Verse 3

The spirit of Egypt shall fail in its midst; I will destroy its counsel, and they shall seek the idols, the charmers, those with familiar spirits, and the wizards.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Egyptens ånd skal bli knust i dens midte, og jeg vil forvirre deres planer. Da skal de søke hjelp fra avgudene, trollmennene, åndene fra de døde og spåmennene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Egypts ånd skal svikte midt i seg, og jeg vil ødelegge deres råd. De skal søke til avgudene, spåmennene, de som har åndemanende ånder, og trollmennene.

• Norsk King James

  Og ånden i Egypt vil mislykkes; jeg vil ødelegge deres råd: de skal søke til idolene, til tryllekunstnerne, og til dem som har ånder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Egypternes ånd skal tappes ut, og jeg vil forvirre deres planer; de skal søke råd hos avgudene, trollmennene, spåkvinnene og tegnuttyderne.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Egypts ånd skal bli tappet i deres indre, og deres planer vil jeg utslette. De vil søke svar hos avgudene, hos ånder og hos dødningemanere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Egypts ånd vil svikte midt i landet; jeg vil ødelegge deres råd: de skal søke hjelp hos avgudene, trollmennene, de med åndene, og trollmennene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Egypts ånd skal svikte midt i det, og jeg vil ødelegge deres råd; de skal søke hjelp hos avgudene, hos trollmenn, hos de som har kjente ånder, og hos spåmenn.

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

  Egypts ånd vil svikte midt i landet; jeg vil ødelegge deres råd: de skal søke hjelp hos avgudene, trollmennene, de med åndene, og trollmennene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og egypternes ånd skal bli forvirret innen dem, og jeg vil forvirre deres planer. De vil søke til avgudene, trollmennene, åndemediene og spåmennene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied from within them, and I will confound their plans. They will seek idols, mediums, spirits, and fortune-tellers.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Egypts ånd skal bli tom i deres midte, og jeg vil ødelegge deres planer. De skal søke råd hos avgudene, hos trolldomskunstnere, åndemanere og spåmenn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de Ægypters Aand skal udtømmes inden i dem, og jeg vil opsluge deres Raad; da skulle de adspørge hos Afguderne og hos Troldkarlene og hos Spaaqvinderne og hos Tegnsudlæggerne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Egypts ånd skal svikte midt i landet, og jeg vil ødelegge deres råd. De skal søke til avgudene og til magikere, og til dem som påkaller ånder, og til de kloke mennene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ånden til Egypt skal svikte i dens midte; jeg vil ødelegge dens råd, og de skal søke til avgudene, trollmennene, dem med åndemaning og til spåmennene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og ånden i Egypt er uttømt. Jeg ødelegger deres råd, og de vender seg til avguder, til trolldomskunstnere og til dem som har åndemanere og trollmenn.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Egypts ånd skal svikte i dens midte; og jeg vil ødelegge dens kloke råd, og de vil spørre sine avguder og trollmenn, de som taler med ånder, og spåmenn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Egypts ånd vil vakle i henne, og jeg vil gjøre deres beslutninger nytteløse. De vil vende seg til avguder, åndemanere, og de med skjulte kunster.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Egipte shalbe choked in hir self. Whe they axe councel at their goddes, at their Prophetes, at their soythsayers and witches: then will I bringe their councel to naught.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the spirite of Egypt shall faile in the middes of her, and I will destroy their counsell, and they shall seeke at the idoles, and at the sorcerers, and at them that haue spirits of diuination, and at the southsayers.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The mynde also of Egypt shalbe cleane without counsayle within it selfe, and the deuice that they take wil I destroy: and they shall seke counsayle at idols and at sorcerers, at workers with spirites, and at soothsayers.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel of it: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to those who have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:19 : 19 And when they say to you, Seek those who have familiar spirits, and wizards that whisper and mutter: should not a people seek their God? for the living to the dead?
• Dan 2:2 : 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
• 1 Chr 10:13 : 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he did not keep; and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;
• 2 Chr 25:16-20 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have you been made of the king's counsel? Stop; why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, but said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel. 17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by a wild beast in Lebanon, and trampled down the thistle. 19 You say, Lo, you have struck the Edomites; and your heart is lifted up to boast; stay now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you? 20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it came from God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
• Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.
• Ps 76:12 : 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
• Ps 107:27 : 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
• Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
• 1 Sam 25:37 : 37 But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.
• 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
• 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
• Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
• Isa 15:2 : 2 He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
• Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides upon a swift cloud and shall come into Egypt. The idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in its midst.
• Isa 19:11-13 : 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?' 12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools; the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they who are the foundation of its tribes.
• Isa 44:25 : 25 Who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
• Isa 47:12 : 12 Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you may prevail.
• Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
• Jer 46:15 : 15 Why are your valiant men swept away? They stood not, because the LORD drove them.
• Ezek 21:7 : 7 And it shall be, when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall answer, For the tidings; because it comes: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be as weak as water: behold, it comes, and shall be brought to pass, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 22:14 : 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
• Dan 4:6-7 : 6 Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
• Dan 5:7 : 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, "Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, have a chain of gold around his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom."
• 1 Cor 3:19-20 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.