Verse 6

Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Derfor vil jorden rammes av en forbannelse, og innbyggerne vil lide for sine handlinger.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der blir skyldige; derfor brenner jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker blir tilbake.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der, er helt øde; innbyggerne er brent opp, og få er igjen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor fortærer forbannelsen landet, og de som bor der, blir ødelagt; derfor blir de brent, som bodde i landet, og det skal være få mennesker igjen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Derfor har forbannelse fortært jorden, og de som bor der bærer skylden. Derfor er jorden innbyggere redusert, og få mennesker er igjen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der er skyldtynget. Derfor brennes jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker er igjen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor har forbannelsen inntatt jorden, og de som bor der, er forlatt; innbyggerne på jorden er brent opp, og få mennesker er igjen.

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

  Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der er skyldtynget. Derfor brennes jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker er igjen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der, er blitt skyldige. Derfor er jordens innbyggere brent, og få mennesker er igjen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants bear the guilt. Therefore, the earth’s inhabitants are burned, and few people are left.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Derfor kaster en forbannelse jorden, og dens innbyggere må bære skylden; derfor brenner de som bor der, og bare noen få mennesker er igjen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor fortærer Forbandelsen Landet, og de, som boe deri, blive ødelagte; derfor blive de brændte, som boede i Landet, og der skulle blive faa Mennesker tilovers.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor har forbannelsen slukt jorden, og de som bor på den er blitt ødelagt. Derfor er jordens innbyggere brent, og få mennesker er igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor har forbannelsen oppslukt jorden, og de som bor der er funnet skyldige: derfor brenner jordens innbyggere, og få mennesker er igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Derfor fortærer forbannelsen landet, og innbyggerne blir desolate. Derfor blir de få mennesker igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor har forbannelsen fortært jorden, og de som bor der er funnet skyldige; derfor blir jordens innbyggere brent, og få blir tilbake.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Derfor blir jorden overlatt til forbannelsen, og de som er på den blir dømt som syndere: derfor blir de som lever på jorden brent opp, og de gjenværende er få.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And therfore shal the curse deuoure the earth: for they yt dwel thero, haue synned. wherfore they shalbe brent also, and those that remayne, shalbe very few.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore hath the curse deuoured the earth, and the inhabitantes thereof are desolate. Wherefore the inhabitants of the land are burned vp, and fewe men are left.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore hath the curse consumed the earth, and they that dwell therin are fallen into trespasse: Wherfore the inhabitours of the earth are perished with drought, and fewe men are left behinde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

Referenced Verses

• Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side. 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
• Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Mal 4:6 : 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
• Matt 7:14 : 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.
• 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 3:9 : 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed me, even this whole nation.
• Rom 9:27 : 27 Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
• 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
• Lev 26:22 : 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
• Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you.
• Deut 28:15-20 : 15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you: 16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be your basket and your store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your land, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep. 19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. 20 The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me.
• Deut 28:62 : 62 And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
• Deut 29:22-28 : 22 So that the generation to come of your children that rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD has laid upon it; 23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them: 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
• Deut 30:18-19 : 18 I announce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land, where you pass over the Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live:
• Josh 23:15-16 : 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things have come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. 16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
• Isa 1:31 : 31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
• Isa 42:24-25 : 24 Who gave Jacob for a plunder, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. 25 Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it set him on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
• Ezek 5:3 : 3 You shall also take a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
• Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.