Verse 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!

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Ve dere som reiser ned til Egypt for hjelp, som setter sin lit til hester og stridsvogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men som ikke søker den Hellige i Israel eller spør etter Herren.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke. Men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren.

  • Norsk King James

    Ve til dem som søker hjelp fra Egypt! De stoler på hester og på vogner fordi de er mange; og på ryttere fordi de er sterke; men de ser ikke til den Hellige i Israel og søker ikke Herren!

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, som stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke, men ikke ser til Den Hellige i Israel eller søker Herren!

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Ve de går ned til Egypt for å søke hjelp, og de setter sin lit til hester. De stoler på stridsvogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men de søker ikke Den Hellige i Israel og vender seg ikke til Herren.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner, fordi de er mange, og på ryttere, fordi de er svært sterke; men de vender ikke blikket mot Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren!

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Ve dem som drar til Egypt for hjelp, som stoler på hester og stridsvogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men som ikke vender blikket mot Israels Hellige og ikke søker Herren!

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

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner, fordi de er mange, og på ryttere, fordi de er svært sterke; men de vender ikke blikket mot Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren!

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp og som setter sin lit til hester; de stoler på vogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke, men de ser ikke mot Israels Hellige, og de søker ikke Herren.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Ve de som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, som setter sin lit til hester og stoler på vogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er svært sterke, men som ikke ser hen til Israels Hellige, og ikke søker Herren.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Vee dem, som fare ned til Ægypten om Hjælp, og ville fast forlade sig paa Heste og sætte Tillid til Vogne, at de ere mange, og til Ryttere, at de ere saare stærke, og see ikke hen til den Hellige i Israel, og søge ikke Herren!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke. Men de søker ikke til Israels Hellige og ser ikke etter Herren!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, og stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er sterke, men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige, og søker ikke Herren!

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Ve dem som går ned til Egypt for hjelp og stoler på hester og vogner fordi de er mange, og på ryttere fordi de er sterke. Men de har ikke sett til Israels Hellige og ikke søkt Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Ve dem som drar ned til Egypt for hjelp, som stoler på hester og setter sin lit til vogner fordi de er mange, og til ryttere fordi de er veldig sterke, men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige og søker ikke Herren!

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Forbannet er de som drar til Egypt for hjelp, og som stoler på hester; som søker frelse i stridsvogner på grunn av deres mengde; og på ryttere, fordi de er veldig sterke; men de ser ikke til Israels Hellige, eller vender hjertene sine til Herren.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wo vnto them that go downe in to Egipte for helpe, and trust in horses, and conforte them selues in Charettes, because they be many, and in horse me because they be lustie and stronge. But they regarde not the holy one of Israel, and they aske no question at the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Woe vnto them that goe downe into Egypt for helpe, and stay vpon horses, and trust in charets, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they be very strong: but they looke not vnto the holy one of Israel, nor seeke vnto the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wo be vnto them that go downe into Egypt for helpe, and trust in horses, and put their confidence in charrets because they be many, and in horsemen because they be lustie and strong: but they regarde not the holy one of Israel, and they aske no question at the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 don't look to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Yahweh!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Wo `to' those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Woe to them that 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 look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Egypt Will Disappoint Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.'
  • Isa 30:16 : 16 But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Indeed, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans on, it will pierce his hand. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  • Dan 9:13 : 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us: yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.
  • Isa 22:11 : 11 You also made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but you have not looked to its maker, neither had respect to him who fashioned it long ago.
  • Amos 5:4-8 : 4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live: 5 But do not seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. 6 Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8 Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
  • Isa 36:9 : 9 How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  • Isa 9:13 : 13 For the people do not turn to him who strikes them, nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.
  • Isa 17:7-8 : 7 On that day a man shall look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel. 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves or the images.
  • 2 Chr 16:7 : 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
  • Isa 2:7 : 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end to their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end to their chariots:
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of his hands.
  • Isa 57:9 : 9 And you went to the king with ointment, and increased your perfumes, and sent your messengers far off, and debased yourself even unto hell.
  • Isa 64:7 : 7 And there is none who calls upon your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
  • Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus says the LORD; Cursed is the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the LORD.
  • Ezek 17:15 : 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered?
  • Isa 30:1-7 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 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. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: through a land of trouble and anguish, from which come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
  • Hos 7:7 : 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me.
  • Hos 7:13-16 : 13 Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they gather themselves for grain and wine, and they rebel against me. 15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet they imagine mischief against me. 16 They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their ridicule in the land of Egypt.
  • Hos 11:5 : 5 He shall not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you the orphan finds mercy.