isa 17:10-11 : 10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants, and set them with strange slips: 11 In the day you shall make your plant to grow, and in the morning you shall make your seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and desperate sorrow.
• Hag 2:16-17 : 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me, says the LORD.
• Mal 2:2 : 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already because you do not take it to heart.
• Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, 'In what way have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; nor shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field, says the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 10:37-38 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
• 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this reason, many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
• Rev 2:4 : 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.