Verse 15

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For dere sier: 'Vi har inngått en pakt med døden, og med dødsriket har vi gjort en avtale; når den overskyllende pesten går forbi, skal den ikke komme til oss, for vi har gjort løgn til vår trygghet, og under falskhet har vi skjult oss.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Fordi dere har sagt: Vi har gjort en pakt med døden, og med helvete har vi gjort en avtale; når den flommende svøpen farer forbi, skal den ikke nå oss: for vi har gjort løgn til vår tilflukt, og under falskhet har vi skjult oss.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi dere har sagt, Vi har gjort en pakt med døden, og vi har gjort en pakt med helvete; når den overflytende plagen passerer gjennom, skal den ikke komme til oss: vi har gjort løgnen til vårt skjold, og under falskhet har vi gjemt oss.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Fordi dere sa: Vi har gjort en pakt med døden, en avtale med dødsriket har vi gjort; når det strømmende flommen går over, skal den ikke nå oss, for vi har gjort løgn til vår tilflukt og gjemmer oss i falskhet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Fordi dere sier: "Vi har inngått en pakt med døden, vi har gjort en kontrakt med dødsriket, når den piskende flommen går over, skal den ikke nå oss, for vi har gjort løgnen til vår tilflukt og skjult oss i falskhet."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fordi dere har sagt: Vi har gjort en pakt med døden, og med dødsriket er vi enige; når den overveldende svøpe går igjennom, skal den ikke nå oss: for vi har gjort løgner til vårt tilfluktssted, og under falskhet har vi skjult oss.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For dere har sagt: ‘Vi har inngått en pakt med døden, og med helvete er vi i forbund; når den overstrømmende pisk passerer, vil den ikke nå oss, for vi har gjort løgn til vårt vern og skjult oss under falskhet.’

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

  Fordi dere har sagt: Vi har gjort en pakt med døden, og med dødsriket er vi enige; når den overveldende svøpe går igjennom, skal den ikke nå oss: for vi har gjort løgner til vårt tilfluktssted, og under falskhet har vi skjult oss.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Fordi dere sier: 'Vi har inngått en pakt med døden, og med dødsriket har vi gjort en avtale. Når pesten sveiper forbi, vil den ikke nå oss, for vi har gjort løgn til vårt tilfluktssted, og skjult oss i falskhet.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not reach us, for we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Fordi dere har sagt: 'Vi har inngått en pakt med døden, og med dødsriket har vi gjort en avtale; når den overveldende svøpen kommer, skal den ikke nå oss, for vi har lagt vår tilflukt til løgn og gjemt oss i det falske.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Fordi I sagde: Vi have gjort en Pagt med Døden, og gjort et forsigtigt (Forbund) med Helvede; naar en overskyllende Flod gaaer over, da skal den ikke komme til os, thi vi have sat Løgn til vor Tilflugt, og ere skjulte med Falskhed,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fordi dere har sagt: Vi har gjort en pakt med døden, og med dødsriket har vi en overenskomst; når den oversvømmende pesten skal gå gjennom, skal den ikke komme til oss: for vi har gjort løgn til vår tilflukt, og under falskhet har vi skjult oss:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fordi dere har sagt: Vi har gjort en pakt med døden, og med Sheol har vi en avtale; når den oversvømmende pisk går forbi, skal den ikke nå oss; for vi har gjort løgn til vårt tilflukt, og under falskhet har vi skjult oss:

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Fordi dere har sagt: 'Vi har inngått en pakt med døden, og med dødsriket har vi laget en avtale. En rasende flom, når den kommer forbi, vil ikke nå oss, fordi vi har gjort løgnen til vår tilflukt, og i falskhet har vi skjult oss.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Fordi dere har sagt: Vi har inngått en pakt med døden, og med Sheol har vi en avtale; når den overslyngende pesten passerer, skal den ikke komme til oss; for vi har gjort løgner til vår tilflukt, og under bedrag har vi skjult oss:

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Fordi dere har sagt: Vi har gjort døden til vår venn, og med underverdenen har vi inngått en avtale; når flommene kommer gjennom, vil de ikke nå oss; for vi ser til falske ord for hjelp, og søker ly i det som er usant:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For ye coforte yor selues thus: Tush, death & we are at a poynte, & as for hell, we haue made a codicion with it: that though there breake out eny sore plage, it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape, and with nymblenes will we defende or selues.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because ye haue said, We haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though a scourge runne ouer, and passe through, it shal not come at vs: for we haue made falshood our refuge, & vnder vanitie are we hid,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Because ye haue sayd, We haue made a couenaunt with death, and with hell are we at agreement: and though there go foorth a sore plague, it shall not come vnto vs, for we haue made falsehood our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For you say,“We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:7-8 : 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
• Isa 28:2 : 2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, who shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
• Isa 28:18 : 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it.
• Ezek 13:22 : 22 Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, so he should not turn from his wicked way, by promising him life.
• Dan 11:22 : 22 And with the force of a flood, they shall be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; also the prince of the covenant.
• Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them lie down safely.
• Amos 2:4 : 4 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept His commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers walked:
• Jonah 2:8 : 8 Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy.
• Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled in complacency: that say in their heart, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will He do evil.'
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• Job 5:23 : 23 For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
• Job 15:25-27 : 25 For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty. 26 He runs upon Him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his shields. 27 Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes collops of fat on his flanks.
• Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor does he have power in the day of death; and there is no release from that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
• Isa 5:18-19 : 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope: 19 Who say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
• Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
• Isa 30:10 : 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
• Isa 30:28 : 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
• Jer 14:13 : 13 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.''
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
• Jer 28:15-17 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
• Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
• Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the earth.
• Ezek 13:16 : 16 This is concerning the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and see visions of peace for her, when there is no peace, says the Lord GOD.
• Isa 9:15 : 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.