Verse 1

Woe to the land with wings of shadow, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ve, du land med himmelske budbringere som strekker seg over elvene i Kusj.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ve over landet som rasler med vinger, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Kusj.

• Norsk King James

  Ve over landet som skygger med vinger, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Etiopia:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ve landet som ligger under vingens skygge på den andre siden av elvene i Etiopia,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ve jorden med summende vinger, som ligger bortenfor Kusj-elvene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ve landet som lyder som vingeslag, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Etiopia!

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ve over landet som skygges av vinger, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Etiopia:

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

  Ve landet som lyder som vingeslag, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Etiopia!

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ve landet med surrende vinger bortenfor Kusj-flodene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Woe to the land of whirring wings, which lies beyond the rivers of Cush!

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ve det landet hvor vingene surrer, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Kusj.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vee det Land, (som er under) Vingers Skygge paa hiin Side af Morlands Floder,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ve over landet som skygger med vinger, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Etiopia:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Å, landet med susende vinger, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Etiopia;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hør, land omgitt av vinger, som ligger bortenfor elvene i Kusj.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Åh, landet med susende vinger, som er bortenfor elvene i Etiopia;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hør! Landet med vinger som suser, på den andre siden av elvene i Kusj.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wo be to the londe of flienge shippes, which is of this syde ye floude of Ethiopia:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Oh, the lande shadowing with winges, which is beyond the riuers of Ethiopia,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O that lande that trusteth vnder the shadow of wynges, that lande which is beyonde the waters of Ethiopia,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ho, land shadowed `with' wings, That `is' beyond the rivers of Cush,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Will Judge a Distant Land in the South Beware, land of buzzing wings, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Referenced Verses

• Zeph 3:10 : 10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring my offering.
• Ezek 30:4-5 : 4 And the sword will come upon Egypt, and great pain will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and they take away her multitude, and her foundations are broken down. 5 Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the land that is in alliance, will fall with them by the sword.
• Zeph 2:12 : 12 You Ethiopians also, you shall be slain by my sword.
• 2 Kgs 19:9 : 9 And when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come out to fight against you: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
• Ps 17:8 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings.
• Ps 36:7 : 7 How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.
• Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you; yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.
• Ps 61:4 : 4 I will abide in your tabernacle forever: I will trust in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
• Ps 63:7 : 7 Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
• Ps 91:4 : 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall trust: His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
• Isa 20:3-6 : 3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; 4 So will the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners, and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their boast. 6 And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say in that day, Behold, such is our hope, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?
• Isa 30:2-3 : 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
• Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
• Ruth 2:12 : 12 The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given to you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust.
• Ezek 30:9 : 9 In that day messengers will go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain will come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, behold, it comes.
• Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!