Verse 16

They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their ridicule in the land of Egypt.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De vender tilbake, men ikke til Gud. De er som en ustabil bue. Deres ledere vil falle for sverdet på grunn av sin arrogante tale; dette vil føre til hån blant folkene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De vender tilbake, men ikke til den høyeste; de er som en svikefull bue. Deres fyrster skal falle for sverd på grunn av deres vrede tunge; dette skal bli deres hån i Egyptens land.

• Norsk King James

  De vender tilbake, men ikke til den Høyeste: de er som en svikefull bue: deres fyrster skal falle for sverdet på grunn av sitt rasende svik: dette skal bli deres hån i Egypt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De vender om, men ikke til den Høyeste; de er som en svikefull bue. Fyrstene deres skal falle for sverdet på grunn av deres tunger som har provosert; dette skal skje som en bespottelse i Egyptens land.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De er vendt tilbake, men ikke til det høyeste. De er som en illojal bue. Deres ledere skal falle for sverdet på grunn av sin tunge, det vil bli deres hån i Egypts land.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De vender om, men ikke til Den Høyeste: de er som en svikefull bue: deres fyrster skal falle for sverdet på grunn av sin tunges raseri; dette skal være deres hån i Egypts land.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De vender tilbake, men ikke til Den Høyeste. De er som en bedragersk bue; deres fyrster skal falle for sverdet på grunn av den vrede som stråler fra deres tunge – dette skal bli deres hån i landet Egypt.

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

  De vender om, men ikke til Den Høyeste: de er som en svikefull bue: deres fyrster skal falle for sverdet på grunn av sin tunges raseri; dette skal være deres hån i Egypts land.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De vender seg, men ikke til det som er opphøyd; de er blitt som en falsk bue. Deres fyrster skal falle for sverdets vrede over deres tunge. Dette skal bli deres spott i Egyptens land.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De vender tilbake, men ikke til Den Høyeste. De er som en svikefull bue. Deres fyrster skal falle for sverdet på grunn av deres sinne og tunger. Dette vil være deres hån i Egypts land.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De omvendte sig, (men) ikke til den Høieste, de vare som en falsk Bue; deres Fyrster skulle falde ved Sværdet for deres Tunges Fortørnelse; denne er deres Bespottelse i Ægypti Land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De vender om, men ikke til Den Høyeste: de er som en bedragersk bue: deres fyrster skal falle for sverdet for sin ondskaps skyld: dette skal bli til hån i Egypts land.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De vender tilbake, men ikke til Den Høyeste. De er som en feilskutt bue. Deres ledere skal falle for sverdet på grunn av tungenes vrede. Dette skal bli deres spott i Egypts land.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De vender ikke tilbake til Den Høyeste, de er som en falsk bue, deres fyrster faller for sverdet på grunn av deres tunges overmot. Dette blir deres hån i landet Egypt!

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De vender om, men ikke til han som er der oppe; de er som en upålitelig bue; deres fyrster vil falle for sverdet på grunn av deres sinns vrede: dette skal bli deres hån i Egypts land.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De har vendt seg til intetverdighet; de er som en falsk bue; deres ledere skal falle ved sverdet, deres hersker av min vrede; for dette vil Egypts land gjøre narr av dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They turne them selues, but not a right, & are become as a broken bowe. Their prynces shalbe slayne wt the swearde, for the malice of their tunges, soch blasphemies haue they lerned in the londe of Egipte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They returne, but not to the most high: they are like a deceitfull bowe: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongues: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They turne them selues, but not to the most hyest, and are become as a broken bowe, their princes shalbe slayne with the sworde for the malice of their tongues: this shalbe their derision in the lande of Egypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  They turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This `is' their derision in the land of Egypt!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They return, but not to [him that is] on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:57 : 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
• Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
• Ps 73:9 : 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
• Ezek 23:32 : 32 Thus says the Lord GOD; You shall drink of your sister's cup, deep and large: you shall be laughed to scorn and held in derision; it contains much.
• Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
• Hos 9:6 : 6 For behold, they are gone because of destruction; Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; nettles shall possess their precious silver places; thorns shall be in their tents.
• Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are determined to backslide from me; though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.
• Matt 12:36 : 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment.
• Luke 8:13 : 13 They on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
• Luke 11:24-26 : 24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house from which I came. 25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and cleaned. 26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
• Jas 3:5 : 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!
• 2 Pet 2:8 : 8 For that righteous man, dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds.
• Rev 13:5 : 5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue for forty-two months.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Ps 78:37 : 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
• Isa 3:8 : 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of His glory.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this, her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but in pretension, says the LORD.
• 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.
• Ezek 36:20 : 20 And when they entered among the nations, wherever they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone out of his land.
• Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it vanishes.
• Hos 7:13 : 13 Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
• Hos 8:13-14 : 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and visit their sins. They shall return to Egypt. 14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities, but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces there.