Verse 13

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Folkeslagene skal bruse som store vann, men når Gud truer dem, skal de flykte langt unna. De skal bli jagd bort som agner på fjellene av vinden og som tistler for stormen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Nasjonene skal bruse som brusing av mange vann: men Gud skal skjelle dem ut, og de skal flykte langt bort, og bli jaget som fjellene støv for vinden, og som et hjul foran stormen.

• Norsk King James

  Nasjonene skal strømme som strømmene av mange vann; men Gud skal irettesette dem, og de skal fly langt bort, og bli jaget som agn av fjellene for vinden, og som en rullende ting.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Folkene vil buldre som store vannfall, men Herren skal true dem så de flykter langt bort, og de drives som agner på fjellene for vinden, som en virvel i stormen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Folkeslagene skal bruse som bruset av mange vann. Men når Herren truer dem, flykter de langt bort, de blir jaget som agner for vinden på fjellene, som virvler for stormen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Nasjonene skal strømme som de mange vannenes strøm: men Gud skal irettesette dem, og de skal flykte langt bort, og bli jaget som agner fra fjellene foran vinden, og som en rullende ting foran stormvinden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Nasjonene skal styrte frem som mange vannstrømmer, men Gud vil irettesette dem. De skal flykte langt borte, jages som pedd fra fjellene for vinden og som noe rullende foran en virvelvind.

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

  Nasjonene skal strømme som de mange vannenes strøm: men Gud skal irettesette dem, og de skal flykte langt bort, og bli jaget som agner fra fjellene foran vinden, og som en rullende ting foran stormvinden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Folkeslagene skal tordne som bruset av mange vann, men Gud skal refse dem, og de skal flykte langt bort, og jages bort som agner på fjellene for vinden, og som virvlende støv for stormen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The nations roar like the crashing of mighty waters, but He rebukes them, and they flee far away. They are driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like tumbleweed before a storm.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Folkeslagene bruser som bruset fra store vann, men når Gud truer dem, flyr de langt bort. De drives bort som agner på fjellene for vinden, og som tistler for stormen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Folkene skulle (vel) buldre som store Vandes Bulder, men han skal true ham, saa han skal flye langt bort; og han skal forfølges som Avner paa Bjergene for Veiret, og som en Hvirvel for Hvirvelvind.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Nasjonene skal ruse som bruset fra mange vannmasser, men Gud skal irettesette dem, og de skal flykte langt av sted, og bli jaget som agner på fjellene for vinden, og som en virvlende ting før stormen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nasjonene skal storme som mange vanners brusing: men han skal irettesette dem, og de skal flykte langt bort, og bli jaget bort som agner på fjellene for vinden, og som virvlende støv for stormen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Nasjoner buldrer som mektige vann, men Han truer dem, og de flykter langt bort, og jages som agner på fjellene for vinden, som hvirvlende løv for stormen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Nasjonene skal bruse som mange vannströms brøl: men han skal irettesette dem, og de skal flykte langt bort, jaget som agner for vinden på fjellet, og som støv for stormen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men han vil stanse dem, og få dem til å flykte langt bort, drevet som agner på fjelltoppene for vinden, og som sirkulerende støv for stormen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For though so many people increase as the flowinge waters, and though they be armed, yet they fle farre of, and vanish awaye like the dust with the wynde vpon an hill, and as the whyrle wynde thorow a storme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The people shall make a sounde like the noise of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee farre off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mountaines before the winde, and as a rolling thing before the whirlewinde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Euen lyke many waters shal the people rage, God shall rebuke hym, and he shal flee farre of, he shalbe chased away lyke as drye strawe vpon the mountaynes before the wynde, and lyke a thyng that turneth before the storme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of the grain on the tops of the mountains before the wind, and like the circling dust before the storm.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:5 : 5 You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
• Isa 41:15-16 : 15 Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. 16 You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Job 21:18 : 18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.
• Ps 1:4 : 4 The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
• Isa 29:5 : 5 Moreover, the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away; yes, it shall be at an instant, suddenly.
• Isa 30:30-33 : 30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the coming down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, tempest, and hailstones. 31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, who struck with a rod. 32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tambourines and harps: and in battles of shaking he will fight with it. 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yes, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.
• Isa 31:8-9 : 8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. 9 And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, says the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and His furnace in Jerusalem.
• Isa 33:1-3 : 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you. 2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at your rising, the nations were scattered.
• Isa 33:9-9 : 9 The earth mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and withered; Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. 10 Now I will arise, says the LORD; now I will be exalted, now I will lift myself up. 11 You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath, as fire, will devour you. 12 The people will be burned to lime; like thorns cut up, they will be burned in the fire.
• Isa 37:29-38 : 29 Because your rage against me and your tumult have come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came. 30 And this shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself; and the second year what springs of the same: and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 31 And the remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward: 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and those who escape out of Mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 33 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor build a siege ramp against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD. 35 For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 And it happened, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
• Dan 2:35 : 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no trace of them was found: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
• Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
• Mark 4:39-41 : 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said to them, Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
• Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
• Ps 46:5-9 : 5 God is in her midst; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; he burns the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 83:13-15 : 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; 15 So pursue them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm.
• Isa 10:15-16 : 15 Shall the ax boast against him who cuts with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who shakes it? As if the rod should shake itself against those who lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood. 16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory, he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
• Isa 10:33-34 : 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be cut down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by the Mighty One.
• Isa 14:25 : 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him underfoot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
• Isa 25:4-5 : 4 For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is like a storm against the wall. 5 You will bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• Job 38:11 : 11 And said, This far you shall come, but no further; and here shall your proud waves be stopped?