Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hans Ånd er som en flommende elv som når opp til nakken; han rister nasjonene i en sil for å føre dem til intet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hans ånde, som en flommende bekk, når opp til halsen, for å rense nasjonene med sie av tomhet; og det skal være en tømme på folkets kjever, for å føre dem på avveie.

• Norsk King James

  Og hans ånde, som en strømmende elv, skal nå ved halsen, for å sifle nasjonene med en sil av tomhet; og det skal være en bitt i kjevene til folket, som fører dem til feil.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hans pust er som en flommende elv som når til halsen, for å sikte nasjonene med ødeleggelsens sold og et åk som styrer i folkets munner.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hans ånd er som en rasende flom som når helt opp til halsen, for å sildre med de folkene i dårskap og et villedende åk på folkenes kjever.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og hans pust, som en overstrømmende strøm, skal nå til halsens midte, for å sikte nasjonene med tomhetens sold: og det skal være et bissel i folkets kjever, som fører dem til å feile.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hans ånde, som en overstrømmende elv, skal nå helt opp til nakken, for å sile nasjonene med tomhetens sil; og et åkle skal settes om folks kjever, så de farer vill.

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

  Og hans pust, som en overstrømmende strøm, skal nå til halsens midte, for å sikte nasjonene med tomhetens sold: og det skal være et bissel i folkets kjever, som fører dem til å feile.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hans ånde er som en flom som når opp til halsen. Han vil sile nasjonene med ødeleggende tevn, og legge villfarelse i folkene gjennom en misledende tøyle.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He will sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and place a bridle in the jaws of the peoples, leading them astray.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hans ånd er som en oversvømmende elv som rekker til halsen, for å sikte nasjonene i ødeleggelsens sikte, og et villedende åk skal være på folkets kjever.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og hans Aand er som en Bæk, der løber over, som rækker indtil Halsen, at sigte Hedningerne i Forfængeligheds Sold, og (som) et Bidsel, der fører vild, i Folkenes Kjæfter.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og hans ånde som en flommende elv skal nå til midt på halsen, for å sikte folkeslagene med tomhetens sil: og det skal være en tømme i munnen på folket, som får dem til å fare vill.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og hans ånde er som en overflommende elv, som når opp til halsen, for å sikte nasjonene med ødeleggelsens sil: og en tøyler som leder til feil skal være i folkets kjever.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og hans pust er som en overstrømmende strøm, Inntil nakken deler den, For å sålde nasjoner med tomhets sold, En tømme som fører til feilaktighet er i folkenes kjever.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hans pust er som en oversvømmende bekk som rekker opp til halsen, for å ryste folkeslag med ødeleggelsens sikt; og en tøyler som fører til å ta feil, skal være i folkets munner.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og hans pust er som en oversvømmende elv, som når nakken, som ryster folkeslagene til ødeleggelse, som ristingen av korn i en kurv: og han vil legge et rep i munnen på folkene, for å forvrenge deres vei.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  His breath like a vehement floude of water, which goeth vp to the throte. That he maye take awaye ye people, which haue turned them selues vnto vanite, and the brydle of erroure, that lieth in other folkes chawes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And his spirit is as a riuer that ouerfloweth vp to the necke: it deuideth asunder, to fanne the nations with the fanne of vanitie, and there shall be a bridle to cause them to erre in the chawes of the people.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  His breath is a vehement flud of water, that reacheth vp to the necke: that he may sift away the heathen in the siue of vanitie, and his breath is a brydle of errour in the iawes of the people.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causes to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And His breath `is' as an overflowing stream, Unto the neck it divideth, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, `Is' on the jaws of the peoples.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one’s neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 37:29 : 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.
• Isa 8:8 : 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 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
• 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
• 2 Kgs 19:28 : 28 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.
• Amos 9:9 : 9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
• Hab 3:12-15 : 12 You marched through the land in indignation; You threshed the heathen in anger. 13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your anointed. You wounded the head from the house of the wicked, by laying bare the foundation to the neck. Selah. 14 You pierced with his own staves the head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was like to devour the poor secretly. 15 You walked through the sea with Your horses, through the heap of great waters.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Luke 22:31 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
• Ezek 14:7-9 : 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger who sojourns in Israel, who separates himself from me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8 And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1 Kgs 22:20-22 : 20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
• Job 39:17 : 17 Because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has He imparted to her understanding.
• Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
• Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.
• Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.
• Isa 19:3 : 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.
• Isa 19:12-14 : 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. 14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in its midst, and they have caused Egypt to err in every work, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
• Isa 28:17-18 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 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.
• Isa 29:6 : 6 You shall be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
• Isa 33:10-12 : 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.
• 2 Thess 2:11 : 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
• Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.